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In this article, you will learn how to make broiler feed at home or at your farm. In previous articles - HERE and HERE, we looked at how to make layers mash. Broilers have different feed requirements in terms of energy, proteins and minerals during different stages of their growth.
It is important that farmers adapt feed rations to these requirements for maximum production. Young broilers have a high protein requirement for the development of muscles, feathers and other body organs.
As the broilers grow, their energy needs for fattening up increase while their protein requirements decrease. They, therefore, require high protein content in their starter rations than in the grower and finisher rations. Broilers should have feed that has between 22 -24 per cent DCP.
The following guidelines can help the farmer to make the right feed at each stage of growth:
Preparing broiler growers feed (70 kg)
Ingredients
- 10kg of whole maize
- 16.7kg of maize germ
- 13.3kg of wheat pollard
- 10kg wheat bran
- 6kg of cotton seed cake
- 4.7kg of sunflower cake
- 3kg of fishmeal
- 2kg of lime
- 3.4kg of soya meal
- 40g of bone meal
- 10g of grower PMX
- 5g of salt
- 5g of coccidiostat
- 5g of Zinc bacitracin
Broiler starter feed (1-4 weeks)
Ingredients
- 40kg of whole maize
- 12kg of fishmeal (or omena)
- 14kg of soya bean meal
- 4kg of lime
- 70g of premix
- Amino acids
- 35g of lysine
- 35g of Threonine
NOTE: For farmers who have more than 500 chickens it is advisable to make 1 tonne of feed at once (there are 14 bags of feed in one tonne).
To make 1 tonne of feed, multiply each of the ingredients by 14. Ensure that all the feed you make will last for one month and not longer – this ensures the feed remains fresh and safe for chickens.
Any feed that lasts more than one month may deteriorate in quality and can affect your chickens.
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