Natural Supplement- Anyone heard of This?

[nancypo]

I saw this today, anyone heard of something like this before? I like that it's natural, but didn't want to pay shipping. Anything like this in feed stores, etc.???

http://urbanhomestead.org/journal/2010/07/30/raising-natural-poultry/#comment-58836

 

[nancypo]

Any other ideas? I would like to buy something for the winter...

 

[squiqwe]

Did you see their price for chicken feed? If I got it right 2 lbs for $18. I couldn't afford to raise chickens at those prices. Far as that goes I'm in the process of formulating my own blend and it's not going to cost anything near that outrageous price.

 

[NevadaRon]

That was to be mixed with their regular feed - 1 package to 25lbs. Still pretty expensive, though...

 

[nancypo]

Yes, that's also why I'm shopping around. Anyone heard of something similar that's cheaper? I only have 3 hens...

 

[WoodlandWoman]

It would be nice if you could find a product that listed all the ingredients in it, too. "Tonic herbs" could be a lot of different things. It would be like going to the pharmacy to pick up your prescription and having the label just say, "Medicine."

 

[nancypo]

Yes, I noticed that too...

 

[lindseythefork]

You're probably better off just providing a high-quality feed. The lack of ingredient disclosure is a turn off for me. It's a little pricey for mystery ingredients.

 

[dragonlair]

If you're worried about balancing a feed, you can buy kelp meal fairly cheap. It has trace amounts of most every vitamin and mineral needed and then some. I feed it to my dogs, horses, goats, chickens and myself. Good stuff. I buy it in 50 pound bags and it lasts several months.

 

[lovemychicns]

Hi where do you get the kelp from?

Karen