Interesting. All three of my flocks were fed with Tractor Supply feed with NO obvious laying or health problems.I also have been reading about people buying chicken feed and then their hens stop laying. Once people changed up stopped buying certain chicken feeds, their hens started laying again. The chicken feed from TSC was mentioned as one of the feeds that caused the hens from laying. In searching for the information, I've also read it is a conspiracy theory.
https://ussanews.com/2023/01/25/tractor-supply-chicken-feed-scandal-rocks-poultry-industry/Tractor Supply Chicken Feed Scandal Rocks Poultry Industry!
Posted on January 25, 2023 by Constitutional Nobody
Written by Steve Cannon for USSA News.
A recent alteration to the popular “Producer’s Pride” chicken feed sold by Tractor Supply has caused chickens to stop laying eggs, according to multiple farmer sources. The reduction in egg production has been reported to be much greater than the normal decrease seen during the winter months, with some farmers reporting that their hens are laying zero eggs.
The cause of the reduction in egg production is still unknown, but some suggest that the feed’s new formulation may have a lower protein content. This news comes at a time when chicken and egg prices have reached historic highs, driven in part by Avian Flu and inflation under the Brandon Administration.
When I saw that, I thought that there is no accident about this.This won't help.
Third-biggest egg farm in US catches fire, 21 fire departments respond to huge blaze that likely killed thousands of chickens
Third-biggest egg farm in US catches fire, 21 fire departments respond to huge blaze that likely killed thousands of chickens
If I was a conspiracy type I would be skeptical of this.
What a coincidence.
Extra crispy, tender inside!!
But, but, but, you are supposed to be standing in line at Squalmart, waiting to get your 'ration' !!! ...Like a good Minion!I keep reading about the egg shortage our chickens seem to be doing well for this time of year. We feed pellets but they get a tremendous amount of other things as well. Today they are getting a left over pot of chili. When we shoot a deer we put the carcass in the chicken pen they strip it clean. I think ours are doing well for this time of year we have got more than a dozen a day for the last few days.
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I don’t think I’ve ever been classified as a minion!But, but, but, you are supposed to be standing in line at Squalmart, waiting to get your 'ration' !!! ...Like a good Minion!
I keep reading about the egg shortage our chickens seem to be doing well for this time of year. We feed pellets but they get a tremendous amount of other things as well. Today they are getting a left over pot of chili. When we shoot a deer we put the carcass in the chicken pen they strip it clean. I think ours are doing well for this time of year we have got more than a dozen a day for the last few days.
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Agreed.My chicken coop looks like a bone yard in there. I throw in whole rib cages from the butcher and they pick at the stuff left between the rib bones.
I believe lack of protein is the problem. Normal layer pellets are 16% which is bare minimum for laying. It's not enough. Even buying gower/finisher would improve the situation.
I don't like pellets. They are full of soy protein and highly processed. I use wheat, peas and butcher scraps plus maggot tubes in the summer.
...When we shoot a deer we put the carcass in the chicken pen they strip it clean...
Something from Nicole Kidman's list of things we should eat!!Hey Clem....what's a maggot tube?
Something from Nicole Kidman'slist of things we should eat!!Nightstand...
I think they will do anything!!And now, they're attacking the chicken. It makes me wonder.......what did they really attack first? The chicken or the egg? It kind of makes me wonder if the new 'bad' feed has an interesting additive?
At this point, nothing would surprise me.....but it does make me angry b/c I believe that they definitely would go that far!
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7565424/
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