Layena® SunFresh® Recipe

[archerobx]

I went to pic up feed and they were out of the usuall. I usually us Dumor Layer. So i picked up Leyena sunfresh.

the leyena has pretty package and has all these I dont know additives I gues.

http://poultry.purinamills.com/OURPRODUCTS/Products/Layena/default.aspx

Is it that much better then what i normally feed?
thanks

 

[Ol'FashionHen]

No, not additives just vitamins and minerals that are needed for your chickens health.

I personally will ONLY use Purina Layena, my chooks love it and it contains NO animal by-products. I have used Dumor once and my chooks barely touched it, not to mention it made their poo smellier.

each to their own, but that is my experience.

 

[archerobx]

Thanks.
Less sticky poo is always good.

I may stick with this for couple months just to see if I notice any changes in smell, eggs, nicer feathers. Its like 2 bucks more a bag.


thanks again

 

[Rebel Rooster]

I have both Dumor and Purina Layena right now... after reading this I'll conduct a little test and see how my chickens like both.

 

[racuda]

Ol'FashionHen :

No, not additives just vitamins and minerals that are needed for your chickens health.

I personally will ONLY use Purina Layena, my chooks love it and it contains NO animal by-products. I have used Dumor once and my chooks barely touched it, not to mention it made their poo smellier.

each to their own, but that is my experience.

Whats wrong with animal by-products?​

 

[speckledhen]

Layena is a good quality product, but I do not use it because it has no animal protein. (that and it's expensive anyway). The protein in the feeds I use is porcine.
My original girls were raised on Start & Grow from Purina and then had Layena and Southern States, also a vegetarian feed, but since then, I use other good quality feeds that include animal protein in the chick starter and the layer/breeder feeds. I even supplement my breeding flocks with fish like salmon and mackerel.

 

[mdbokc]

We are using Evergreen Extra Egg 16 after previously reading nothing but good on this site. So far, we are really happy. Price is good, healthy birds and great egg production. I am going to look into that type of protein thing...curious now.

 

[DawnSuiter]

Mine are raised on Flock Raiser, which is essentially Layena with the Lay part

. They don't like to eat any layer feed, I've tried a few so I choose to stick with the Flock Raiser.. BUT like Speckledhen said, it has NO animal proteins which I find a problem since chickens LIKE to eat animals, so now I choose to supplement with whatever animal proteins I can find or aquire, mostly scraps from the house, bugs etc.

I like that it's considered a good quality feed, and being new to chickens I don't want to take any chances with inferior feed products.

I used to use the Dumor chick starter/grower and liked it well enough. I personally think that it SMELLS yummy compared to the other feeds, but it's difficult to acquire near my home, and the chooks like the Purina better. Now I use a brand of Turkey starter for all my babies so I have no reason to head out after the Dumor brand anymore.

I subscribed to the Poultry Press for the monthly coupon of $5 off two bags of Purina feed.. it helps offset the extra cost of the feed.

 

[Ol'FashionHen]

Quote:
Whats wrong with animal by-products?

Just sceptical as to if the animal used may have had a disease etc.

 

[kathyinmo]

Which brands have animal protein?