Purina omega 3 laying formula with flax seed

[clickncluck]

Has anyone tried this feed? My feed store will only sell it in whole bags and with just 2 hens Iʻm reluctant to buy an entire bag. I was always told to refrigerate ground flax seed because the oil goes rancid so quickly. Has anyone had trouble with it going bad before they can use it up? I live in Hawaii and Iʻm always worried about pests getting into things, although I guess with chicken feed that should just add extra protein?

 

[Medicine Man]

It's when the flax seeds are broken/ground that they can go rancid quickly. I do not know how Purina may have circumvented this as I am not familiar with the product. If you would like, you can always add raw, whole flax seeds to your current feed of choice at a rate not to exceed 10%, by weight. This recommended inclusion limit is from Jeff Mattock's publication "Pastured Poultry Nutrition" which can be found via the Google.

 

[Chris09]

Just save yourself some money and buy a bag of *Linseed from a feed mill.


* Linseed is the exact same thing as Flax seed at a fraction of the cost.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax

Chris

 

[meowteri2]

I bought some 2 weeks ago. It waas in pellet form. The chickens always had the crumbles before. They are eating it. See my post on size and price.

 

[clickncluck]

I couldnʻt find a source of linseed here, but I did try and feed them whole flax seeds. They really loved it!

 

[pjknust]

I have always been told that flax seed are useless unless you grind them up and comsume them within 15 min.

 

[chickenlickin8]

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I'm currently feeding this to my hens that are 19 weeks old and haven't started laying yet. It comes in 50lb bags and it's a pelleted food. I haven't had any problems with the food going bad and it last about 2 or 3 weeks or so with 8 pullets to feed. I like the pellets over the crumbles...less waste.

 

[clickncluck]

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I think that is for humans. I suspect their little gizzards with all that grit grind them up pretty good. Just a guess though.

 

[Medicine Man]

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I think that is for humans. I suspect their little gizzards with all that grit grind them up pretty good. Just a guess though.

Yes

 

[zekii]

Bought a bag yesterday since I had the $3 off coupon, noticed that this is a 40 lb bag ,, so you're getting 10 lbs less
just factor this in to your feeding cost ...