So I picked up a few sacks of this non-GMO feed from a new supplier...I was not expecting mash. I am used to pellets, I get manna pro that seems to be all natural but not non-gmo. That feed is 20% protein, It was working great. I just got the new feed a few days ago, it is a mash, which I've never used before, it is mainly dust, with chunks of corn and what not. The new mash also has 3 additional ingredients in it:
dried aspergillus niger fermentation
dried bacillus subtilus fermentation extract
dried trichoderma logibrachiatum
The new mash is also 16% protein, which has me concerned since my girls were performing so well on 20% pellets of manna pro. The new supplier said that they would gobble it up like they were starving, which they have not really, but I think they are perplexed by the dusty food not in pelet form.
On top of all this, the dang feed wont fall down in my feeder properly, i think I've heard people call it "bridging". I have a standard round metal hanging feeder from TSC and the feed does not seem to fall down in and fill the little trough. I was thinking about maybe drilling more holes in the feeder to make the gap bigger... if i jiggle the feeder, more will fall down.
I think this feed will have to really perform or I may switch back to the genetically modified pellets with no pro-biotics. I wonder if my birds get that stuff being free range and eating rotton this and that all the time?
what do you guys think, les protein wont feed properly in feeder, all dusty... maybe I'll get used to it?
dried aspergillus niger fermentation
dried bacillus subtilus fermentation extract
dried trichoderma logibrachiatum
The new mash is also 16% protein, which has me concerned since my girls were performing so well on 20% pellets of manna pro. The new supplier said that they would gobble it up like they were starving, which they have not really, but I think they are perplexed by the dusty food not in pelet form.
On top of all this, the dang feed wont fall down in my feeder properly, i think I've heard people call it "bridging". I have a standard round metal hanging feeder from TSC and the feed does not seem to fall down in and fill the little trough. I was thinking about maybe drilling more holes in the feeder to make the gap bigger... if i jiggle the feeder, more will fall down.
I think this feed will have to really perform or I may switch back to the genetically modified pellets with no pro-biotics. I wonder if my birds get that stuff being free range and eating rotton this and that all the time?
what do you guys think, les protein wont feed properly in feeder, all dusty... maybe I'll get used to it?
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