Poultry Feed Formulation for Layers

70 kg of layers of layers chick mash preparation (one to four weeks)
Growing chicks need food that contains between 18 and 20 percent Digestible Crude Protein (DCP). In order to manufacture a 70kg bag of layered chick mash, use the following formulation:

Ingredients

31.5kg of whole maize

9.1kg of wheat bran

7.0kg of wheat pollard

16.8 kg of sunflower (or 16.8 kg of linseed)

1.5kg of fishmeal

1.75kg of lime

30g of salt

20g of premix Amino acids

70g of tryptophan

3.0g of lysine

10g of methionine

70 g of Threonine

50g of enzymes

60g of coccidiostat

50g of toxin binder

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Making a growers mash bag weighing 70 kg (4–8 weeks)
Feed for growers (pullets or young layers) should have a protein level of between 16 and 18%. Such a diet accelerates the growth of the young layers in preparation for egg production:

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 bacitracitrach

7g of mycotoxin binder

Making a 70 kg bag of layers’ mash (18 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

Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) level for layer feed should be between 16 and 18%.

Laying hens that are not given enough calcium will use the calcium stored in their own born tissue to build eggshells, thus the feed must contain calcium (lime) for the development of eggshells.

At 18 weeks, layer feed should be started.