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Mike Gilbert:
The roads here were like skating rinks last night, so we ended up staying home.  Freezing rain and alcohol are never a good mix.    It was above zero here this a.m., about 6 above,but the wind made it feel a lot colder.   When I finally went out to do chores about 8 a.m., my pen of three brown red large fowl pullets already had two eggs waiting for me.   They are proving to be outstanding winter layers.   I set another 50-something eggs yesterday, and will set again next week.  So far fertility and hatchability has been excellent for this time of year.  I wanted to share with everyone a way to save money on breeder feed.
My local feed mill mixes layer feed by grinding a Layer Concentrate (brand = Prince) which is 38 % protein, both animal and plant proteins, with ground corn.  Their normal laying formula comes out to about 16 %, but I asked them to mix mine so it comes out to about 20% or slightly less.   The chickens are doing very well on it, and the eggs are hatching.  So instead of paying $14 or $15 per fifty pounds of Purina Game Bird Layena as I have done in the past, this mixture  runs just over $10 per fifty pounds.  And they are doing very well on it.   Of course, I also feed a small amount of thawed raw ground venison scraps for extra protein and fat, so that may be having a positive effect as well.    Anyway, Happy New Year to everybody.

lorpman:
Mike, I\'ve done something similar. In the past I\'ve paid as much as $16.00 per 50# of Purina Game Bird Breeder Layena. Last week I worked with my local feed mill (50 miles away) and they made a mixture of ground corn, their layer blend concentrate and some other vitimans and minerals with a little extra calcium.  The new blend came out to 20% protein as did yours.  I came home with 1/2 a ton at the very faverable price of $8.00 per 50#.  I just started feeding it to my breeders yesterday so wont know how good it proves to be for a few weeks, but am hoping it pays off like yours.

Jim Fegan

bantamhill:
Happy New Year everyone from the Muenks! I am trying to not be homesick for the farm as I work on updating everything.

Michael

John:
Michael,

Thanks for updating the website.  I planned to get to it today, but you bet me to it.  
Is the Bulletin coming out soon?

bantamhill:
Hopefully in the mail starting tomorrow.

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