Poll: do you feed pellets or crumble?

[WVBirdsAndBees]

I get this...
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We use this brand as well but I do layer crumbles for the adult layers and their starter/grower for everyone else - both for the babies and adult coops with roos (+ oyster shell for the girls).

I've tried several brands and we weren't set on organic. But our birds just seem to do best on this. They love it and it isn't that much more money.

I've tried pellets as well but my leghorns would literally scratch it out of their feeder onto the floor. Since it didn't help with waste, we went back to crumbles and they all eat it well.

 

[Bird_Lover_17]

You really need to add an option for whole grain. That's what I feed.

I have added a whole grain option, thanks for bringing that to my attention!

 

[Homesteadermomma6382]

I give my chicks starter mash until they are about 6 weeks. Crumble grower til 12 weeks. Then all flock pellets in the big coop. With 30+ birds pellets make a lot less mess. And I use all flock because I have roosters and younger hens that dont lay yet. Also offer oyster shell free choice and scratch a few times a week when I can sit with them in the evening as a bribe to come eat from my hand lol.

 

[LizzzyJo]

I feed a mash

 

[cherrynberry]

I feed crumble, but always ferment it. If I don't, it gets quite dusty and it just seems better when it's moist

 

[claudiabostic]

You that feed whole grains, what do you feed?

I feed Scratch & Peck Grower to all my flock since I have roosters with most of the hens and don't want to give them too much calcium. It's corn free and soy free and organic. I think having the grains whole keeps the food value better than when they are crushed. And I think that the chickens have the best idea of what they should eat and the whole grains let them pick and choose. They do waste a little bit onto the ground, but almost everything gets eaten. Whole grains that don't get eaten but are pushed into the dirt will sprout during most of the year and the resulting grass gets eaten by the chickens.
I was using New Country Organics Grower for a while but I had a problem hatch and lost some chicks. I'm not sure it was the difference in the feed, but I went back to Scratch & peck and the flock seems healthier to me although I won't know for sure until I hatch some chicks next Spring.

 

[Willow2253]

I do both, grower crumbles for young birds and all flock pellets for adults.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Heh your vote only allows for 1 option, so I can't vote.

I technically feed all 3.

 

[Meg-in-MT]

I feed Scratch & Peck Grower to all my flock since I have roosters with most of the hens and don't want to give them too much calcium. It's corn free and soy free and organic. I think having the grains whole keeps the food value better than when they are crushed. And I think that the chickens have the best idea of what they should eat and the whole grains let them pick and choose. They do waste a little bit onto the ground, but almost everything gets eaten. Whole grains that don't get eaten but are pushed into the dirt will sprout during most of the year and the resulting grass gets eaten by the chickens.
I was using New Country Organics Grower for a while but I had a problem hatch and lost some chicks. I'm not sure it was the difference in the feed, but I went back to Scratch & peck and the flock seems healthier to me although I won't know for sure until I hatch some chicks next Spring.

Thank you for your explanation

 

[Farmgirl1878]

My girls get both pellets and crumble. They seems to like both!