To be fed from day 29 thru day 56. See Feeding Instructions from this book, also. General Formulas for Home Mixes Use a combination of ingredients in each category, if possible. Pastured poultry receive ample vitamins A and D from grass and sunshine. Modern research has shown it is unwise to supplement only one B vitamin.
Grains are naturally very high in all B vitamins.
2.50 Iodized salt 0.40 Limestone, grd. I don't have access to roasted soybeans, so I will substitute soybean meal, a soybean oil and alfalfa meal. My wheat prize will replace the crimped oats, so there is the possibility of their lower protein content being offset by the inclusion of alfalfa meal. Another producer topdressed their layer ration with aragonite for available calcium. In the past I have used a broiler ration, which uses Sea-Lac fish meal to boost protein, and the layers ate and produced well.