switching off of grower food

[DickMidnight]

my chickens are about 15 weeks old, except for my olive eggers which are 17-18 weeks old.

we just switched them off of grower food at the recommendation of the feed store employee. she gave us Kalmbach layer pellets

https://www.chewy.com/kalmbach-feeds-all-natural-17-protein/dp/226624

is this stuff any good? what do you all recommend? should i start oyster shells right away? or wait to see what the shells look like when i start getting eggs?

 

[Brooks_]

I keep mine on flock raiser (OS on the side). I have heard good things about Kalmbach. The OS should be fine now, though I would wait for laying before going to layer feed. But you're probably close enough.

 

[DickMidnight]

I keep mine on flock raiser (OS on the side). I have heard good things about Kalmbach. The OS should be fine now, though I would wait for laying before going to layer feed. But you're probably close enough.

they still probably had another week or two worth of grower feed in their feeder, which i just mixed in with the layer pellets so im assuming they’re getting a good mix of both now

 

[3KillerBs]

I have been convinced by the experienced people here that for a backyard flock it's best to use an 18-20% all-flock feed with oystershell on the side instead of layer pellets.

The final straw that convinced me was that I was paying the price of feed for the weight of the oystershell in the 50# bag -- not to mention mixed ages and having males.

 

[DickMidnight]

I have been convinced by the experience people here that for a backyard flock it's best to use an 18-20% all-flock feed with oystershell on the side instead of layer pellets.

The final straw that convinced me was that I was paying the price of feed for the weight of the oystershell in the 50# bag -- not to mention mixed ages and having males.

thanks for the info. once they run low of this food in about two weeks i’ll switch them to a higher protein all flock feed.

@3KillerBs do you have a specific feed you recommend?