Official BYC Poll: Crumbles, Mash, or Pellets?

[BlueBaby]

I sometimes have several age groups over here, and at that time I feel it's easier for the younger one's to swallow the crumbles. I do however prefer using the pellet's as the ant's can't carry them off as easily. Either way, any of it can also be used as wet feed for them too, as we get extreme heat in the summer over here. I do the wet feed as sort of a treat for them because they love it and it helps to keep them better hydrated.

 

[chrissynemetz]

I've used all three before, but I prefer the pellets.They don't seem to waste as much... and the wind doesn't blow it away nearly as easily.

 

[LaFleche]

I prefer the meally worms, (but the chickens eat crumbles and scratch)

You should be careful not to eat too many or you will end up way overweight.

 

[featherhead007]

You should be careful not to eat too many or you will end up way overweight.

But they are great on ice cream. (That's what I tell the store, when I buy them)

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I'd much rather use crumble for all my birds, but it's almost 2x as much as pellets so I have to switch between crumbles for bantams and my quail and pellets for my standards

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Pellets or crumbles.
Chicks, of course, get chick starter.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

My chickens aren't picky, but I prefer pellets just because they seem cleaner. When mixing pellets with mash, they go for the pellets first.

 

[Jstone70]

Depending on what I am feeding is what I use. Like pheasants get game feed scratch. Chickens get crumble and cracked corn. Ducks get pellets and whole corn. Chicks get crumble. Turkeys get pellets. Geese get crumble

 

[Gallinarium]

Question--how big are pellets, typically? I always feel like if I were a chicken, pellets would be harder to swallow than crumbles. But maybe it is just me. I know many people use pellets.

They seem easier for the chickens to eat to me. Crumbles is, in essence, very large dust. They seem to have a hard time scooping it into their beaks. On the other hand, the pellets they can just peck up a couple at a time. Just my experience. I've used crumbles too, and they work well enough. It just takes them longer to eat it. Truth be told, I generally just use pellets 'cause that's the kind of chicken food I reach first at Fleet Farm.

 

[R2elk]

Other than starter followed by grower, all of my poultry are fed pellets. There is far less waste of pellets than there is of crumbles.