muzzboy Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I was in need of layers pellets today so I went to my local pet store and they only had farmgate pellets at hand I bought some my chocks have had a feed of them but I have just found some threads on here where plastic is found in the pellets has any body had problems or use farmgate and should I go and buy a better quality layer pellet tomorrow thanks martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witzend Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 there's a similar thread a few posts lower down - organic vs non-organic...................people suggesting which layers pellets they use etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karlotta Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Occasionally I get farmgates if I can't get anything else and while it's a bit more dusty, I've never found any bits and pieces in it. The girls like it just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I found tiny bits of plastic and metal foil in a sack of Farmgate pellets this time last year. We meticulously picked it all out and there was about a double-handful in total. Some had tiny bits of plastic in but some had bigger. I emailed the manufacturer a photo (I can PM you a link) and they said it was because they used by-products of bread-baking - but all perfectly safe. Our next sack (6 weeks later) was Countrywide - but it was the same!!! I went back to Countrywide a few weeks ago and an assistant asked if we wanted their own brand. I mentioned the plastic and he knew exactly what I meant and said it had been fixed months ago. I can only take his word for it as we bought something else but, from what he said, sounds like it was just a glitch in production last summer. (I've been careful to just state facts here!) Our girls happily eat cheaper pellets but it doesn't last - they either end up either flicking it around or eating tons to fill up so it was a bit of a false economy. We now buy Garvo - and they waste a lot less I'd use up the sack - see how your girls get on with it and decide when you come to buy your next bag. We started with Countrywide and they loved it just fine (before they became spoilt madams!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witzend Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 This is the description on a suppliers website: Farmgate Layers Pellets, produced by the UK's leading animal feed manufacturer BOCM, support a healthly hen, strong egg shell and good yolk colour. All Farmgate's raw ingredients are carefully monitored, fully traceable and produced wthout the use of genetically modified agricultural crops. Suitable for backyard and free range chickens, Farmgate layers pellets include limestone and Oyster shell grit Doesn't mention plastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutti Frutti Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 PS I'd be interested to know if there's any plastic in your sack. It was clearly visible in ours - blue, green, pink, white - and you could pull it out of the pellet. So if your pellets **look** OK, they probably are... hopefully the dude in Countrywide was right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Got Farmgates in 2008 when I got four new girls and it had plastic in then !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 I wont use Farmgate poultry feed I've had bags with plastic in the pellets, pellets too big (pony nut size) pellets so small they are virtually dust, chick crumb of varying size, smelly pellets and mouldy pellets - I hear that some mills may be better than others but it was all to variable for my liking I feed Garvo but have also tried various other brands which have all been acceptable, Farmgate is the only one I would actively avoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinamc Posted June 12, 2011 Share Posted June 12, 2011 Oooh, this is the brand that I was given along with my chickens yesterday when I went to pick them up. I'll have a good check of the feed before I give it to them to make sure there's no plastic in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abby Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 My chicks will not eat the Farmgate organic layers pellets. Now I have a lot of 20kg sacks to pass on in SE London near the Horniman Museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 7 hours ago, abby said: My chicks will not eat the Farmgate organic layers pellets. Now I have a lot of 20kg sacks to pass on in SE London near the Horniman Museum Maybe a petting farm near you will take it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
