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Steve,
I'd like your 'recipe' for feed- our mill will mix for us, but I'm not sure what to ask for- I'm certain I don't want any of the HOG44 they lean on when upping the protein in their normal layer, though. I remember Glenda Heywood also reported at one point she didn't allow any corn for protein in her feed, as she bred white birds and it yellows them (boy, does it!!).
This is all very interesting!
The "old recipes" I have seen for non corn based feeds used sorghum, barley,alfalfa meal, wheat. All call for soybean oil meal. The wheat for example is a higher protien than corn - I think wheat is about 12% vice 8 for corn.
Some interesting reading can be found in
Feeds and Feeding by Frank B. Morrison
Steve in NC
Steve,
I'd like your 'recipe' for feed- our mill will mix for us, but I'm not sure what to ask for- I'm certain I don't want any of the HOG44 they lean on when upping the protein in their normal layer, though. I remember Glenda Heywood also reported at one point she didn't allow any corn for protein in her feed, as she bred white birds and it yellows them (boy, does it!!).
This is all very interesting!
The "old recipes" I have seen for non corn based feeds used sorghum, barley,alfalfa meal, wheat. All call for soybean oil meal. The wheat for example is a higher protien than corn - I think wheat is about 12% vice 8 for corn.
Some interesting reading can be found in
Feeds and Feeding by Frank B. Morrison
Steve in NC