Composition of typical NZ poultry layer feed

Following the discussion here on the healthiest diet for chooks I was curious because I didn't actually know what was in the mash/pellets. This is what I found, and considering the source I'd say it's pretty reliable.

Composition of typical NZ poultry layer feed http://www.eggfarmers.org.nz/feed.asp

Wheat 52%
Barley 20%
Broll 9%
Meat and bone meal 10%
Vitamins & minerals 9%

I didn't know what broll was so I googled it and found info about its use as a food for dairy cattle


BROLL

Broll is a coarse product obtained whilst milling wheat flour and is a mixture of bran and pollard. This is a valuable feed for ruminants as a source of slowly degradable carbohydrate. This is a “rumen friendly” product (does not rapidly lower the rumen acidity), which provides the rumen bugs with a source of energy required for them to process the protein from grass and other forages into forms of protein which are useable by the cow for milk production and growth.
Due to the special nature of this product, the results in milk production and growth far exceed that which would be expected based on the analyses of Broll. Broll is a very useful tool for reducing the post peak decline in milk production levels through the summer.


Specification

Dry Matter 85.0% minimum
Metabolisable Energy 9.5% minimum
Crude Protein 14.0% minimum
Fibre 11.5% minimum
Fat 5.0% minimum
Ca 1.4g/kg minimum
P 11g/kg

So I wonder what broll does in the diet of chooks - perhaps it has similarly beneficial effects on their ability to metabolise grains and assists in conversion of feed to lovely yummy eggs!

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