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I had no idea that's what the disease was. While I know chickens aren't carnivores like hawks, etc I guess I thought they ate the same kind of meat as carnivores given the fact they'll scarf down rodents and snakes every chance they get. The biggest problem I'm having is all the main chicken feeds are all plant proteins. Seriously-think of how easy it is to raise BUGS. Why don't they have animal feed made of insect protein? Crickets, grasshoppers, etc. That would be perfect for chickens and also for the fish I keep. The 3 month olds I've got don't seem to physically be able to get enough food in them eating the starter/grower crumbles to feel full. Maybe the answer is supplementing with eggs and catfood/dogfood. Something that will stay in their stomachs long enough so they don't have to eat non-stop? Not sure what the answer is.
We have tried the feeds without animal protien, they aren't as good and teh birds do not grow as well. Bovine meat and meal was banned from use in teh manufacture of feed. Chickens are not herbavores, they need animal protien to grow and develop properly, they will get this in a free range environment from bugs, mice, snakes, and everything thing that moves that they can catch. However a properly balanced sole source feed will include animal protien. Most feed manufacturers such as Purina, evergreen, US Suppliers etc. The big boys that have R&D departments understand what is needed and offer thier less expensive plant protien only feeds and they have thier premium feeds which contain animal protien often fish meal, porcine, and bone meal. This is and can be scienticically proven both safe and better for the Omnivore diet. Herbavores such as cattle, sheep, and goats should never be fed anything with animal protien though..
I had no idea that's what the disease was. While I know chickens aren't carnivores like hawks, etc I guess I thought they ate the same kind of meat as carnivores given the fact they'll scarf down rodents and snakes every chance they get. The biggest problem I'm having is all the main chicken feeds are all plant proteins. Seriously-think of how easy it is to raise BUGS. Why don't they have animal feed made of insect protein? Crickets, grasshoppers, etc. That would be perfect for chickens and also for the fish I keep. The 3 month olds I've got don't seem to physically be able to get enough food in them eating the starter/grower crumbles to feel full. Maybe the answer is supplementing with eggs and catfood/dogfood. Something that will stay in their stomachs long enough so they don't have to eat non-stop? Not sure what the answer is.
We have tried the feeds without animal protien, they aren't as good and teh birds do not grow as well. Bovine meat and meal was banned from use in teh manufacture of feed. Chickens are not herbavores, they need animal protien to grow and develop properly, they will get this in a free range environment from bugs, mice, snakes, and everything thing that moves that they can catch. However a properly balanced sole source feed will include animal protien. Most feed manufacturers such as Purina, evergreen, US Suppliers etc. The big boys that have R&D departments understand what is needed and offer thier less expensive plant protien only feeds and they have thier premium feeds which contain animal protien often fish meal, porcine, and bone meal. This is and can be scienticically proven both safe and better for the Omnivore diet. Herbavores such as cattle, sheep, and goats should never be fed anything with animal protien though..
