Sydney Acres
Songster
I feed my chicks a half mix of chick and turkey starter. The tend to need higher protein in the first 8 weeks. After that they go on a 19% grower then 17% layer. The issue as far as protein goes for grown birds is they seem to do better with animal protein than they do with vegetable protein. I add pork meal to their layer ration. I add enough to bump their percentage to 18%. The new fad about no animal protein in feeds is a joke as far as I'm concerned. They need it. They are omnivores after all. And I have made comments about cat food before. I will NEVER feed it to my birds. It says on the bag not for human consumption for a reason. And I eat my culls and their eggs.
Totally agree, and do the same thing, except use fish instead of pork meal. I suspect fish is easier in the Pacific NW, and pork is easier in Ohio.