Turkey Feed Question

[MysteryChicken]

By mixing the grains in, you are changing and lowering the quality of the feed.

Not really, it added more weight, & more meat to my BB Bronze, & Bourbon Red. We have a BB Bronze that's almost 40-50lbs now we're going to be slaughtering for Thanksgiving.

 

[R2elk]

Not really, it added more weight, & more meat to my BB Bronze, & Bourbon Red. We have a BB Bronze that's almost 40-50lbs now we're going to be slaughtering for Thanksgiving.

Adding more weight does not mean that the quality of the feed has not been decreased. Quality of the feed is important for turkeys that are being kept long term.

If the goal is to grow turkeys to a desired processing weight the fastest, the feed used is not the same as that which is used to enhance long productive lives in turkeys.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Adding more weight does not mean that the quality of the feed has not been decreased. Quality of the feed is important for turkeys that are being kept long term.

If the goal is to grow turkeys to a desired processing weight the fastest, the feed used is not the same as that which is used to enhance long productive lives in turkeys.

Not what I meant.
The combo Flock Raiser + Grains is a balanced diet of added protien, plus the essential oils, & fatty acids required to keep the turkey living a good healthy long life. It's working wonders for our GuineaFowl who requires a higher protien diet.

 

[casportpony]

By mixing the grains in, you are changing and lowering the quality of the feed.

Lots of duck people do this and don't realize that when they add grains to the diet that they are lowering the niacin percentage. Other percentages are lowered too of course, but with ducks, niacin is usually the one that causes issues.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I feed mine Purina Flock Raiser, with grains mixed in.
I have one Bourbon Red, & down to 4 BB Bronze.

I wanted to ask why you are mixing grain or anything else with a complete feed and what grains.

Not really, it added more weight, & more meat to my BB Bronze, & Bourbon Red. We have a BB Bronze that's almost 40-50lbs now we're going to be slaughtering for Thanksgiving.

You're adding more fat. Grains don't add muscle. It takes protein to make muscle.

Not what I meant.
The combo Flock Raiser + Grains is a balanced diet of added protien, plus the essential oils, & fatty acids required to keep the turkey living a good healthy long life. It's working wonders for our GuineaFowl who requires a higher protien diet.

The Flock Raiser is balanced. Grains are lowering the crude protein of any complete feed. More importantly, grains are much lower in some essential amino acids.
As a different species, guinea fowl don't have identical nutritional requirements of turkeys. Guinea crude protein/amino acid requirements drop lower much earlier than turkeys as they mature.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/203330598_Nutrition_of_Guinea_Fowl_Breeders

 

[MysteryChicken]

I wanted to ask why you are mixing grain or anything else with a complete feed and what grains.

You're adding more fat. Grains don't add muscle. It takes protein to make muscle.

The Flock Raiser is balanced. Grains are lowering the crude protein of any complete feed. More importantly, grains are much lower in some essential amino acids.
As a different species, guinea fowl don't have identical nutritional requirements of turkeys. Guinea crude protein/amino acid requirements drop lower much earlier than turkeys as they mature.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/203330598_Nutrition_of_Guinea_Fowl_Breeders

Amino acids help with muscle production, as so with protein.
Corn is a fat, I feed only during winter.

Grains I feed is a mix of Black oil sunflower seeds, flax seeds, whole Oats, whole wheat, & other grains I forgot the names of.

 

[R2elk]

Amino acids help with muscle production, as so with protein.
Corn is a fat, I feed only during winter.

Grains I feed is a mix of Black oil sunflower seeds, flax seeds, whole Oats, whole wheat, & other grains I forgot the names of.

BOSS is high fat, low protein. Flax seeds are 50% fat.

 

[Sara Ranch]

I buy meat bird feed (22-24% protein) and ferment it (birds tend to absorb more nutrients) and feed it to the chickens, the ducks, the guineas, and the turkeys. ALL birds thrive on it and there is excellent egg production.

 

[RoosterML]

I buy meat bird feed (22-24% protein) and ferment it (birds tend to absorb more nutrients) and feed it to the chickens, the ducks, the guineas, and the turkeys. ALL birds thrive on it and there is excellent egg production.

Would you be able to post the other nutritional information found on the tag?

 

[RoosterML]

@R2elk i got some Niacin contents back. What say you?

Chick starter feed - 28.7 mg/lb
Quick grow Broiler feed – 27.2 mg/lb
Turkey/Gamebird Finisher Pellet – 31.3 mg/lb
Layer pellet – 25.6 mg/lb