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We will first look at how to make a 70 kg bag of growers' mash (for chicks 4 to 8 weeks) then look at making layers mash for chickens above 8 weeks.
Growers (pullets or young layers) should be provided with feed having a protein content of between 16 and 18 per cent. Such feed makes the young layers to grow fast in preparation for egg laying:
Growers mash ingredients (makes 70kg bag)
- 10kg of whole maize
- 17kg of maize germ
- 13kg of wheat pollard
- 10kg of wheat bran
- 6kg of cotton seed cake
- 5kg of sunflower cake
- 3.4kg of soya meal
- 2.07kg of lime
- 700g of bone meal
- 3kg of fishmeal
Additives: 14g of salt, 1g of coccidiostat, 18g of Pre-mix, 1g of zinc bacitracin, 7g of mycotoxin binder.
Making a 70 kg bag of layers’ mash (8 weeks and above)
Ingredients
- 34kg of whole maize
- 12kg of Soya
- 8kg of fishmeal
- 10kg of maize bran, rice germ or
- Wheat bran
- 6kg of lime
- Amino acids
- 175g premix
- 70g lysine
- 35g methionine
- 70kg Threonine
- 35g tryptophan
- 50g toxin binder
Layer feed should contain a Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) content of between 16-18 per cent. The feed should contain calcium (lime) for the formation of eggshells (laying hens that do not get enough calcium will use the calcium stored in their own born tissue to produce eggshells).
Layer feed should be introduced at 18 weeks. Read about making layers feed HERE.
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