Thoughts on corn in poultry feeds.

[rjohns39]

It isn’t easy to find a steady supply of fishmeal that is ok for organic use!

The only safe place I've found for fish and crab meal is Fertrell. So many ingredients get a bad rap for no good reason. Joel has hundreds of customers with soy sensitivity, yet they've never had a problem with his eggs or birds.

That’s what it says on the bag. Non GMO grains and hog right?

I'm betting you're using Tucker. And even though they are certified non-GMO, I'd bet the porcine meal comes from feed lot hogs fed GMO grains. I'm using tucker at the moment.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

That’s what it says on the bag. Non GMO grains and hog right?

Yes, it is meat and bone meal.
I was just asking for clarification because your post said procine. I was checking if it was some ingredient I was unfamiliar with.

 

[GreenMountainEric]

Martha always used Nature's Best Organic from Benny's Feed, at least she used to!

She shops around for whoever will give her the best deal for the year. Natures Best has given the best offer for most of the past 10 (or so) years.

 

[GreenMountainEric]

The only safe place I've found for fish and crab meal is Fertrell. So many ingredients get a bad rap for no good reason. Joel has hundreds of customers with soy sensitivity, yet they've never had a problem with his eggs or birds.

Ya, Fertrell has good stuff. They get it from the same source as we do.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I really don’t like the idea of feeding my birds or myself and family feed lot pork. I will have to bite the bullet and switch back to Sunrise Farms NON GMO. I went to Tucker when my dh had open heart surgery since it was available in our only feed store. Sun Rise feed is 50 mile round trip but worth it.

@GreenMountainEric do you ship your feeds to other states?

 

[rjohns39]

That's interesting. Sunrise is my preferred provider. It runs about $180 to ship 40 bags space available on Old Diminion to the depot near my house. Anthony does have a truck route so maybe he's got a drop point closer to you.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Closet to me is Griffith feed in Green my NC not a bad drive just had too much going on for a while to go even that far. I like they have soy free having had breast cancer I prefer to avoid soy.

 

[GreenMountainEric]

@GreenMountainEric do you ship your feeds to other states?

We do, but freight rates on small orders are often the biggest problem. If someone is only looking for a couple bags, the freight cost almost doubles the cost of the product. We do have customers nationwide that will buy it anyway, but its not cheap. Most of our product is moved through our dealers in the northeast (New England, NY, PA, NJ, MD, and WV).

We do have a few cooperative groups in the Midwest that buy pallet quantities of our feed, and that seems to work well. Anything less than that, we get killed on freight.

 

[rjohns39]

We do, but freight rates on small orders are often the biggest problem. If someone is only looking for a couple bags, the freight cost almost doubles the cost of the product. We do have customers nationwide that will buy it anyway, but its not cheap. Most of our product is moved through our dealers in the northeast (New England, NY, PA, NJ, MD, and WV).

We do have a few cooperative groups in the Midwest that buy pallet quantities of our feed, and that seems to work well. Anything less than that, we get killed on freight.

one 50# bag = $40 in freight.. 10-40 bags $180. That's from VA to TN.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Wow so I will not complain about driving 50 mile round trip for feed . I buy only 200lbs at a time and I can get NON GMO corn too.