Organic Non GMO Wholesome Feed?

[MuddyHillFarm]

My wife laughed when she first saw my milling operation. We buy certified organic whole grains and grind as necessary. I toss them into the hopper to be ground to the size i want (I have a couple of different size screens - peeps get a finer grind then the big girls), ground grains drop into the cement mixer for a few spins before I dump into the 5 gallon bucket. You have to take note that all grains once ground begin to break down - I don't want my girls to eat rancid food.
Polyunsaturated fats easily turn rancid simply by exposure to heat, light, or air, making them very unstable.

 

[pattiann43]

We're very fortunate in the PNW to have Scratch & Peck Feeds (scratchandpeck.com) which are organic, non-soy, non-corn (they do have non-GMO corn in some of their products but always have a non-corn option) and are part of the non-GMO project. We love that it's whole grains, real food, not processed pellets.

We raise all of our birds on their feed and only their feeds the rest of the way as well.

 

[GimmeCake]

Organic doesn't make a difference IMO, just something they can sell for a lot more (just like "cage free"). From what I know, products only need to be **mostly** organic, and considering the food is digested through the chicken and turned into an egg, I don't consider it anything less then organic by industry standards.

But if you want organic just for yourself, I recommend growing your own organic feed, which is actually cheaper then buying non-organic feed if you do it right.

Just my thoughts.

 

[MSmom601]

It is my understand a product can be labeled organic with 30% GMO content.

 

[Cindy in PA]

It is my understand a product can be labeled organic with 30% GMO content.

Not true. Read the regulations. If you all don't want to buy organic feed, great! Just please get your facts straight.

 

[Soy Free LIfe]

Cindy in PA

Won't you please share the facts as you know them regarding allowable GMO content for organic labeling and certified organic labelling....?

 

[Bear Foot Farm]

http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-201

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[Island Roo]

That is similar to the canadian regulations:
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/food/or...s-and-answers/eng/1328081798738/1328081871795

This stipulates that for products containing 70% to 94% organic ingredients, the package may contain this wording "contains x% organic ingredients". The percentage of organic content must be specified.

 

[TrelvaJane]

GMO Free chick feed was very important to me too. I did a little research and found Nature Smart, Certified Organic, GMO free, 20% protein for $30 for a 40 lb. bag. I thought it a little pricey, but I don't want my chicks getting any harmful chemicals. I get mine from my BackYard Farmer, delivered to my door, locally with other fruits and veggies I order for the week. Get on line and see if someone in your area carries this feed or perhaps you can order it directly from Nature Smart. Hope that helps.

 

[centrarchid]

Absolute best organic option I have ever realized involved having not more birds than land would support where numbers were knocked down for winter, birds feeding free-range with exceptional predator management enabled by dogs and quality cover, quality forage balanced with good stands of legumes and cool season grasses, and livestock of some sort fed quality hays, picked corn and oats raised on the same farm. Chickens could expand and contract foraging areas as needed and glean spilt feed as well as livestock feces. When you overshoot the capacity of land and have to import feeds, the only benefits I see are in terms of a reduction in the chemicals you consume. The environment is not protected in the areas from which the imported feeds are derived as much as would be if feedstuffs used were local.