Feeds and Eggs production some farmers don't know that what they give to their animals determine the production

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Poultry farming and its product are lucrative and well practiced throughout the globe long ago. As well this can be a very risk a business, especially if the feeding management is not in good condition.

Mostly, achievement in poultry farming business depends largely on the qualities of the feed available. For proper growth, sound health and egg production in the poultry, they need energy. 

So, before you can this quality from your birds, you need to give them highly nutritious poultry feed and purchase quality feed from reliable feed mill. If you do not give quality and adequate feed you cannot run your farm business proper.

As a poultry farm, you need and must sell good product from your farm. These products are eggs and quality meat, this will only be achieved through the intake of adequate and quality feed to your birds.

When you supply quality and adequate feed to your birds, then you will get the best from them. The ingredients that make up the feed determined what the end product will be, therefore this will be taking one after the others and why they are important in the feed, this ingredient are group into two.

1.  Poultry feed ingredients

2. Essential Nutrient

Poultry feed ingredients

Poultry farm is common and run throughout the world, and as well popular to everyone, by this the feed ingredient are available and can be get easily. These ingredients are

(a)  Balancer and Concentrate

In preparing feed for poultry birds, concentrate and balancer are very important, this are prepared by the commercial poultry feed companies. They are basically fed with home grown chopped and grains.

(b) Fish oil

Fish oil are added as a source of vitamins, such as vitamin A and D.This are used mainly in feeding  growing and laying birds. Fish oil is highly effective when green pasture are used and sunlight are not adequate.

(c) Grain by-Product

By-product obtained from grains have a great value and good health which are very suitable for feeding poultry animals, mainly poultry birds.

Most of this by product are available in the shop where feed ingredient are sold. At time they may have a high price.

(d) Wheat

This is one of the best grain as a poultry feed ingredient used in the preparation of poultry feed, due to this reason you should you include this in preparation of the feed.

You may use this as poultry ingredient in feeding the birds throughout the year.

(e) Millet

This has a good merit as a poultry feed ingredient, this can be use in feed all type of birds in the poultry, such as growing, laying and many more.

Millet is highly digestible and as well increase the body temperature of your birds.

(f) Corn/Maize

This may be effective one in feeding poultry birds, as this can be giving whole, grinded and as well . Ripe corn can be giving to the birds and can be mixed with other ingredient to feed the birds.

2. Essential ingredients

This cannot be underrated in the preparation of poultry feed, since the healthy life, proper growth and maximum production is what we need in the poultry,  therefore all types of poultry feed need some essential nutrients in certain ration and proportions.

If not all, most of these essential nutrients are obtained from natural product i.e natural sources.  These are Sunlight, seeds and grains, pastures, gravel, etc.

(a) Carbohydrate

Mainly, carbohydrate is the source of energy to the flock and this keep their production in good condition. Carbohydrate can be found in grains and grain by-products. This is highly essential in the preparation of poultry feed.

(b) Minerals

This are essential for the formation of egg shell, such as Calcium carbonate which can obtained from Vitamin D. aside Phosphosrous in combination with calcium are help in bone formation in the poultry.

As well, if Phosphorour are present in excess they may result in growth retardation of the birds. Salt also a sources of essential element or nutrients in poultry feed production. Small amount of essential mineral should be included in the poultry feed.

(c) Vitamins

Vitamin is very important and this must be available at all time for the birds, as the deficiency of any of this vitamin might affect the growth of our birds.

Therefore, the vitamins should be available in the requires ratio in the feed. Vitamins are of different and they perform different functions also and as well they are obtained from different sources.

Vitamin A: This is obtained from green feed ingredients like maize, fish oil. This protects the poultry birds against cold and infections.

Vitamin D: This vitamin is very important as they prevent leg weakness and rickets in the poultry. This can be found in sea fish and synthetic product, Vitamin D must be included in the poultry feed.

Vitamin B Complex: This is available in green feeds, livers, milk and synthetic riboflavin among others.

This help to increase the growth of the poultry birds, this is also help to prevent curled-toe paralysis in young chickens. In preparation of the feed, the adequate amount must be added.

(d) Fat

Fat is essential element in the preparation of poultry feed, the adequate fat must be included in the feed. Fat can be found in almost all type of feed elements. Excess of this in feed result to digestive problem and result to various disease among the flock.

(e) Water

Its known globally that animal can survive longer without food and cannot do without water, this also affect poultry birds. Poultry birds cannot live without water.

When good water are not available, it is very dangerous and can cause havoc to the birds. Inadequate of water hinder the growth of our birds and result to early molting in laying birds and this reduces egg production. Therefore, good water must be available to our birds always.

(f) Protein

Protein is the most expensive element in the preparation of poultry feed, and the adequate of this must be included in the feed production. 

Two sources of protein are available; they are animal sources and vegetable sources. The animal sources are the best one and they can be getting from meat, meat meal, milk, liver among others.

Animal sources of protein are helpful to laying birds as this increase egg production. Meanwhile, protein most not present in excess in the feed.

Conclusion

Finally, in the process of poultry farming, success is what is needed. To achieve this, you must put in the best by make available to your birds the best quality food around you.