Sometimes owners, taking different types of poultry, believe that all of them will be suitable compound feed for chickens. But it not so, is necessary for a bird the food corresponding to requirements of an organism.
Compound feed for turkeys and hens: whether there is a difference
Quite often happens that in the village or the village of turkeys breed only in one economy, and in all others – only laying hens. And begin to apply chicken compound feed as another is simply difficult to be got to turkey-cocks. Seemingly externally everything is good, mass death of birds is not observed, but also to sense from similar feeding for turkey-cocks is almost not present. The reason is that the nutritional value of chicken compound feed is insufficient for them. Proteins and vitamins B bigger quantity are required for them.
And if this difference in physiological needs of turkey-cocks and hens even more notable is about young growth, then. When chickens grow up, they need to be transferred to a forage with lower nutritional value, at the same time increasing the content of food fibers and calcium in a diet. It is important to prepare young individuals for execution of eggs. Conversion of hens to new compound feed allows to stop premature puberty, promotes a set of weight and completion of formation of a skeleton. And crude cellulose improves activity of digestive tract.
At turkeys the young growth grows at very big rates therefore for them it is necessary to treat the choice of a forage with special care: both the viability of a bird, and a set of weight, and quality of meat depends on it. The simplest option is to buy the ready compound feed produced at the plant for turkey-cocks. But it is possible to prepare independently the balanced forage which is not conceding on nutritiousness factory from the following components: corn, barley, wheat and oat shredded grain, sunflower cake, yeast. For enrichment with protein it is possible to add bone meal or cottage cheese. It is better to knead such mix on milk, to feed at the rate of 30 g on one individual.
Compound feed for ducks
If to compare hens and ducks, it is possible to notice that the last in chicken compound feed have not enough caloric content and a crude protein. In the summer in their food it is possible to use such forage. They can fill the shortage of nutrients at the expense of greens and root crops. But it will be necessary to add skim milk, pea, bone and hay meal, starchy vegetables to compound feed in the winter. If you use whole grain in feeding of ducks, then it needs to be couched. Such food is very useful for them when they are going to get posterity. There are data that germinated grain helps to improve quality of eggs. It is important to know: when the bird is held in the room where temperature differences are observed, the quantity of a forage needs to be increased by 20%.