Tractor Supply Chicken Feed No Eggs! The TRUTH And A Warning!

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[HeedGodsWord]

MOLD - yes, mold. Could this be the culprit? Aflatoxin is a common problem with grains that get stored. Pretty much all grain has mold but, of course, some batches have much more than others. That's why when people go on grain-free diets that their allergies get better. Even their cancers go away. Most of our dry foods have mold and all of us consume mold. And, it's yummy (think sourdough bread.) However, getting exposed to way too much of a bad batch of (pick your favorite...peanut butter, corn, chocolate, coffee, wheat, ...etc...) can make you sick. Some of us more than others. Then, after that your body will not tolerate even small amounts of these mold toxins. Causes inflammation in your body. Well, it does the same to our animals more or less. Yes, weather is a factor. If stored grain (or chocolate, coffee) gets exposed to moisture at a certain temperature...boom...you have more toxic mold in the end product. Here's the theory here: weaponizing mold is a thing. In fact, it's been proven that Big Pharma produces some drugs that purposefully have synthetic mold. Anyway, look at the world through the lense of MOLD and everything starts to make sense. I've learned you can test if your grains have mold by using a black light. The mold glows. (Did you know that cancer glows too?) It'd be interesting to have everyone's feed get tested for mold.

[williamjaded]

I have 30 total amerikaners and easter Eggers. Prior to switching to a feed brand of 16% in October I was getting 20 to 24 eggs after switching to the producers pride that is a Purina produced feed. It reduced almost immediately to 8 to 10 by dec 01st. As of jan 01st zero egg production including my 4 African geese stopped. On Jan 15th I switched to a local feed producer and my chickens are back up to 16 to 20 and 2 geese are laying. So take this info how you will

[jiszmo]

I just told my brother about this. Not sure where he was getting feed. But his chickens hadn't laid for 3 months. After I told him, and showed him articles, he decided to make his own feed, with corn and wheat. His chickens laid 7 eggs, the very next day. I can't even believe it was such a quick change. They really are trying to kill us.

[notme]

I was on TSC 16% layer feed for years.
Last July my chickens were producing daily till one day they totally stopped.
My chickens are Barred Rocks So they produce even in the winter but they totally stopped in July. My brother gave me a bag of local made Feed around Early December and they actually started producing again until I ran out of that bag. Because his local grain producer was so far away from me I switched to another feed chain and my chickens stopped laying the next day.
The chain store is Kahoots. They are all in on it. And we as Americans are standing by watching.
UPDATE:
Switched back to the local feed store food my brother recommended, two days later the chickens started laying eggs again. We are still in freezing temps and forcasted snow. I switched to a brand called Kelly’s out of Perris California.

[grandmasprinkles]

Free range foraging was the key for my chickens. They started laying within a week of starting that. I totally agree with everything you said. Thank you so much.

[DJC]

I've had chickens most of my life. I'm 60. I have a good number of chickens and was getting 3-4 dozen eggs a day. Last fall, still warm and sunny here in south Texas my production suddenly went to zero. Talk light, talk variations in production, talk weather... I get it, been through many, many seasons and weather changes. I have 6 different breeds. Birds all all healthy, they are cared for daily. But no eggs. 2 days after switching feed, I have eggs. There was no weather change at that time, no light changes as I control it. ONLY change was feed. I don't wear a foil hat, I'm an old timer (by some definitions) but I know better. People can say oh, they slow down, oh quit spreading this and that. Well, take it for what it's worth to you but I know better. And I'm getting eggs again.

[PriceOfLibertyEternalVigilance]

Excellent video and breakdown! I wouldn't put it passed the WEF and it's cronies to try and do something to not only our food directly but also with our chicken's food indirectly (eggs) too. Keep up the great videos, brother!

[amberbrannan]

I am in NC. I was feeding Tractor Supply Pride layer pellets. I saw a drastic drop in eggs. I went from a dozen a day to maybe 1 occasionally 2 a day. I have had chickens for over 10 years. This has been beyond the normal winter drop off. I am switching feed.

[patamthor]

I have 11 chickens in my back yard in Aztec, NM. They are a variety and ages. It is cold here, the chickens slowed in November and in January increased to 2 to 3 eggs and now 3 to 4 most days. We are happy with the numbers of eggs for the 2 of us.
Enjoy you chicks! Thanks for the informatiom.

[coldhaven]

Thank you for presenting a level-headed view of the situation. Its easy to worry about your flock, especially with the issues surrounding bird flu, mysterious fires at chicken farms and processing plants, and now reduction in backyard egg production being seen practically all over. I know I supplement my grain with scraps and protein rich treats and mine seem to be doing pretty well for being the middle of winter (albeit I do live in the south.) It might not be a bad idea to come up with our own grain mixtures. Several chicken youtubers have their own recipes they share on their channels. I have a raised bed right beside my coop where I grow food specifically for the chickens to supplement their diets.

