Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Shadrach]

This is a GOOD ROO!
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It looks like he's imprinting the chick.

 

[fuzzi]

It looks like he's imprinting the chick.

Female?

 

[MrsNorthie]

Wanted to show the stuff that Tractor Supply posits as chicken feed, and is bought and used, by most people

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It's cheap, anything better quality is $10 more (or more!) per bag

The scratch grain is 8%
Cracked corn 6%
The producers pride layer pellets at the front of the display (back of the photo) is 14% or 16% I cannot recall - which is fine probably but I just think about how they need actually more for feather growth and why be stingy??

Like seriously why be stingy?

I guess to save money but it feels wrong to me to hedge a bet on an animal that is in your care not getting what it needs merely because you want to save a few bucks.

You can't take money with you when you die.

That isn't the ONLY feed they sell for chickens, and they do have it labeled as scratch. I am not a fan of big retail chains, but they do offer a good variety of commercial feeds, if you want that and aren't responsible for people's choices. :-(

16 grams protein is standard for commercial "adult" chicken feed, this is why I offer multiple options, and let the birds choose for themselves.

 

[MrsNorthie]

Enjoying some watermelon on, yet another hot day, as tax. Of Course, Spud is leading the way.

We haven't had rain in weeks, right after the Egg Thief mowed, of course, and the picture quality is a little fuzzy because I had the Egg Thief's phone. He had to go in and get it because we were playing spot the Turkey tweens..

I am standing on a slight hill, they are pretty high up there, and there is one that is even higher, that you can spot if you really zoom in.

 

[thistlewick]

That isn't the ONLY feed they sell for chickens, and they do have it labeled as scratch. I am not a fan of big retail chains, but they do offer a good variety of commercial feeds, if you want that and aren't responsible for people's choices. :-(

16 grams protein is standard for commercial "adult" chicken feed, this is why I offer multiple options, and let the birds choose for themselves.

I didn't say only - I don't really understand why you said that. I said it was what they offered as the 'main' feed.

And 16% is probably fine.

And you'd be surprised that most people think scratch IS actually chicken feed. So "labeling it as scratch" is meaningless.

The smaller, boutique brands of "scratch grains" will say, in very small print, that it's a 'treat to be given alongside a balanced diet' and that's about it.

 

[MrsNorthie]

I said it was what they offered as the 'main' feed.

I don't get what you mean by that being what they offer as 'main' feed. Maybe your particular TSC is not well stocked?

Ours carries a variety of what some would consider complete feed from a major commercial brand and a small offering of a few organic brands. The problem isn't really TSC. If someone chooses to feed cracked corn or the low protein scratch then the problem is,those people who are unwilling to do the research to find out what chickens really need to be healthy.

 

[thistlewick]

By the display....

It's proferred up with the most bags, stacked the highest, in BIG PALLETS in the CENTER OF THE AISLE.

All the other brands (that are all higher quality, and thus, MUCh more expensive) are slotted on the sides of the aisles, stacked maybe 4 high in single slots tucked up under shelves.

By presentation of these Producer's Pride (Tractor Supply's brand btw) pallets in the center of the Poultry aisle, they are showcasing it as the MAIN chicken feed.

And people just dumbly buy it without questioning it.

Only Dumor buys the space on the floor to offer up their layer pellet bags "Pallet sized" and its still cheaper than Purina.

 

[notabitail]

By the display....

It's proferred up with the most bags, stacked the highest, in BIG PALLETS in the CENTER OF THE AISLE.

All the other brands (that are all higher quality, and thus, MUCh more expensive) are slotted on the sides of the aisles, stacked maybe 4 high in single slots tucked up under shelves.

By presentation of these Producer's Pride (Tractor Supply's brand btw) pallets in the center of the Poultry aisle, they are showcasing it as the MAIN chicken feed.

And people just dumbly buy it without questioning it.

Only Dumor buys the space on the floor to offer up their layer pellet bags "Pallet sized" and its still cheaper than Purina.

And usually those chickens aren't in good shape. We had to tell someone about feeding theirs real food thanks to them feeding them mostly corn.

 

[MrsNorthie]

By the display....

It's proferred up with the most bags, stacked the highest, in BIG PALLETS in the CENTER OF THE AISLE.

All the other brands (that are all higher quality, and thus, MUCh more expensive) are slotted on the sides of the aisles, stacked maybe 4 high in single slots tucked up under shelves.

By presentation of these Producer's Pride (Tractor Supply's brand btw) pallets in the center of the Poultry aisle, they are showcasing it as the MAIN chicken feed.

And people just dumbly buy it without questioning it.

Only Dumor buys the space on the floor to offer up their layer pellet bags "Pallet sized" and its still cheaper than Purina.

Not wanting to hijack this group further, I will leave this here, the key phrase, "And people just dumbly buy it without questioning it." Society, in general, has been trading responsibility for convenience.

Purina is owned by Land-O-Lakes, or was the last I knew. DuMOR chicken feed is manufactured and packaged by Purina specifically for TSC.

I think we agree, on the bottom line, that chickens deserve to be fed well, be as healthy and happy as they can be.

 

[notabitail]

Not wanting to hijack this group further, I will leave this here, the key phrase, "And people just dumbly buy it without questioning it." Society, in general, has been trading responsibility for convenience.

Purina is owned by Land-O-Lakes, or was the last I knew. DuMOR chicken feed is manufactured and packaged by Purina specifically for TSC.

I think we agree, on the bottom line, that chickens deserve to be fed well, be as healthy and happy as they can be.

From what I know Dumor is a lower quality feed than the Purina too.

Purina chicken feed is owned by Land-O-Lakes, but the pet food division is owned by Nestle.