Why it's important to provide OPTIMAL nutrition this time of year

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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Soybean Meal is highly digestible by monogastrics. Ileal digestibility values for Amino Acids are in the 85% range.

 

[jeremy]

What is UltraKibble?

 

[pjknust]

My Ultra Kibble will be here today!!!!
I have 5 older hens and 7 - 6wk old Buff Orp chicks. How much should they get each day.
I also have a soy free feed on the way. Its 20 lb, Small Flock order.

pam in TX

 

[char259]

I'm confused.

So are you saying we SHOULD or we SHOULD NOT be feeding soy to our chickens?

cause I'm seeing both mentioned - in this thread.

 

[pawsplus]

Why is this Ultrakibble supposed to be better? The ingredients look pretty much like any other chicken feed to me. ??? I feed organic layer pellets. They DO contain soy, but it's organic. The ingredients certainly look better than in the Ultrakibble (which also contains soy).

INGREDIENTS: Corn gluten meal, corn, soybean meal, linseed meal, catfish meal, dicalcium phosphate, crab meal, yeast culture, dried vegetables (dehydrated beet pulp, dehydrated celery pulp, dehydrated water cress pulp, dehydrated spinach pulp, dehydrated carrot pulp, dehydrated lettuce pulp), HMS vitamin pre-mix, salt (NaCI), choline chloride, fresh ground cinnamon and assorted spices, diatomaceous earth, primalac, lysine, selenium.

http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/chickens/Farmers-Helper-UltraKibble-p845.aspx

Just curious why some people feel it's better to feed? Thanks!

 

[pawsplus]

Or is the Ultrakibble meant to be a supplement only??

 

[pawsplus]

Interestingly, the ingredients are DIFFERENT here:

INGREDIENTS: Corn Gluten Meal, Sorghum, Vegetable Oil, Rice Bran, Cane Molasses, Dicalcium Phosphate, Fish Meal, Hydrated Sodium Calcium Aluminosilicate, Salmon Meal, Cinnamon, Diatomaceous Earth, Dehydrated Watercress Pulp, Dehydrated Spinach Pulp, Dehydrated Carrot Pulp, Dehydrated Lettuce Pulp, Dehydrated Beet Pulp, Dehydrated Celery Pulp, Choline Chloride, Turmeric, Propionic Acid (Preservative), Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Benzoic Acid (Preservative), L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Roughage Products, Mineral Oil, Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Bifidobacterium Thermophilum Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Silicon Dioxide, Citric Acid, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), Rosemary Extract, Manganous Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite

http://www.wildbirdsuets.com/foragecakes/kibble.htm

Is the first link to an older version of the feed? Anyone know?

 

[Lazy J Farms Feed & Hay]

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I believe the first ingredient list you copied was for advertising/marketing. The second ingredient list appears to be that which would be on the tag/label as it contains all the ingredients listed as ouline in the Model Regulations of the AAFCO manual.

Jim

 

[pawsplus]

Ah, OK. Well, that looks better.

So it's meant to be a supplement only?

 

[sadies chicks]

Great info, thanks!