[Good_ol_Butch]

Over the last year, ive been using Purina's Producer Pride 16% bought at Tractor Supply because it was cheap. In November, my chickens stopped laying. At the end of December, I ran out of the TS feed, and bought some from the local feed store. Within two weeks, my chickens were laying again. Well, two weeks ago, I was running low on feed, so I bought feed from TS, and now the hens are back to laying nothing... I think I'm just going to say eff the layer pellets and start making feed for the chickens from different grains like flak seed, white millet, corn, oats, and sunflower seeds.

[mamajulie]

Ok just my two cents but after what I experienced I do believe there is a problem with a certain brand of feed….. let me tell you what happened to me and you all decide for yourself! Last year my friend told me people were having issues with chicken feed causing their hens to stop laying and she told me they were mentioning Purina and other brands owned by purina but sold under different names. I wasn’t really worried because I usually use an organic brand not owned by Purina. I put this out of my mind. Then one day ( last year not during winter ) I noticed egg production was way down. Several days later it was almost zero egg production. This was totally abnormal it wasn’t winter and I feed my girls really well in fact they are spoiled. So I remembered what my friend told me went looking around only to find my hubby had bought two flock blocks made by purina and given them to my girls. I removed the flock blocks and threw them away !!!! Shortly afterwards my girls started laying again and slowly came back to normal. The only factor that changed that I’m aware of was these flock blocks ….. could it just be coincidence…… yes ….. but could it not be coincidence….. yes …… so I’ll leave this here and everyone can decide for themselves. Blessings to you all!! ❤

[hagman]

Good information here. I have hand raised chickens and guineas for over 7 years now and I know the weather plays an important role in laying. With that being said and the price of a bag of layer pellets, Im going to start making my own feed and save money in the long haul. Im not sure if the feed companies are purposefully not using as much protein to save a buck, while continuing to raise prices? If so, it would not surprise me and would not be surprised if politician hands are involved in this since most are corrupt and only interested in making money, no matter who gets screwed. Everyone out there that has chickens should keep a close eye on them because people are starting to steal chickens because of the price of eggs. And lastly- Its amazing to me how much damage one administration can cause in a short amount of time. My advice is to buckle up, because its going to get much worse. Just my 2 cents-

[brentc]

I'm not a conspiracy theorist, I am a pattern recognition expert...

[RevLetaLee]

This was my first winter w chickens. The one that was laying stopped in October. I did switch out feed just to be safe, started giving them a bit extra protein, and two weeks later my speckled sussex started laying. My Swedish Flowers are not yet laying. They are just over 5 months. They all have looked very healthy and happy all winter so I don't actually think the feed was a problem. I'm just happy every time I get an egg. So lovely. Thanks for your balanced point of view!

[jeanmcgonigal]

Thank you Sir for your video, I haven’t had any problems with my chickens laying, I give them cracked corn, scratch grain, all flock pellets, spinach and tomatoes when I have it. You are correct that weather has a to do with what chickens do or don’t do. Thank you for what you do.

[jasonhatfield]

My chickens had a big drop off earlier in Nov-Dec, but now they have started right back up and are laying like crazy right now. They slowed down significantly after we had a very harsh freeze around Christmas (-7 degrees here in Ohio)

[mobilebayprepper]

I live down on Mobile Bay and we don't have much of a long winter here, but when it is colder here, I always make sure to feed my birds plenty of meal worms or dried beetles and flies. In general, I feed my chickens 4 main things to keep them laying year round: insects, grains, seeds, and greens. My birds seem to be the most succesful with that type of diet, plus they free range all day in my backyard. We also give them kitchen scraps when we have them as a bonus. Out of 19 hens, and one female duck, we're getting about a dozen or so eggs in winter and closer to 17-19 in summer

[meanqkie]

A friend has 60 hens and for the first time in over 24 years, she had zero eggs and had to buy from the store. She had been feeding TSC and switched, egg production came back immediately. My pullets from last March and April hatches never started laying till January, got up to 8/day then stopped within a week. No predators, no feed change. I soak/sprout whole oats, milo and black oil sunflower seed. Looking at growing my own on the perimeter if I can get the cropduster to stop drifting over my property from the pasture across the highway from me! Killed my shade trees! I was in the yard with my girls when he did it! Ran in the house. How am I supposed to grow organic with that going on?

[lorenb]

I do not shop at Tractor Supply. Up here in Montana, we have Shiptons Big "R"... I noticed this winter that my hens/chickens went to 0 egg laying. When in past winters between the 10 we've always gotten 2 to 4 per day except for the occasional negative degrees temperatures. I recently stopped giving them any pellets and am now giving them only scraps and homemade feed, and I'm back to the 2 to 4 per. day. Again, that's if we don't have any negative temperatures.