Argo poultry and smallholder feed

Argo Baby Chick Crumbs and Argo Chick Grower Pellets cover the early growing stages — the grower pellet, for instance, is a non-medicated pellet formulated at 17% protein and intended for birds from around six weeks old up to point of lay. Moving onto Argo Value Layers Pellets or the Golden Yolk Layers range once hens start laying matches the feed to what a laying bird actually needs, which differs from a growing chick's requirements.

Keeping feed matched to the bird's actual stage — chick, grower, layer — rather than feeding one formulation throughout matters for both growth and, later, egg production, since a laying hen's nutritional needs are genuinely different from a young bird still developing.

Argo Split Maize and Argo Whole Wheat are straight grains rather than formulated mixes, giving keepers the option to feed a simple grain diet or mix their own alongside pellets. For those keeping a wider smallholding, Argo Rabbit Pellets and Argo Special Goat Mix extend the same brand into feed for rabbits and goats kept alongside poultry.

This breadth is what suits Argo to a smallholding rather than a single-species setup — one brand covering birds at every growth stage plus the other animals commonly kept on the same plot.

Argo's poultry pellets come in larger pack sizes such as 20kg, which suits a flock rather than one or two birds, so it's worth checking pack size against how many animals you're actually feeding before buying in bulk.

Because the range spans poultry, rabbits and goats under one brand, a mixed smallholding can often source most of its routine feed from the same brand's line-up, which simplifies buying compared with sourcing each species from a different specialist brand.