NY chicken lover!!!!

Yay! My dad just told me very soon well be able to get some chickens and im so excited i want to learn and see as much as possible. But it seems everything and everyone is just so far away.
 
Got some questions about feed.
1 Does anyone in CNY know a good place to buy feed in bulk? looking to maximize profits if possible, or at least minimize my price per egg.
2 does anyone here feed fermented feed to egg birds, and if so how young can i start?
 
Got some questions about feed.
1 Does anyone in CNY know a good place to buy feed in bulk? looking to maximize profits if possible, or at least minimize my price per egg.
2 does anyone here feed fermented feed to egg birds, and if so how young can i start?


I'm not sure about bulk feed, but yes you can feed fermented feed to egg layers, and you can start as soon as they hatch if you want to.
 
Got some questions about feed.
1 Does anyone in CNY know a good place to buy feed in bulk? looking to maximize profits if possible, or at least minimize my price per egg.
2 does anyone here feed fermented feed to egg birds, and if so how young can i start?
I feed fermented whole grains in the summer. In Fulton, I think that is up near you, there is a feed place that sells Poulan feed. They don't sell in bulk, but if you can find a mill that grinds its own grains you can buy in 100 lb lots. When I used to have my own feed mixed up, I had to buy 600 lbs at a time. So you need to have containers to hold the bulk feed if you get it.

I buy whole oats, cracked corn and soy. I prefer the soy whole. I soak them in a ratio of 2 oats, 1 corn, 1/2 soy. I think it gives me about 19% protein. I also add fish meal free choice in each pen mixed with alfalfa meal for those chickens that don't have access to grass. Of course I add some calcium a couple times a week. I have 3 five gallon buckets. I put each days grain in the buckets fill with water until it covers the grain and a little more cause the grain soaks up a lot of water. I feed the grain out in a 3 day rotation. I use a sieve with a handle to scoop out the grain and feed each day. By the third bucket, it is fermenting. I add more water & grain to the bucket I used that day. Keep a cover on it. I try to stir each one twice or 2 times a day. The grain needs to stay under the water. My chickens practically break down thier pen doors when they see me coming. They love it. I like it especially during the summer because it gets more liquid into the chickens.
This is just a brief explanation.

You can start them out as soon as they are big enough to eat the grains, or you could even ferment chick feed. I prefer whole grains because using pellets or mash gets very messy. I don't do it in the winter because I don't want to lug a heavy 5 gallon bucket of wet grain out to the barn every day, and since I have the buckets in the barn, they freeze and don't ferment.
 

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