- Aug 2, 2010
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i started out feeding a sporting bird feed to all of my birds, its 20+% protein, i forget and dont have the bag infront of me. i did this because i had guinea keets and chicks together and was told the guineas especially needed the high protein while they were young. now i have peacocks, and they are also on that feed. the price of the bag is steadily increasing, and now i have my guineas seperate from my chickens, so im going to change thier feed. can my chickens get by with 14% protein ok? and also can my guineas now that they are full grown get by on it too? both flocks free range just about everyday and for about 5 hours a day for now. would my peacocks be able to get by on this too? im kind of guessing not.. but it would be great if they all could! if not, is there any way i could up the protein on the cheaper 14% feed that ill have by adding something? its significantly cheaper for a bag than the sporting feed.
what is the bottom line for protein % that a chicken, guinea, peacock can have? thankyou!
what is the bottom line for protein % that a chicken, guinea, peacock can have? thankyou!