What feed is good for laying hens
Mar 13, 2020
For users of
laying hen cages, in addition to choosing cages and good environmental management, feed management is also very important for laying hens to achieve high yields. Let's talk about feed management specifically for farmers.
I. Carbohydrate feed: This type of feed is the main component of chicken feed, which accounts for about 50% -80% of the total feed. The substances containing carbohydrates are rice, broken rice, corn, gardenia, wheat, rice bran, Bran and so on.
2. Protein feed: The feed contains protein components, which is an important substance for the cell composition of the flock, and also the material basis for all life activities of the flock. There are many types of materials containing protein components, including animal feed including fish meal, silkworm pupae, and blood meal , Earthworms, etc.
3. Vitamin feed: The feed contains vitamins, which are necessary feed ingredients for the growth, reproduction, production and maintenance of life of laying hens, and such nutrients can only be obtained from the feed, so they are very important feed ingredients.
4. Mineral feed: Minerals contain many types. Minerals play a very important role in the growth and health of chickens. Materials containing minerals include eggshell powder, shell powder, stone powder, bone powder, and salt.
V. Feed additives: It is to mix the necessary trace elements, vitamins, antioxidants, chemical drugs, etc. of chickens in an appropriate ratio and add them to the mixed feed to reduce the diseases that cause certain vitamin and trace element deficiency and promote the chicks. Growth and development and adult chicken productivity.
Whether the feed can play a good role has a lot to do with the reliability of the quality of the farmers when selecting raw materials.
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