Question about Game Starter Feed, and almost all Poultry/birds?!

[TheJadeChicken]

Revised My Post

Okay, so I have Large and Bantams chickens, ducks, Royal Palm Turkeys, etc. I want to try pheasants, because I LOVE the golden pheasant. And I don't care much for Peacocks or Quails.

I am currently feeding Purina Flock Raiser and Medicated Chick Starter to the Chickens. The Flock Raiser to the Ducks and Turkeys. I am also going to try and get into geese. Well, I am thinking switching Game Bird Feed Starter and Layena Pellets. But I am also wanting to get into Guineas and Geese. Can baby chicks, Goslings, and Ducklings eat Game Bird Starter? But then do I have to switch feeds for the Pheasants like starter, to a finisher, and then to an Adult food?

But I am also wanting to get into showing poultry. What do I feed the show birds?

Kind of confusing, I know. I am not getting the others right now. Just looking around. I also have to pick up my pens from my Aunt's and Sister's homes

 

[TheJadeChicken]

Anyone?

 

[Barrdwing]

If memory serves me, waterfowl are NOT supposed to eat medicated chick starter. Something about the levels they get from the feed are dangerous to them. When we had ducklings I used a non-medicated game bird starter on them.

Game bird starter has a higher protein content than chicken starter, and I'd think there's some risk in feeding that to chicken chicks as a sole feed. I generally stick with the Start-N-Grow for them (we use the Purina feeds). However, I have a hen who raised a chick successfully on a 50-50 mix of Flock Raiser and Layena Crumble.

I don't show, so I don't have any suggestions regarding the show birds.

 

[TheJadeChicken]

If memory serves me, waterfowl are NOT supposed to eat medicated chick starter. Something about the levels they get from the feed are dangerous to them. When we had ducklings I used a non-medicated game bird starter on them.

Game bird starter has a higher protein content than chicken starter, and I'd think there's some risk in feeding that to chicken chicks as a sole feed. I generally stick with the Start-N-Grow for them (we use the Purina feeds). However, I have a hen who raised a chick successfully on a 50-50 mix of Flock Raiser and Layena Crumble.

I don't show, so I don't have any suggestions regarding the show birds.

Okay thank you. I really like the Flock Raiser, it works great. I feed chicks and turkey Poults it. We also fed our ducks it. Everyone is doing great. And we haven't had a strange egg, yet. Except a shell-less a injured hen laid. Knock on wood.