chicken feed ration

JMP · Jun 19, 2010

I was wondering if anybody could give me a idea on how to mix my own feed for laying chikens have grinder just need to know what to put togegther and how much Thankyou John

El Toro · Jun 19, 2010

Contact your county extension agent and see if he knows or know's of anyone that has laying chickens. My late mom took care of the chickens
when we on the farm. We had laying chickens and
she raised roosters for eating. I know she fed them mash and cracked corn. They may've bought the mash from our local mill. We had corn ground there for the young stock and pregnant cows that were dry. My late dad had a recipe for adding to the ground corn. Those cows loved that and silage and even made grooves in the concrete when licking up every grain. They had corn meal flour made too. Hal

Stephen in SoKY · Jun 19, 2010

I have mine ground now rather than doing it at home. Here's my recipe that yields a 20-21% ration:

325 ground corn
185 soybean meal
20 vit/min poultry concentrate

I use this as a universal feed for chicks, cornish cross, layers and waterfowl. Layers get free choice oyster shell for calcium. You can develop your own ration easily with Pearson's Square (Google it) or by googling Lionsgrip, they have multiple rations already formulated. BTW, a flake ot two of alfalfa really makes for nice dark polks in layers.

ddl · Jun 19, 2010

try this website.
http://www.lionsgrip.com/recipes.html

flying belgian · Jun 19, 2010

I grind 30 lbs. corn, 15 lbs. wheat, 8 lbs. soy bean meal. I have no idea what protein level is but works good for me.

JMS/.MN · Jun 19, 2010

Just under 16%. Corn x 8.6%CP, wheat x 15% CP, Soybean meal x44CP%: 8.35 lbs crude protein in 53 lbs of feed. 8.35 divided by 53= 15.7.

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