Quick Question… what is the difference between all flock and grower feed?

[Amelise]

When I integrate my younger chicks in with my older laying hen, there’s going to be some layers and some non layers. The chicks will be about 6 weeks by then and I know they need grower, is it the same as all flock? Can my adult laying hen eat it too, as long as I have calcium for her supplemented separately? Will I eventually need to switch them to all flock, if that is a different thing?

Edit:
Also, I should probably go ahead and ask this question. I’m giving some of my chicks to my grandparents in Louisiana. They’ll be about 7 weeks old by the time the could season starts. (Average low throughout these 3 months being 24F.) will they need supplemental heat? They are true Ameraucanas.

 

[0die]

protein content.

 

[Brooks_]

When I integrate my younger chicks in with my older laying hen, there’s going to be some layers and some non layers. The chicks will be about 6 weeks by then and I know they need grower, is it the same as all flock? Can my adult laying hen eat it too, as long as I have calcium for her supplemented separately? Will I eventually need to switch them to all flock, if that is a different thing?

Not much of a difference at all. Protein percent would probably be the biggest difference between various brands and formulations. Purina flock raiser crumble (what I use for all my chickens for their whole life) is 20%, Purina starter is 18%, but Dumor makes a 20% starter/grower.

Also, I should probably go ahead and ask this question. I’m giving some of my chicks to my grandparents in Louisiana. They’ll be about 7 weeks old by the time the could season starts. (Average low throughout these 3 months being 24F.) will they need supplemental heat? They are true Ameraucanas.

If properly housed (ventilated but not drafty), I would expect them to be fine.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Main difference: the name. Go by the nutrition panel, not by what the feed is called, to make your choice. Anything that's around 17-20% protein and 1% calcium is more or less the same, regardless of the name.

Yes your adult birds can eat it.

The chicks should be fine without heat as long as they have a climate protected, draft free place to sleep and are hardened to the temperatures by that point (aka not being moved directly from your heated house to an outdoor coop).