Informal Survey - What do you feed and why?

[casportpony]

Any type of reply will help! Need as much data as possible!

Lay pellets?
Lay Crumble?
Maintence crumble?
Maintence pellet?
Percent Protein?
Scratch?
Non-GMO?
Non-soy?
Organic?
Medicated?
Non-medicated?
Table scraps?
Oyster shell?

Thanks for taking time to look at this! Any answer will be helpful.

-Kathy

Edited to add: Fermented?

 

[feedman77]

I feed layer 18 percent not picky on whether crumble or pellets.

Flockraiser 20 percent.

Ground corn and ddg mix from where I work.

Garden leftovers.

Plus my flock free ranges so whatever they find.

Gamebird 27 percent for poults.

 

[casportpony]

I feed layer 18 percent not picky on whether crumble or pellets.

Flockraiser 20 percent.

Ground corn and ddg mix from where I work.

Garden leftovers.

Plus my flock free ranges so whatever they find.

Gamebird 27 percent for poults.

Thanks for the input!

-Kathy

 

[fowlman01]

I feed Kings flock pellets 20% protein. I feed that to everything..... geese, ducks and chickens large and bantam and chicks brooded by a broody hen. Chicks that I have brooded I start those with medicated chick starter for about 3-4 weeks. Chicks raised by hens have no problem with pellets. I'm not sure how they do it but they thrive.

I don't feed any supplements or medications other than what I have mentioned.

Note the natural sheen in this bird. Good health is in good breeding.

Walt

 

[caychris]

I feed King Freedom Layer Pellets.
Occasionally made into a wet mash (free choice pellets available as well)
with the following additives (ACV DE and Organic Sea Kelp)

Also get veggie table straps. Some fruit.

They get some free range time hour or two almost daily (planning on building chicken tunnel like area to give them more green space.going to start doing a kind of cell grazing idea)

Free choice oyster shell is available.
Im not that good about giving them probiotic water additives but I think I may have figured out a way to work that.

I am aiming for a balance of low maint and high quality varied diet.

 

[casportpony]

Keep the replies coming, this is the sort of data I need!

-Kathy

 

[ozexpat]

I make my own feeds. I dont feed scratch. birds get free ranging time.

I offer oyster shell ad-libertum


Adult Chickens 16%
Copra 0 KG
Rice Bran 70 KG
Soy Meal 5 KG
Fish Meal 6 KG
Corn Meal 50 KG
Oyster Shell 3 KG
Vit and Minerals 1.5 cups
Salt 0.25 cups

Birds 6-20 wks 18%
Copra 0 KG
Rice Bran 25 KG
Soy Meal 4.5 KG
Fish Meal 3 KG
Corn Meal 25 KG
Oyster Shell 1 KG
Vit and Minerals 0.5 cups
Salt 4 TBS

Adult Quail 18%
Copra 0 KG
Rice Bran 12 KG
Soy Meal 3 KG
Fish Meal 1 KG
Corn Meal 13 KG
Oyster Shell 0.5 KG
Vit and Minerals 0.25 cups
Salt 2 cups

chicks 20%
Copra 0 KG
Rice Bran 0 KG
Soy Meal 4 KG
Fish Meal 2.5 KG
Corn Meal 30 KG
Oyster Shell 0 KG
Vit and Minerals 0.5 cups
Amprolium 1 TBS
Salt 0 TBS

quail chicks 25%
Copra 0 KG
Rice Bran 0 KG
Soy Meal 5 KG
Fish Meal 6 KG
Corn Meal 30 KG
Oyster Shell 0 KG
Vit and Minerals 0 cups
Amprolium 1 TBS
Salt 0 TBS



I dont seek out non-gmo ingredients. the rice bran is from locally grown rice, the soy is imported from Australia, corn bran comes from a nearby island and fishmeal is tuna from general santos in Mindanao.



for 2 weeks prior to processing, our birds get fresh copra to increase total energy intake

 

[Amykins]

Mazuri waterfowl maintenance, because it's got a good balance, the pellets float, and it's about the only thing my little stinker will eat. And also some greens each day, whether it's kale or just some clover weeds he chomps down.

 

[casportpony]

I currently have 29 glossy hens and am recouping my feed costs @ $2.00/ dozen. This means my "profit" is free eggs for myself that I know were humanely produced using a "top shelf" layer crumble w/ extra omega3 and all the produce discards I can mine out of our local grocery. I only sell to trusted friends and coworkers so am under the radar for business expenses/ regulations.I also free range on my two acre fenced back yard, so that helps cut feed costs, as does the grocery produce and household left-overs during winter months. My hens consume a 50 # bag in about a week, (but they are being assisted by wild birds and squirrels that can circumvent my fencing and netting) if they are confined to the coop, when they can go out to free range, I get an extra 1-2 days out of a bag. I am in northeastern Ohio and paying $14.00 / 50#. Hope these facts can help you.

Collecting data.

-Kathy

 

[IttyBiddyRedHen]

Locally milled layer crumbles....turned into fermented feed. Except when it is raining. Then they just eat the feed dry.
Always un-medicated.