manna pro has a gamebird/showbird and gamebird starter that can be found online, TSC, and RK ($6-7 per 5 pounds) if starting out with a small number and don’t want to store a huge quantity.
Yes, the availability is kinda an issue here. But thnx, I think im buying the " Manna pro gamebird starter"! He (my son) needs to get his feet wet first ;-)
I used to keep 1 or 2 bags of it on hand just for new chicks. regardless of the brand you choose you will still want to grind up a couple pounds for feeding the first week. i use a food processor.
If you are near Manchester,TN. Manchester Farm Center carrie's MannaPro Gamebird Starter.
You can order Hudson feeds gamebird starter from Chewy, it’s about $34 for 50 lbs. you can also order gamebird starter from HHfeed (not homestead harvest) and they ship anywhere in the continental us, however they are pricey, at like $33 for 20 lbs, but the feed is excellent, I use it for my albinos. Homestead Harvest is available on amazon for maybe $30 for 40-50 lbs, but I found it terrible. It clogs my feeder, and if it gets wet it becomes cement boots stuck to their feet. I recently found a local feed store that carries southern states gamebird starter, which is $21.50 for 50 lbs, and I use that now, however the birds who were on the Hudson feed don’t like the change from their pellets to crumble, so I’ve been ordering a bag of Hudson for them from chewy, and giving everyone else the southern states. In our current 2 feet of snow, my husband dug out my feed buckets for me, and I had to keep being like, “no this is the wrong one” and he trudged back out to dig out the next bucket, mumbling about why they can’t all eat the same thing haha.
