Information needed: Good All Flock choice?

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Hello, 3 8wk old chicks moving in with 2 hens. Feeder will now get All Flock feed from Grubblyfarms. Picture shows analysis. Is this a good choice? Thank you so much for your time

 

[cavemanrich]

Alflock feed looks just fine. I use same, but different brand. Mine has 2% calcium. I supplement their calcium needs with crushed egg shells and crushed oyster shells free-choice.
My feed is pellet form, since I have all adult chickens. (all bantams currently)
I did not see form of your feed. Small chicks usually do better with crumbles. If your feed is crumbles form, than all good. If pellets,,,, then you may need to crush some for chicks to eat easier. Observe, and decide if its needed.


WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Alflock feed looks just fine. I use same, but different brand. Mine has 2% calcium. I supplement their calcium needs with crushed egg shells and crushed oyster shells free-choice.
My feed is pellet form, since I have all adult chickens. (all bantams currently)
I did not see form of your feed. Small chicks usually do better with crumbles. If your feed is crumbles form, than all good. If pellets,,,, then you may need to crush some for chicks to eat easier. Observe, and decide if its needed.


WISHING YOU BEST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Thanks! It is crumbles and my old hens are Pissed!!

 

[cavemanrich]

My reason for pellets, is the obvious,,,, less waste. The crumbles,, once on the ground seem to just disappear with the dust/wind/wet rain.
I only chose crumbles when I had baby chicks. Small bag, and medicated for their first few weeks of meals.

 

[FrostRanger]

Feed looks fine to me, at that age you can use either crumbles or pellets depending on your preference. In general chickens prefer crumbles over pellets but pellets don't get wasted as much and when they do, a lot of the time a bird will eventually eat them anyways. I use pellets for that reason, when I used crumbles I had a lot of waste which completely went away when I started using pellets. Some people don't have quite as much of a problem as I did and for others, their individual birds don't handle pellets very well so just go with whatever works for you and your flock, most of the time it doesn't matter all that much either way which texture you choose