Chicken Feed

[Wiley]

Has anyone looked at the compositions of these corns, or tried them. Was recently looking at some of the Garvo chicken feeds and seem a very good composition for sprint and young bird racing at half the price of pigeons corn also. Food for thought

[geordie1234]

Interesting wonder how they would fare on it, if they can make a bag half the price we pay for pigeon food we are getting ripped of big time

[just ask me]

Has anyone looked at the compositions of these corns, or tried them. Was recently looking at some of the Garvo chicken feeds and seem a very good composition for sprint and young bird racing at half the price of pigeons corn also. Food for thought

 

 

is there much pellets in these feeds

[Guest TAMMY_1]

is there much pellets in these feeds

 

we get some ready mixed chicken feeds for ours and I certainly would not consider giving them to our pigeons

[andy Burgess]

we get some ready mixed chicken feeds for ours and I certainly would not consider giving them to our pigeons

can i ask why ??

[Guest strapper]

i used chicken pellets this year and it didnt do my birds any harm...as i topped the fed using them.mixed in with my racing mix.

 

at the moment im using a mix for £6 a 25kg bag..mixed in with my winter mix.

[Wiley]

JAM, there was no pellets in these corns the mixture I was looking out contained a lot of wheat, Barley At about roughly 20% each with I'd say 30% maize, a small percentage of oats and sunflower and buckwheat. Obviously more fatty seeds would need to be added at the end of the week but the constitution of the grains I personally felt would make a good base mixture

[andy Burgess]

i used chicken pellets this year and it didnt do my birds any harm...as i topped the fed using them.mixed in with my racing mix.

 

at the moment im using a mix for £6 a 25kg bag..mixed in with my winter mix.

is this purely to bulk the feed up Paul ,or is there another reason ??

[ALF]

BEEN FEEDING MY OWN DOOS CHICKEN LAYER PELLETS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW AND WILL ALWAYS USE THEM BUT THEY ARE GOING UP IN PRICE NOW TAE SAME AS EVERYTHING ELSE I SUPPOSE

[W.D.]

One of the best sprint men I knew used to feed his Poultry mix, I only found out by accident when I met his wife buying it and asked how many hens they had, only to be told they didn't have any?!!!

Dont know if there was much pellets in it though?

[tiger]

know quiet a lot on here that use it :emoticon-0127-lipssealed:

[Guest strapper]

is this purely to bulk the feed up Paul ,or is there another reason ??

 

hi andy m8...to make it cheaper to feed them lol

but i find they have good droppings from it too...something we all seem to want .

 

i know a few uses it ,i think around £6 a bag so cheap to feed it...i use the one with pellets and one without.

mixed with my usual mixture which is usually high protein economy.

[andy Burgess]

hi andy m8...to make it cheaper to feed them lol

but i find they have good droppings from it too...something we all seem to want .

 

i know a few uses it ,i think around £6 a bag so cheap to feed it...i use the one with pellets and one without.

mixed with my usual mixture which is usually high protein economy.

thanks for the reply , Babybird has some for her "whites" when breeding , i will see if we can get some more in,always looking to save a penny or 2 .

[Roland]

I am using two different poultry corn mixes at moment. No pellets at all ... though I am hearing some good results regards pellets fed at 15%.One has a little maize too, both have oats, and wheat and barley is also present. £6 40 bag. a £8 bag, a little heavier, and a £12 bag of Blue Ribbon, that smells of aniseed. all 25 ks. so works out just under £9 25 K. They eat every bit. Feather and condition is superb, and most have moulted out a treat. Will buy the same this week ... plus some maize and hemp which I will add a little at night if it ever gets cold around here.

[Roland]

about here there s only the bags of pellets or bags of mixed corn eg wheat & cut maize so sounds like them hens getting some good feed lol dont worry price will soon be going up just like doo feed

 

Yep, and I think mine are faring very well on it.

:egyptian:

[Guest paulrstokes]

Last year I had all my early bred youngsters on 40% farm beans at £5.00 per sack, 40% barley at $5.90 per sack and 20% layers pellats at £6.00 per sack.

 

I could not stop them flying, as the racing season approached moved them onto a mix and they did not fly nearly as well./

 

2012 may well race them on the cheap mix and see

[just ask me]

JAM, there was no pellets in these corns the mixture I was looking out contained a lot of wheat, Barley At about roughly 20% each with I'd say 30% maize, a small percentage of oats and sunflower and buckwheat. Obviously more fatty seeds would need to be added at the end of the week but the constitution of the grains I personally felt would make a good base mixture

 

 

thanks it sounds good what was the quality of the grain you would imagine good if chickens were meant for human consumption

[Wiley]

thanks it sounds good what was the quality of the grain you would imagine good if chickens were meant for human consumption

The corn was made by Garvo so equally good as Versa Laga and a lot better then any of the English brands

[just ask me]

The corn was made by Garvo so equally good as Versa Laga and a lot better then any of the English brands

 

 

thanks will look into it myself

[andy Burgess]

Last year I had all my early bred youngsters on 40% farm beans at £5.00 per sack, 40% barley at $5.90 per sack and 20% layers pellats at £6.00 per sack.

 

I could not stop them flying, as the racing season approached moved them onto a mix and they did not fly nearly as well./

 

2012 may well race them on the cheap mix and see

be sure and let us know ,interested .

[Pompey Mick]

This is the Garvo price list.

 

http://www.garvo.co.uk/price_list_UK_consumer_march2011.pdf

[Guest speckled]

Ow very wise wiley. i dont think ya go wrong in what ya using, bit of knowledge for such a wise one

[Guest speckled]

joking aside wiley MARRIAGES chicken layers pellets ask ya dad e was listerning,

[Guest KING BILLY]

i think you need to watch thares no any antybiotects in the pelets

[andy Burgess]

i think you need to watch thares no any antybiotects in the pelets

been taken out now i understand , due to the food chain inclusion.