Organic Homemade Feed - No corn or soy - Balance omega 6 to 3

[KMV]

Hi Everyone!

So because I can't seem to find organic feed in my area that has NO corn or soy, I want to mix my own.

The reason I'm nixing corn and soy is to keep the omega 6 to 3 ratio heart healthy.

So my question is this: Does anyone know where I can get SAFE organic soy free fishmeal in large quantities (more than 10 lb bags) for a decent price??

Thank you!

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Fishmeal is soy free.

New Country Organics sells it in bulk. Reasonable price?? Debatable.

See also, Fertrell

Define "SAFE"?

 

[Perris]

Does anyone know where I can get SAFE organic soy free fishmeal in large quantities (more than 10 lb bags) for a decent price??

The problem with any sort of 'meal' is that you have to take on trust the manufacturer's claim about what is in it, because you cannot evaluate it yourself just by looking at it.

If you trust a company, and its supply chain, you need to pay what they are asking as the price of their product. If another company offers something cheaper, but you don't trust them, is that actually a better deal for you?

Any meal will also deteriorate quite quickly, as the ingredients, whatever they are, have been ground down small, so there is a very large area available for oxidation / decomposition. So unless you have a lot of chickens, large quantities are not going to work out more economical, because more will just be wasted, probably.

You may find it cheaper and easier in the long run to buy small quantities of fresh or tinned meat or fish to achieve a sensible omega 3:6 ratio. Tinned foods usually have a very long life, relatively speaking, so if shipping cost is the issue, they are a better bulk buy than anything fresh but milled/ground, because they will preserve better their nutritional value until the time you get to use them.

 

[Bawkbok]

I've tried feeding our chickens canned tuna - they inspect it for a minute, turn up their beaks and walk away from it. How do you folks get your chickens to eat anything fishy?

 

[Perris]

I've tried feeding our chickens canned tuna - they inspect it for a minute, turn up their beaks and walk away from it. How do you folks get your chickens to eat anything fishy?

as with any new food, you might need to present it a few times before one of them will try it, so offer little and often. Once one has tried it and decided it's OK, and the rest see that that one hasn't popped his or her clogs, so they know it's edible, the others will give it a go and make up their own minds whether they want this or not.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Fishmeal is soy free.

New Country Organics sells it in bulk. Reasonable price?? Debatable.

See also, Fertrell

Define "SAFE"?

I use New Country organics no corn or soy. $51 for a 40pd bag. Girls love it and it's always fresh.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Hi Everyone!

So because I can't seem to find organic feed in my area that has NO corn or soy, I want to mix my own.

The reason I'm nixing corn and soy is to keep the omega 6 to 3 ratio heart healthy.

So my question is this: Does anyone know where I can get SAFE organic soy free fishmeal in large quantities (more than 10 lb bags) for a decent price??

Thank you!

There’s this, although I don’t know about the omega ratios. Available from Chewy.

https://www.chewy.com/kalmbach-feeds-organic-henhouse/dp/1063558

 

[saysfaa]

I've tried feeding our chickens canned tuna - they inspect it for a minute, turn up their beaks and walk away from it. How do you folks get your chickens to eat anything fishy?

I called them over like I did for any other offering. Approximating tidbitting, maybe. I started calling them over to their chick feed crumbles when they were one day old. Then other things, starting with tomatoes, spinach, and clover when they were a few weeks old.

They love any scraps of our salmon dinners, canned tuna, canned sardines, fresh and dried whole alewives, and fresh trout/bass/pike guts.

If you haven't been calling yours over, you might look up how roosters do tidbitting and get as close as you can with hands and noises to call them over for clover or grasshoppers (or anything else you know they like). Then other things you know they like. Then try the fish.

Or just put a little tuna in their food dish every day or so. Likely someone will try it before too long. That should be all it takes.