Type of feed for 11 week olds?

[DebB11]

I've been using the starter/grower from TSC..... it says to feed up to 10 weeks.....

what do I need next? This??

http://www.tractorsupply.com/livest...-finisher-15-feed-50-lb--5078171#BVRRWidgetID

 

[gritsar]

Back when I fed a starter/grower type feed, I just kept them on it right up until I got the first egg; then switched everybody over to the layer feed.

 

[DebB11]

so even though it says up to 10 weeks it's still ok?

 

[Karen09]

It is fine. The starter/grower is 20% protein and other vitamins for the younger chicks. The 15% is for the 10 - 18 week old chicks where they are not growing as fast. I do what the bags say and switch when they are about 10 weeks (whenever they finish the bag so as not to waste it). If you keep them on the higher protein, you may just have bigger chicks. Then I switch to the layer about 16 weeks because I have a few pullets that mature early. If you are raising just roosters, they don't need the layer feed. It is only the hens that need the nutrients in the layer feed.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Chicks can eat anything except layer.

Flock raiser, grower, starter, finisher. It's your choice.

 

[barefootfarmers]

Some brand have starter grower which continues until the are laying and others need an intermediate just like grower. I would check at TSC and see if your brand has the next step up.