Pellets or crumbles?

[33yardbirds]

I start weaning them off the crumbles when they're about 17 to 18 wks. Buy that time I've had enough of the powder waste. I also have large birds and they handle the pellets well. There's still powder but not like with crumbles. Also I agree with the previous post that they pick and choose the best morsels and leave you with the dust.

 

[eds500]

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[LindsayB]

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[carrlr]

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[Denninmi]

I feed pellets, except to quail. Our local brand here is rather disappointing in their "crumbles" == its so fine its basically a powder. Purina, which is harder to find here, has a lot larger, more consistent crumble size.

Pellets are a lot less waste overall. I've never had any problems with anything accepting them.

 

[Maximus]

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[Maximus]

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[TexGardenGirl]

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Yep, I couldn't have said it any better. Smaller birds may be a little different, but anything as large as a standard chicken should definitely be able to handle the size.

 

[TnChickHen]

Thanks for all the responses!! Our local feed store here has ok pellets. We use Nutrena for chick feed crumbles and Pellets for older ones. I'm not sure I like the pellets for the older ones. But hey, they don't mind I don't think.... It's all touch and go!