Tragedy related to nutrition?

[Cindy in PA]

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Nope, I've lived next to a soybean field for 28 years & have NEVER seen any birds flocking to it. Never seen the deer eat anything but the leaves. The soybean pods stay on the plant until they are harvested. 2 years ago that was the end of December.

From what ive heard of people growing edamame, everything wants to eat soy. Deer, bunnies, birds. Although, edamame is apparently tastier to the animals than field soy, especially GMO soy but soy in general is supposedly very tasty to animals. The buds and everything are difficult to keep from being eaten.
I suspect the field you're next to has been sprayed with something yucky, although I have no idea what it would be.

Buds & leaves are different than eating the pods. Deer graze the leaves to nothing.

 

[australorp]

Purina makes Dumar. I fed purina until I came across manna pro, and I like it better. When I ran out of paurina once, the manager at tractor supply told me purina makes dumar brand. I took their layer pellets threw it in with layena pellets. Same look, same smell and chickens didnt know any better.

 

[seminolewind]

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Well, yes I do. Here's the label. That's the one I use, and I must be dumb cause I can't find corn in there anywhere!!!

And you have no idea what tactfulness is , unfortunately.

 

[seminolewind]

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Maybe layena is just glorified scratch with calcium added to it.

Are you people buying different Layena then me? I can't find corn or soy in mine

 

[seminolewind]

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You should read the label

 

[stcroixusvi]

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Well, yes I do. Here's the label. That's the one I use, and I must be dumb cause I can't find corn in there anywhere!!!
And snottiness will not get you far, unfortunately, you have no idea what tactfulness is.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/3891_layena.jpg

I am still not sure what the first ingredient is - processed grain by-products? - Is that when they sweep the floor at the cereal plant????

 

[seminolewind]

Stcroix, it's the outer shells of the grain, or whatever they toss off when they get the piece of grain out. If Purina is not using soy for the protein, they have to get it somewhere, and the outer parts of the grain are high in protein. Most likely the sweepings, like you said, LOL

 

[seminolewind]

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I got mine by way of Koi fish, and what they feed them.

 

[chickened]

I assure you it is corn as the main ingredient but most likely the processed grain byproducts are a mix of corn, soy alfalfa and probably lesser ingredients from all grains that are processed the husks stalks and what ever is left after screening. You probably do not want to know. When corn goes up pelleted feed does also.

 

[Cindy in PA]

Grain & grain by-products are just that corn, wheat, oats & the like. Plant protein products are soy, alfalfa and other things that are not grain. The great thing with Purina & most other feeds is they don't say what's in their products, so they can change the formula based on cheap grain prices & not have to change their label. If you buy something more expensive like Mazuri (a PMI product also) , they list soy, corn and alfalfa etc. My local mill also lists most of the ingredients. No one has any real idea what is in Purina or other feeds. Unless you buy something that claims it has fixed ingredients regardless of price, the formula is probably a moving target to get to the 16%. I know Agway (Southern States also???) is one that says they used a fixed formula. Nature's Best organic is another supposedly fixed formula.