Re: Food formulas

From: nuele (fowls_at_nuele-online.de)
Date: 08/11/04 

Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:55:36 +0200

Jay <j_green156@hotmail.com> wrote:

> This may be superfluous by now but as I've just opened a new bag I wipped
> off the details for you. I feed layers pellets to the adults - they are all
> layers as opposed to table birds.
...
> Mine is:
>
> 17.0% protein
> 3.5 % oil
> 4.5 % fibre
> 13.0 % ash
> 0.35% Methione
> 6000 IU/kg Vit A
> 3000 IU/kg Vit D3
> 10 IU/kg Vit E (alpha tocopherol)
> 0.25 mg/kg Selenium (Sodium Selenite)
> 20 mg/kg Copper (Cupric Sulphate
>
> I feed this adlib from a hopper. In the afternoon they (usually) have half a
> small saucepan of grain between them (eight birds). Wheat in summer, mixed
> corn in winter when it's colder. They have mixed grit available in a pot and
> sometimes calcified seaweed.
>
> Regards
>
> Jay

Thank you Jay! Now I'd be interested to know whether you've ever had any
hens that were too fat. Some people say that fat hens don't lay, but the
one last year still did, so it doesn't seem true in all cases.

Nuele (D)

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