feed mixes

[Guest]

Morning everyone,
One more thing... The feed mixes i fed my pigeons were home mixed rations (much cheaper!!) just curious about your thoughts on feeding these same mixes to bantams. Perhaps they\'ll need a little tweeking. I know how to figure protein in mixes and we raised some excellant youngsters on these mixes.
Breeder mix 16.1% protein
10 parts turkey pellets 20% protein
4 parts wheat (soft red)
3 parts milo
2 parts calf manna 24% protein
2 parts whole small yellow corn
1 part safflower
Grower mix 14% protein
5 parts pellets
4 parts wheat
4 parts milo
3 parts corn
1 part calf manna
Winter mix 11.7% protein
6 parts corn
2 parts pellets
2 parts wheat
2 parts milo
1 part calf manna.
Please let me know your thoughts. I realize chicks need a good 20-28% starter until 8wks of age but after that i would think the birds would grow well on a pellet/grain diet. Keeping in mind the fact that my birds get a fortified grit fresh every day.Chickens have gizzards so that they should make use of them right?
Thanks
Tom

[Guest]

Tom it looks good to me except the milo. it has little feed value more just a filler. Chris

[Blue Egg Acres]

Tom, here is Paul Smith\'s recipe. He asked me to share it.
Barbara

  5 gallons of whole wheat aprox. 38 lbs.
  1 can (3/4 gallon size like large vegetable cans) whole oats 4 lbs.
  1 can corn chops (ground corn) 4 lbs.
  1 can commercial lay mesh 16% 4 lbs.
  3 cups oyster shell
  handful granite grit (grower size)
  3/4 can 48% soybean meal 3 lbs.
  1 cup Vita Ferm CC5 (very important - vitamin, mineral, enzyme) heres a phone # to reach them at to find a distributor in your area 1-800-821-3070
  The soybean meal and Vita Ferm CC-5 are mixed then add 1 cup of used cooking oil and mix again.  This helps the soybean meal / Vita Ferm mixture to cling to the whole grains.
  This mixture is a 16% protein.