Understanding Feed Labels

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Feed labels can be hard to understand and many times misleading.  I make my own feed everyday for the geese and mix with commercial feeds.  There are some websites I have found very helpful.  

This Research team has done allot of research to help feed company's and produces to provide information.  I do not pay for there calculator but there information is available per item. 

https://www.feedtables.com/

USDA also has some good analytics on food value's  There search dose not always work well. Sometimes I do my best with them by googling (USDA and what ever food Im looking for then going to there site) https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/

Open Sanctuary Keeps a very detailed list on there website of food and other things that can harm geese. Also treatments

https://opensanctuary.org/things-that-are-toxic-to-geese/

Have a nice chart on the basic Nutrient Requirements on geese.  https://www.merckvetmanual.com/multimedia/table/nutrient-requirements-of-geese

Its a long read but well written on study's done to improve fertility in geese.  

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8749758/

This study was done on poultry has a very helpful chart

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7647795/

https://www.fao.org/3/Y4359E/y4359e05.htm

I have to admit I still feed soy but over the last 2 years have cut the quantity they get drastically this is a study on soy verses flax meal. 

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731120000397

Poultry DMV Has a feed comparison tool. You will need to choose Duck or Game bird to find your feed. https://poultrydvm.com/feeds.php

I have gone to a game bird as 1/3 of my birds diet and do vitamin supplements and grain.

https://poultrydvm.com/feeds.php

There is allot of information on the Whole Grain Council

https://wholegrainscouncil.org/whole-grains-101/whats-whole-grain-refined-grain/sprouted-whole-grains

Long read

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8321752/