Just what IS in scratch?

[NYRIR]

I just wondered if anyone knew what grains are in the Purina scratch? I was giving my birds birdseed mixed with extra BOSS for a daily treat.Today while at TSC I thought,why not try this scratch....it would save me some money..anyway, it says for geese,turkeys,chickens and ducks...how much should I mix in for the ducks? I don't want them to get too fat! They are enclosed so don't get as much exercise as my geese and chickens. Is this ok to give to any age?
Thanks

 

[ZoeS95423]

Its corn, and oats, and I dont know what else, I read the bag once. But I forgot, I just throw it on the ground ( just kind of sprinkle bits here and there ) for the chickens & ducks to dig around in the grass or dirt, and mix it in evenly with layer mash/ duck pellets.

 

[shellybean40]

Milo is also in there.

 

[Roo on Harley]

I wouldn't mind scratch as cereal with milk

 

[duckinnut]

Millet,rye and buckwheat too. I give my chickens scratch in the morning when I first let them out, tossed about the run and where they free range.

 

[NYRIR]

The bag doesn't tell you what's in it.....that's why I was asking. I'm not really "up" on my grains in the raw

 

[halo]

I mix up my own and find it cheaper that way. BOSS, whole oats, cracked corn, cheap bird seed (milo). I get the big bags, 50# for the grain, I think the birdseed and BOSS are 40#ers. I sometimes even add a bag of cheap mare and foal pellets when they go on sale.

 

[BarefootMom]

the bag doesn't have a ticket looking thing at the bottom of the bag sewn in? That is strange.

Our is cracked corn, milo, wheat, millet, oats, and rye.

 

[BHyder1]

My chickens love purina scratch, and it is slightly cheaper.. Sunflower seeds has almost doubled, so I also mix mine. Only a couple of cups a day, as I have heard it does make them fat! (like cookies!)

 

[WalkingWolf]

I don't feed my birds scratch, I try to find other treats such as discarded vegetables from the produce market. I really wish that one of the feed makers would make a pellet covered in a hard yellow shell to simulate scratch and keep the birds on a more healthy diet. I am amazed that a feed company has not come up with the idea.