Hi pro chicken feed is an essential element in keeping your backyard flock healthy and productive. Different types of chickens require specific feed for optimal growth or egg-laying – for instance, grower feed promotes rapid development while layer feed aids egg production.
The best chicken feed provides a range of essential nutrients, such as protein, calcium and other minerals for supporting hen health. All feed labels must provide their guaranteed analysis so you can compare what nutrients each provides.
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Country Companion Hi-Pro Egg Layer
Country Companion’s egg layer pellet feed is packed with vitamins and minerals designed to promote hard-shell egg production. Made with ingredients such as black soldier fly larvae grubs (an eco-friendly protein source with essential amino acids for balanced nutrition). Furthermore, its pelleted form encourages natural foraging instincts while helping decrease waste production.
Starting at 16 weeks of age and throughout their productive lives, this food can help ensure laying chickens produce high-quality eggs while receiving all of the nutrition required to thrive. Perfect for backyard farmers looking to ensure that their hens produce eggs of superior quality!
Homestead Harvest Non-GMO Layer Blend
This family made feed is corn and soy free and features a blend of whole grains and seeds, enhanced with diatomaceous earth and omega 3 fatty acids for extra health benefits. Available as pellets or crumble, it can be fed to chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese alike.
Organic feed for laying hens is another top pick, produced by a small, family-owned business and shipped fresh every two weeks to guarantee its quality. Furthermore, it features non-GMO ingredients while remaining soy and gluten-free for optimal performance.
This feed features non-GMO cracked grains fortified with minerals and additional calcium to produce high quality eggshells, plus linseed oil for omega 3 rich eggs. Furthermore, 17% pellets provide easy digestion for your hen while also featuring kelp for increased mineral absorption. Available as a 25lbs bag.
Manna Pro Pellets
Manna Pro is a feed manufacturer that specializes in feeding farm and show animals, such as rabbits. Their complete nutrition formula will have your rabbit show-ready in no time! Additionally, this brand provides supplements and treats to promote optimal health and happiness in rabbits.
MannaPro Layer Mini-Pellets provide organic layers aged 16 weeks or older with nutritious non-GMO nutrition, including calcium and marigold to promote stronger eggs. Mary’s has 10 lb bags available that are ideal for mixed flocks.
This high quality pelleted feed is specifically tailored for horses who are rarely or occasionally ridden and do not engage in heavy daily work, featuring 12% protein to support muscle maintenance and recovery, controlled moderate starch levels to avoid unnecessary weight gain, high fiber levels and no artificial flavors – ideal for occasional riders! CountryMax stocks local inventory!
Hi-Pro Layer Ration Pellet
Once chickens begin laying eggs (roughly 20 weeks later), it’s important to switch their feed. Layer feed contains an optimized combination of high protein, vitamins, and minerals designed to support optimal egg production while strengthening eggshells. Starter or grower feed aren’t designed with calcium rich layers in mind!
These layer feeds often come in three textures – mash, crumble and pellet – all offering similar nutrients. Your flock’s preference will ultimately decide the format they prefer most and how you approach feeding process – some flocks might scratch and peck more at mash than pellets while other may find that carrying around and feeding young chicks easier with mash than pellets.
New Country Organics’ organic laying feed is an excellent option, using sustainable ingredients and boasting 19 percent minimum crude protein. Furthermore, it features kelp and alfalfa as nutritionally dense sources as well as organic flaxseed for omega-3 fatty acid supplementation.
