Is Dumor a good starter feed?

[shadow rabbit10]

Thats what I've heard. I might just keep the Dumor because we keep our pets very clean at my house, my mom will probably kill me if I don't clean the brooder once every other day. I have also heard that people don't like medicated because they think that it raises the coccidiosis risk.

 

[problemchild]

I accidentally bought the Dumor chick starter for turkeys quails, etc. a few months ago. The bags between that and the chick starter for chickens are almost identical. I went ahead and fed it to my layers and Silkie chicks, they all did fine. But the next bag I got, I bought the correct one.

 

[Junkmanme]

I just feed MY chickens "left-over" dry Dog Food that my super-sophisticated Boxer dog won't eat.
The chicks AND pullets AND hens do very well on it. ( I do "bust-it-up" some for size...depending upon the size and age of the chickens.)

TWO PROBLEMS have developed however.
1. When the Roosters crow....It sounds more like a "bark".
2. The eggs taste like "KenL-Ration".

but...the birds seem healthy enough........

( Ha-Ha ! ---just TOTALLY JOKING--- Ha-Ha ! )

-Junkmanme-

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

personally I have never fed medicated an never planned on it!
heard too many bad things about it an im not risking it weather or not it's true.
If my chicks end up with cocci then I'll treat for that. but in the 1 year I've had chickens, I've never had a single chick come down with it!

 

[redstarmama]

I use Dumor thru all stages of my birds. We have had no problems with any of our chicks.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

I guess I'll just use Dumor then. The extra game bird protein couldnt hurt. I have to start preparing the brooder for next week. So excited!

 

[Chickadee707]

When our last batch of chicks came in, we went to Tractor Supply & Co. and they had DuMor and Purina. We asked the worker, whether he was a specialist or not -- i doubt it, but he suggest that the Purina brand was much better. Something to do with the ingredients? So we've stuck to Purina and our little chickadees are doing just mighty fine

 

[Eggcessive]

Purina makes Dumor, but it is a little more powdery, and it costs around a dollar less for 50 lb., but also comes in 25 lb. which might appeal to someone with fewr chickens. I like using medicated at least for 6 weeks to help them build up an immunity to coccidiosis, but some people won't ever use it no matter what. If you read those little labels on the back of the bags, they mostly have the same ingredients. If the food is powdery you can add some water to make it wet, and the chickens will eat it. After trying nearly every brand out there I found that Purina Start and Grow, Flock Raiser, and Layena all are less powdery and worth the extra dollar.

 

[Scifisarah]

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So, it isn't strong enough to kill all of it, and lets the more resistant coccidiosis survive? Funny that it tries to make it sound like it is a good thing, when what it is really doing is developing stronger strains more resistant to treatment.

 

[Junkmanme]

My Step-Daughter is a Vet-Tech that MANAGES 2 Veterinary Clinics and has written a well-received book on managing Vet Clinics. She also travels the U.S.A. on some weekends ( flying here and there ) "promoting" feeds for Purina. OF Course, she says that Purina Feeds are the BEST !

I have no doubt that she believes this to be true. I TRUST her judgment AND veracity.

for what it's worth in this discussion....
-Junkmanme-