Looking to change layer feeds - Opinions needs

[U_Stormcrow]

I don't play favorites. The best feed for you is one that is consistently fresh, readily available, with an acceptable nutritional profile, at a price you are willing to pay.

If you should happen to have two at similar price point which meet the fresh & available tests, we are happy to help you compare labels. If you have some that are $1-2 / 50# apart and you are wondering if one is nutritionally that much more valuable than the other? again, happy to help compare labels.

 

[MichaelDJ]

Mixed whole grain feeds are a problem. because birds will select the yummy stuff and leave other parts of the blend, as you've seen. They aren't getting a balance diet, very bad for them.
Either a crumble or pellets are fine, better to look at the nutritional profile and the mill date on each bag of feed, so you aren't buying old stuff. I like to feed within two or three months of the mill date, because some vitamins deteriorate over time.
Here we feed Purina Flock Raiser, 20% protein, and fresh where we shop, with oyster shell and grit in separate containers so birds can eat what they need of each.
Layer feed, with it's high calcium, is meant for birds actively laying eggs, and nobody else. Molting, winter slowdown, males, birds old and young, shouldn't have layer feed. And the 16% protein in minimal, designed for feeding leghorn type hens actively laying eggs and eating nothing else.
Mary

I feed fermented, mixed whole grains in the morning. By the end of the day they eat everything.