And here I was faced with a problem - my chicks began to eat store feed poorly and, accordingly, lagged behind their peers in growth. Since this is my first experience with broilers, time was lost. I turned to a veterinarian with great experience and here They told me that compound feed, especially store feed, is purely individual. That is, the same compound feed, chickens of one brood can eat and grow with pleasure, and from another brood, they can eat without hunting and are accordingly lagging behind in growth.
There is only one conclusion: feed must be changed urgently. But during this, no one suggested - the result is the broiler weight is slightly more than the usual layers.
The veterinarian told me how to cook the feed itself, which would be both fresh and healthy, but I would have to tinker with it.
So, if it doesn’t scare you, I’m in a hurry to share it.
FINISH FOOD.
Composition:
corn grain-45%
wheat-19%
sunflower meal (Makukha) -19%
feed yeast-5%
fish meal-3%
meat and bone meal-2%
chalk-1%
the rest is added by the shell
I calmly acquired all this. Feed in the market, and additives in any veterinary complex or veterinary pharmacy.
In order not to embarrass you,% I will write the number that I did.
After calculating the% ratio with the veterinarian, we settled on that amount.
Grind in a mill or grinder
20 kg of corn
8.5 kg of wheat
Personally, I used 3 grades of wheat. Since it will still be prayed.
8.5 kg of Makukha
Add
2,220 kg of feed yeast
1,332 kg of fishmeal
0.444 kg of chalk
0.888 kg meat and bone meal
Sea shell with turtles, iodine, vitamins and minerals is added individually at the rate of 0.3 g per day per 1 head.
That is, if you do for a month, then 0.3 * 30 days = 9 gr
now 9 gr * for the number of your chickens = add to the feed.
All this mix well.
I got 42.5 kg of finished feed.
I want to say that my chickens eat it with pleasure. This is incomparable with the purchased feed. They became faster, more active and began to gain weight.
I wish you success.
Read my other publications, be sure to write the composition of the prelaunch and starter feed. And also write my recipe for rabbit feed.
From 1 to 7 days, broiler chickens must be fed pre-feed compound feed.
When my chicks were at that age, I fed them purchased compound feed, and therefore suffered. They ate it poorly and lagged behind. After talking with the veterinarian, I immediately prepared the compound feed at home, but by age we needed to finish it ( fattening). The result is obvious.
But of course I wrote down and took the recipe into service. I hasten to share with you - maybe someone will need you.
COMPOSITION OF A PRE-START COMPOUND FEED.
corn,
wheat,
oats
barley-all in equal amounts-73%
soybean-14%
milk powder-12%
premix containing vitamins
micro and macro elements-1%
either replace it with a shell
That is, you take
10 kg of corn
10 kg of wheat
10 kg oats
10 kg of barley
7,700 kg of soy
6,600 kg of milk powder
0.550 kg of premix 10% or calculate a shell of 0.2 g per day for 1 head
Since it is recommended to feed the first 7-10 days with such a composition, consider the number of your chickens. You can make 5 kg of grain, that is, reduce everything by 2 times.
COMPOSITION OF THE START FEED.
corn-45%
wheat-10%
makukha-15%
soya-10%
Grind all the above and add
feed yeast-5%
fish meal-7%
chalk 1.2%
meat and bone meal-4%
premix 10% -1% or shell
herbal flour - 1.8% - optional
Converting to kg, we obtain
corn - 22.5 kg
wheat-5 kg
Makuha-7.5 kg
soya-5 kg
2.5 kg yeast
fishmeal - 3.5 kg
chalk 0.6 kg
meat and bone meal -2 kg
premix 0.5 kg
shell 0.3 g per day for 1 head
Good luck to you!!!! Read also the composition of feed for rabbits.