Hello all!! i am fairly new to chickens and the site and have a few questions
i have a mixed flock of 8 birds (3 of which are roos) and i am now getting eggs
i have raised them on nutrena meat bird food so far and am ready to switch to layer food
question:
1. Do i now have to put out oyster shell and grit along with their feed?
2. Do i feed layer food from now on permanetly?
3. i have the choice of three types of feed nutrena, purena, and Pen Pals (Made in quincy ill by ADM) is one any diff or better than the other?
i have the ingredient lists for all 3 makers for their starter/grower, meat bird, and layer feeds and they are all close to each other in all aspects
so
4. does it come down to price?
i also have questions for those of you who use acv
1. the bottles that i have found near me do not say if it has mother in it how do i know?
2. can i buy one bottle w mother and use it to start a home batch? if so how?
thank you for any advice
i have a mixed flock of 8 birds (3 of which are roos) and i am now getting eggs
i have raised them on nutrena meat bird food so far and am ready to switch to layer food
question:
1. Do i now have to put out oyster shell and grit along with their feed?
2. Do i feed layer food from now on permanetly?
3. i have the choice of three types of feed nutrena, purena, and Pen Pals (Made in quincy ill by ADM) is one any diff or better than the other?
i have the ingredient lists for all 3 makers for their starter/grower, meat bird, and layer feeds and they are all close to each other in all aspects
so
4. does it come down to price?
i also have questions for those of you who use acv
1. the bottles that i have found near me do not say if it has mother in it how do i know?
2. can i buy one bottle w mother and use it to start a home batch? if so how?
thank you for any advice