Shugercube
Songster
Ok this is a total over protective newbie chicken mama question, don’t laugh at me. Haha
So I ordered some 20% all flock at rural king and had my hubby pick it up after work since he works up that way (45 minute commute). He gets home, and they sent him with 22% meat bird crumbles. I have a mixed flock including ducks, with ages ranging from 3-12 weeks. Most of them are dual-purpose, and some are ornamental, but I’m not raising any specifically for meat- just eggs and birds to love on.
Is this going to be ok to feed my babies instead of the all flock?? The nutrition is mostly the same, with the biggest differences being higher protein, less vitamin D, and less calcium. I free offer them egg shells so I’m not overly worried about the lower calcium content, but I don’t want to make them sick or anything by feeding something that’s not really intended for very long-term and is mainly just to plump them up fast since they’re not gonna live long to need to be “healthy.”
I’m now out of their normal 20% crumble and don’t want to open a whole 50lb bag of the 22% if they shouldn’t really have it. But don’t want to make a whole 1.5 hour round trip just to get the right food if I don’t have to
Pics of nutrition info for reference. Am I just being overly worried? Do I need to go back and swap them out tomorrow morning?
So I ordered some 20% all flock at rural king and had my hubby pick it up after work since he works up that way (45 minute commute). He gets home, and they sent him with 22% meat bird crumbles. I have a mixed flock including ducks, with ages ranging from 3-12 weeks. Most of them are dual-purpose, and some are ornamental, but I’m not raising any specifically for meat- just eggs and birds to love on.
Is this going to be ok to feed my babies instead of the all flock?? The nutrition is mostly the same, with the biggest differences being higher protein, less vitamin D, and less calcium. I free offer them egg shells so I’m not overly worried about the lower calcium content, but I don’t want to make them sick or anything by feeding something that’s not really intended for very long-term and is mainly just to plump them up fast since they’re not gonna live long to need to be “healthy.”
I’m now out of their normal 20% crumble and don’t want to open a whole 50lb bag of the 22% if they shouldn’t really have it. But don’t want to make a whole 1.5 hour round trip just to get the right food if I don’t have to
Pics of nutrition info for reference. Am I just being overly worried? Do I need to go back and swap them out tomorrow morning?
