Purina Flock to Farm 18% Scratch

[JPadronMiami]

just started transition from Kalmbach 17% Henhouse Reserve to this new Purina 18% hen food am using the 80/20 method 80% Purina 20% Flock Raiser-pellets and 20% of the new Flock to Farm 18% poultry scratch, so far so good... would like to know how other poultry owners are feeding their flock

 

[Auntiejessi3]

I feed Nutrena 20% all flock with free choice oyster shell

 

[JPadronMiami]

I feed Nutrena 20% all flock with free choice oyster shell

i free choice the crushed oyster shells also, I dont do the grit, my flock free ranges 1/2 day, figured they consume the gritty stuff during the course of the day naturally, then cooped until next day.

 

[SourRoses]

I dont do the grit, my flock free ranges 1/2 day, figured they consume the gritty stuff during the course of the day

We have a lot of sand in FL, I used to think it counted as grit but it really doesn't. Learned the hard way with repetitive crop issues. Putting out insoluble granite has proven a good preventative for mine, and they actually consume a lot of it compared to what others report. 2-3 bags / year.

We feed 20% All Flock. Oyster on the side.
I do have one feeder (out of 5) that I put a scoop of Layer in for one silly old girl who came here as an adult and has never understood oyster shell. She lays terrible soft eggs otherwise and shows signs of arthritis so I worry about her depleting her bones.
I've noticed when they have the option of feeds to pick from, they have the same attitude towards layer as Oyster shell, mostly eating their main feed.

But since some of the other girls help her eat it, I pick a higher protein layer, lately it's been Nutrena Silkie & Ornamental 22% Layer which comes as a "Clean Crumble" basically small balls. My chickens are all LF but really seem to prefer their food in small ball form, lol.

When the chicks are still little (under 2 weeks) I use Nutrena Silkie 24% Starter. Which comes as a teeny tiny balls. It's less messy and there's much less waste over regular crumble.

I consider these extra feeds other than All Flock to be not strictly necessary, extraneous fluff. But it saves me some headaches.

P.S. Do I see a Paso Fino in your profile picture? Hard to tell when it's small, lol.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

When the chicks are still little (under 2 weeks) I use Nutrena Silkie 24% Starter. Which comes as a teeny tiny balls. It's less messy and there's much less waste over regular crumble.

I use the same thing for chicks and love it!

 

[JPadronMiami]

We have a lot of sand in FL, I used to think it counted as grit but it really doesn't. Learned the hard way with repetitive crop issues. Putting out insoluble granite has proven a good preventative for mine, and they actually consume a lot of it compared to what others report. 2-3 bags / year.

We feed 20% All Flock. Oyster on the side.
I do have one feeder (out of 5) that I put a scoop of Layer in for one silly old girl who came here as an adult and has never understood oyster shell. She lays terrible soft eggs otherwise and shows signs of arthritis so I worry about her depleting her bones.
I've noticed when they have the option of feeds to pick from, they have the same attitude towards layer as Oyster shell, mostly eating their main feed.

But since some of the other girls help her eat it, I pick a higher protein layer, lately it's been Nutrena Silkie & Ornamental 22% Layer which comes as a "Clean Crumble" basically small balls. My chickens are all LF but really seem to prefer their food in small ball form, lol.

When the chicks are still little (under 2 weeks) I use Nutrena Silkie 24% Starter. Which comes as a teeny tiny balls. It's less messy and there's much less waste over regular crumble.

I consider these extra feeds other than All Flock to be not strictly necessary, extraneous fluff. But it saves me some headaches.

P.S. Do I see a Paso Fino in your profile picture? Hard to tell when it's small, lol.

thats interesting, thanks for sharing, cant recall having issues with my hens and crop's, i alternate egg shells and sometimes oyster shells, but always available for them at will. The paint on the left is a TW mare, the paint in the middle is prolly the one your referring to is a black and white paint cross between quarter horse mare and Arabian stallion, he has the 1/4 horse natural muscling and is on the smaller side, he has the dish cheeks, spunky fellow, the Sorre/Chest nut on the far right is a thouroughbred, all my horse are have been rescue horses, we lucked out with these, great horses, took a while to turn em aound though.

 

[JPadronMiami]

 

[JPadronMiami]

thats interesting, thanks for sharing, cant recall having issues with my hens and crop's, i alternate egg shells and sometimes oyster shells, but always available for them at will. The paint on the left is a TW mare, the paint in the middle is prolly the one your referring to is a black and white paint cross between quarter horse mare and Arabian stallion, he has the 1/4 horse natural muscling and is on the smaller side, he has the dish cheeks, spunky fellow, the Sorre/Chest nut on the far right is a thouroughbred, all my horse are have been rescue horses, we lucked out with these, great horses, took a while to turn em aound though.

can anyone recognize what kind of roo this is? he is a rescue, about 1 year old, weighs about 7 lbs, not particularly friendly, is good at patrolling the premises around the coops and runs. Big fellow.

 

[K0k0shka]

just started transition from Kalmbach 17% Henhouse Reserve to this new Purina 18% hen food am using the 80/20 method 80% Purina 20% Flock Raiser-pellets and 20% of the new Flock to Farm 18% poultry scratch, so far so good... would like to know how other poultry owners are feeding their flock

I don't see why all that math and extra work is necessary... You'd be fine doing either one or the other exclusively. Though I'd prefer 20% over 18% protein. I've been feeding Purina Flock Raiser 20% protein exclusively for years, and am very happy with it. Grit and calcium on the side.

 

[Bsmac]

I like Kalmbach`s 20 percent flock raiser with calcium and grit on the side. I have noticed a big difference in the appearance of our birds!