Laying Feed for roos?

[ChickenPeep]

Hey everyone! This is a pretty simple question but my chickens will start laying pretty soon. We ran out of food and the food we stocked up on this time is laying food. I also have 2 roos however. Is laying food okay for roos to eat? If it isnt, what should i do? There is ABOSOULITELY NO WAY i would ever get rid of my buddy roos.

 

[ChickenPeep]

Hello people?!?! Not to be rude but id really like some help! Thanks!!

 

[chickensgalore]

all my roosters have always eatin laying mash

 

[shuizar209]

Lay feed is just fine. Just watch out they might begin to lay eggs. Joking. Sorry but you make it too easy.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

They'll be fine.

 

[Eggcessive]

I'm new to the forum this year, but I read it daily, so I'll share what I did. My chicks are all different breeds, several bantams with large breeds and smaller breeds, along with a bunch of roos. They are 16 weeks now, so I changed them to Purina Flock raiser which is fairly close in ingredients to their old feed Start and Grow without the meds for coccidia. When they start to lay eggs I will offer oyster shell for calcium that the roos will ignore. That way if I have more chicks in the future, everyone can stay on this same food. It has 20 % protein compared to 18 % in their old food and costs the same.

 

[ChickenPeep]

Thanks for the advice everyone! i now feel good about what im doing!

 

[Oneacre Homestead]

I have always wondered about this too, but how could you possibly make the Roo eat some other food? I decided even if the layer feed has too much calcium there is nothing to be done.