Why feed no corn or soy?

[mpgo4th]

I was at a new family owned feed store today and they were very nice and helpful. They are a purina dealer bu they had a lot of selection from other companies. I saw a feed that said " no corn or soy" on the tag. The owner says that the rep told them its a wheat based feed. Why wouldn't you want chickens to have corn and soy? here is the tag, tell me if you think its worth a try. Its also cheaper that the layena a $13.50 for 50#.

 

[HeritageGoose13]

Because American corn and soy are 99% always GMO unless you buy organic, which is expensive. It is easier to just avoid them.

Besides, soy is not very good for chickens, even in its natural state. It was only added to their diets recently.

If the feed is cheaper than I say go for it. It is going to be of higher quality in my opinion.

 

[shortgrass]

Because American corn and soy are 99% always GMO unless you buy organic, which is  expensive. It is easier to just avoid them.

Besides, soy is not very good for chickens, even in its natural state. It was only added to their diets recently.

If the feed is cheaper than I say go for it. It is going to be of higher quality in my opinion.

X2

Soy is super expensive, so it cuts a lot if cost out of the feed, so its a lot less expensive... I would go with it, chickens can totally live without corn and soy, and in fact, wheat is their favorite, very palatable

 

[Cindy in PA]

Home Grown is a Purina product. My feed store brought this in when I was asking for no soy etc. Problem is he charged $21 per bag & my version had peanut hulls in it that I didn't feel like paying a premium for. With a label like "plant protein products" you have no idea what's in it & if it's cheaper than regular Purina, you can bet it is not high quality. I could only get it in crumbles also, so I only tried one bag. This version is also preserved with Ethoxyquin which is crap. YMMV

 

[mpgo4th]

My feed quest this week has led me me to another feed I'm wanting to try. It's locally grown and milled by a farm center. They claim corn and roasted soy beans as their first two ingredients. It's green tagged as all natural and GMO free. The tag says grains used in this feed were grown from non GMO seeds. It's 16% protein, 6% fat and 5% fiber. Current cost is $15.90 for 50# it has been as high as $17 based on grain prices.

 

[shortgrass]

My feed quest this week has led me me to another feed I'm wanting to try. It's locally grown and milled by a farm center. They claim corn and roasted soy beans as their first two ingredients. It's green tagged as all natural and GMO free. The tag says grains used in this feed were grown from non GMO seeds. It's 16% protein, 6% fat and 5% fiber. Current cost is $15.90 for 50# it has been as high as $17 based on grain prices.

I would question the "all natural" part of the tag....non GMO soy would be super pricey, and so would the corn, so I'm not seeing how they could be using it to fill in more than 30% of that bag, at that cost.... More filler than corn and soy, is what I'm alluding to....

"All natural" instead of "certified organic"?

Edit* also, " grown from" non GMO seed? Not "grown organically from non GMO seed?".... Tricky wording....


Hmmmm I'm getting a "fishy" vibe until I can see the contents and values

 

[mpgo4th]

I picked up a bag to try. I went to look at it and saw that it was dated as being milled 9 days ago. I can never find feed as fresh as I want so I got it. Here is a pic of the tag for anyone who is interested.

 

[shortgrass]

I picked up a bag to try. I went to look at it and saw that it was dated as being milled 9 days ago. I can never find feed as fresh as I want so I got it. Here is a pic of the tag for anyone who is interested.

Well that was a good buy for 16 bucks, especially if you don't want a bunch of animal by-product and empty fiber fillers ...The natural labeling means that it was still conventionally grown, it just came from non GMO seed