Was talking with the farmer I buy hay bales from about the high price of feeding critters in Alaska. He has started feeding 50% Barley, which grows locally & is half the price of bagged feeds & a third the price of good hay. He has used this 50% Barley combined with other pelleted rations, pasture, forage, and garden scraps for the past two years with his poultry, pigs, & goats. He commented that it doesn't work with his laying hens as they quit producing eggs.
He has no experience with rabbits, but I appreciated his suggestion & I'm searching for more info.
I feed a pelleted 18% food with Alfalfa, Barley, Soybean meal, Whole oars, corn as the first ingredients. Varied pet rabbit pellets, (I work at a Pet store & have no qualms using what would otherwise be thrown out) Timothy hay, garden waste, willow branches, & whatever other greens & forage I can find during the summer. Mostly Satin mixes raised for meat, with a few Satins that I show casually. Realizing Barley is already the second ingredient could I mix more barley in? Any thoughts appreciated
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He has no experience with rabbits, but I appreciated his suggestion & I'm searching for more info.
I feed a pelleted 18% food with Alfalfa, Barley, Soybean meal, Whole oars, corn as the first ingredients. Varied pet rabbit pellets, (I work at a Pet store & have no qualms using what would otherwise be thrown out) Timothy hay, garden waste, willow branches, & whatever other greens & forage I can find during the summer. Mostly Satin mixes raised for meat, with a few Satins that I show casually. Realizing Barley is already the second ingredient could I mix more barley in? Any thoughts appreciated
opcorn:
