BuckeyeAmy69
Crowing
I prefer feeding pellets; the girls prefer eating crumbles. Go figure. I can't get mash in my area.
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That is good to know because Nutrena is what I am switching over to for the pellets also from the Scratch and Peck starter grower crumble. It is easier to find locally for me.I am keeping ducks and chickens. The duck feed is Purina flock raiser which is a crumble. The chicken feed.........I was using an all flock but recently switched to a layer feed for a few reasons....
The all flock I could get was Nutrena. I was not happy with the level of powder in the feed. I also have 4 birds that are higher producers and were/are having shell issues even while going through a high volume of oyster shell.
The layer feed I am using now is also Nutrena but is pellets. In just a month I have seen improvement in the shell quality even if it is not 100% better yet.
Oh! Wow! Now you really have us going! Between the mash, the Scratch and Peck, and the brand names that are the same and then the mash meaning about three or four different things between a wet fermented chicken feed to a starter for white lightning I bet it can be really confusing when the UPS man pulls up at your house. I bet you don’t know if he is a possible DEA agent in disguise checking to see if you have any clear jugs or jars stashed in the walls of the coop under the straw or if he really is for real and bringing in a bag of Organic starter grower crumble for the chicks! You could be signing your life away on the dotted line! Lol! I’m sorry ! I just could not resist! That was just all too funny! Too funny! Don’t give your chickens too much of that sour mash!I think a clarification in terms is needed.
My feed store labels Scratch & Peck a whole grain mash, so to me "mash" can be whole grains or ground down powder-y stuff.
My personal opinion is there's no reason not to use whole grain mash as long as you're aware that birds can pick through it and pick out what they want. Serving it fermented is ideal, or at least wet, in order to get the fines (the powder containing the vitamins, protein, etc) to clump to the grains.
All that said, I marked everything above (not helpful I'm sure!) As I currently have chicks I have crumble (Payback Hatch to Hen) and mash (Scratch & Peck Grower) on hand. I dry feed crumble all day, and fermented mash in the morning, so it works out to about 50/50 of each type. Once the chicks are old enough to lay I switch to layer pellets for the dry feed, at same ratio.
Plus they free range every day for about 5 -6 hoursI use pellets but give fermented grain about twice a week as well
mine are the same way! They would always raid the chick feeder whenever I let them outI prefer feeding pellets; the girls prefer eating crumbles. Go figure. I can't get mash in my area.