Mixed flock food recommendations

[Adh7818]

Help y’all!! I need food help! We have Layers Ranging from 6 months old - a year old. And recently added three bantams-which all turned out to be cockerels. They are about 10 weeks old. We have free choice oyster shell available for the layers. But what food can I buy for them all that won’t be a problem? Keeping them separate is not an option long term.

 

[DobieLover]

Help y’all!! I need food help! We have Layers Ranging from 6 months old - a year old. And recently added three bantams-which all turned out to be cockerels. They are about 10 weeks old. We have free choice oyster shell available for the layers. But what food can I buy for them all that won’t be a problem? Keeping them separate is not an option long term.

Flock Raiser, All Flock or chick starter. Any complete feed that offers 18-20% protein and 1-1.3% calcium.

 

[Brooks_]

All flock, flock raiser or starter/grower would be fine.

 

[Adh7818]

Thank y’all!! That’s what I thought but wanted to make sure. Can the bantams eat pellets or do I need to go with crumble?

 

[DobieLover]

Thank y’all!! That’s what I thought but wanted to make sure. Can the bantams eat pellets or do I need to go with crumble?

They can eat pellets.

 

[Al Gerhart]

Stick with pellets or crumbles, mixed feed isn't balanced and the birds tend to rake it out of the feeders looking for the tasty bits.