I'd keep shopping.
Cool. I'll be watching.
X2.
I bought some organic 16% grower from a wholesaler to try it out and was upset when I saw it was 6 months old. I shopped around and most of the organic I found was two to three times as expensive. I found the same feed from one mill and it was the same age. When I mentioned that 6 months was too old, he said "that's not old for grain". I said, "you're right but this isn't grain, it's ground grain".
I went back to my wholesaler and she said, if I would buy a half ton, they'd get it fresh. So when it came in, it must have come straight from the mill as it was only 2 days old.
I also get fishmeal from them so I can use the 16% grower and mix in fish meal (60% protein) to up the protein for those that need it.
Agreed
I never buy feed from a store without looking at the bagging date.
So if you double your flock, they'll be eating 400-500 lbs. a week. 5 tons would last you 20-30 weeks. IMO that's too long. and at 20% protein, you'd have to cut it with grain for non-molting adults which will make it last even longer.
There used to be an organic mill here in MO that had a soy free feed. They supplemented field peas.
That's the only one I've seen that was soy free.
I'm going with the organic, primarily to avoid GMO. The fact that I'm getting a good price and using less by fermenting makes it affordable.
