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Post by bamachicken on Dec 11, 2011 20:21:18 GMT -5
This past week when I was buying feed I decided to try a scratch put out by FRM that is 16% protein thinking it will help with feather conditioning for the winter. Has anyone used this before and with what results. Is it worth the extra dollars. I just give them a bit in morning or evening depending temps. They have 16% pellets the rest of time all they want.
I try to let my birds freerange sometimes. Most of the time it is in the summer and fall. I let them out for a bout 1 hr late evening the other day and they wanted to eat my pansies. I had to stand guard till they went back to their coops
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Post by d12chandler on Dec 12, 2011 11:25:48 GMT -5
It's very good feed, that is what we fed the gamecocks when I was doing that. I would think you might want some grit out for the birds. When we fed that it had cowpeas in it also and they are pretty hard.
Don
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Post by bluetick on Dec 12, 2011 14:42:17 GMT -5
I give my birds some scratch feed from a local mill in the evening during colder winter months. Besides cracked corn and millet, I can't remember the other ingredients. My aim is to help keep them warmer over night as they digest the corn especially.
The mill also produces a gamecock feed with a lot of whole grains in it which I considered but haven't bought yet. Several years ago an aquaintance who showed land and waterfowl recommended "race horse oats" for feather conditioning. I feed my chickens and geese a mixture of game and turkey feed and oats. For what its worth, I don't show my birds.
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Post by d12chandler on Dec 12, 2011 17:49:05 GMT -5
You can never go wrong feeding oats. I soak oats for my guys. Sunday is oat day, that is all they get. It's like a treat to them. They love them. I have there breeders feed in feeders, but as long as there is oats there, thats what they eat.
Don
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Post by korfuskluckers on Dec 12, 2011 21:38:51 GMT -5
What is the company called FRM?
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Post by bamachicken on Dec 12, 2011 23:37:04 GMT -5
Yes it is FRM
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Post by homegroanacers on Dec 25, 2011 13:32:26 GMT -5
You can never go wrong feeding oats. I soak oats for my guys. Sunday is oat day, that is all they get. It's like a treat to them. They love them. I have there breeders feed in feeders, but as long as there is oats there, thats what they eat. Don How about feeding Soft White Winter Wheat? Fed as a supplement I can get it for a $1 a pound...must buy 55lbs but it comes with a 55 gal food grade barrel w\lid. |
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Post by d12chandler on Dec 25, 2011 21:26:19 GMT -5
What is the market price for soft white wheat? We get hard red winter wheat for $10.00 a 50 lb bag. I know the protein on out wheat is like 14 to 15 % protein which is a good supplement and I would think yours would be the same in protein.
Don
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Post by homegroanacers on Dec 26, 2011 9:48:52 GMT -5
What is the market price for soft white wheat? We get hard red winter wheat for $10.00 a 50 lb bag. I know the protein on out wheat is like 14 to 15 % protein which is a good supplement and I would think yours would be the same in protein. Don I think market price is around $6 a bushel.....this is feild run (whatever comes out of the feild uncluding a small amout of other seeds)....claim is the last test for protein was 10% John |
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Post by d12chandler on Dec 26, 2011 10:51:21 GMT -5
I have no idea what barrels sell for in your part of the country, but in Oklahoma the barrell would be around $10 and paying $1 a pound would be very high priced wheat. Before I started feeding gamebird breeder I mixed up a mix and I used Calf Mana for a supplement. I used scratch and a egg crumbles and thought I was getting it done. I had some Old English bantams and didn't have much luck hatching them. Thats when I changed to gamebird breeder. I saw on the Ohio boars where I guy mixed gamebird starter (28%) and egg pellets along with calf mana and sunflowers seeds and said his birds did good on it and hatched good. I have thought about the gamebird starter and egg crumble mix, it would be alittle cheaper.
don
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Post by pipsandpeeps on Dec 26, 2011 19:37:35 GMT -5
What is the market price for soft white wheat? We get hard red winter wheat for $10.00 a 50 lb bag. I know the protein on out wheat is like 14 to 15 % protein which is a good supplement and I would think yours would be the same in protein. Don Wow, I'm paying $18-$19 a bag for the red.... |
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