question about feeding

[chickenmomma6]

I have chickens that are on a layer feed, my question is........i also have chicks and ducks that are much younger and on different feed. when they are all together how do i go about feeding 2 different feeds in the same pen.

 

[Chris poe]

Ubwill habe to separate them if u wanna feed them diff feed

 

[GC-Raptor]

Feed them all chick Starter Grower feed till onset of lay with a separate container of Oyster Shells.
I actually feed my 27 month olds a Non-Medicated Start and Grow feed with Oyster Shells separately, because I have a small flock and I can get a 25# bag. My girls love it and the eggs are great. GC

 

[chickenmomma6]

Feed them all chick Starter Grower feed till onset of lay with a separate container of Oyster Shells.
I actually feed my 27 month olds a Non-Medicated Start and Grow feed with Oyster Shells separately, because I have a small flock and I can get a 25# bag. My girls love it and the eggs are great. GC

is that ok even if my older girls are already laying

 

[GC-Raptor]

is that ok even if my older girls are already laying

Yes. My hens were on Layers pellets for over a year before I switched back to a Non-Medicated Starter-Grower.
I have 3 hens (lost 2 earlier this year) and a 40-50# bag of feed goes bad before its used up.
I have been feeding the Start and Grow since Memorial day and the girls really like the feed.
I keep a separate container of Oyster Shells separately.
My eggs are great. GC

 

[chickenmomma6]

Yes. My hens were on Layers pellets for over a year before I switched back to a Non-Medicated Starter-Grower.
I have 3 hens (lost 2 earlier this year) and a 40-50# bag of feed goes bad before its used up.
I have been feeding the Start and Grow since Memorial day and the girls really like the feed.
I keep a separate container of Oyster Shells separately.
My eggs are great. GC

awesome thank you so much. I'll definitely have to do that. I have 3 older girls, 5 three week old chicks and 6 two day old ducklings. so I'll just feed the starter/grower until my little ones start laying or before they start laying?

 

[blackdog043]

You can feed starter/grower until they start laying, then switch or just keep them on starter/grower and have oyster shell in a separate container. I feed starter/grower all the time with oyster shell in a container. I've never used layer feed.

 

[chickenmomma6]

You can feed starter/grower until they start laying, then switch or just keep them on starter/grower and have oyster shell in a separate container. I feed starter/grower all the time with oyster shell in a container. I've never used layer feed.

ok awesome. I always thought they had to switch feed as they got older