HOW TO GO ABOUT IT:
According to wiki“Animal feed: Is food given to domestic animals in the course of animal husbandry. There are two basic types, fodder andforage. Used alone, the word "feed" more often refers to fodder.
"Fodder" refers particularly to food given to the animals (including plants that is cut and carried to them), rather than that which they forage for themselves. It includes hay, straw, silage, compressed and pelleted feeds, oils and mixed rations, and sprouted grains and legumes.
Feed grains are the most important source of animal feed globally. The amount of grain used to produce the same unit of meat varies substantially. According to an estimate reported by the BBC in 2008, "Cows and sheep need 8kg of grain for every 1kg of meat they produce, pigs about 4kg. The most efficient poultry units need a mere 1.6kg of feed to produce 1kg of chicken." Farmed fish can also be fed on grain, and use even less than poultry. The two most important feed grains are maize and soya bean, and the United States is by far the largest exporter of both, averaging about half of the global maize trade and 40% of the global soya trade in the years leading up the 2012 drought. Other feed grains include wheat, oats, barley, and rice, among many others.
Traditional sources of animal feed include household food scraps and the byproducts of food processing industries such as milling and brewing. Scraps fed to pigs are called slop, and those fed to chicken are called chicken scratch. Brewer's spent grain is a byproduct”
For the purpose of this lesson, we are going to concentrate on poultry feed production. Poultry feed production will be divided into four (4) groups, namely: Chick marsh/Starter, Growers, Layers marsh and Finisher. Chick mash/Starter is for chickens of between 1 to 8 weeks. Growers is for birds of age 8 weeks to 18 weeks. Layers is for birds of 18 weeks and older while finisher is for birds almost ready for market/slaughter.
NOTE:
THE POULTRY FEED: is the totality of ingredients made up of; fats, vitamins, protein, Potato protein, moisture, water, energy, oil, starch , and minerals
Ingredients for feed production:
- Protein
- Moisture
- Energy
- Oil
Main Feed:
Alfalfa meal (high protein)
Corn
Field peas (to avoid soybean use)
Wheat
Oats and/or Barley
Additional Materials:
- Aragonite or feeding limestone (for calcium, not entirely needed)
- Oyster shell (calcium, free feed)
- Grit
- Salt
- Probiotic (or feed them fermented dairy foods)
- Crab meal (small amounts provide protein and minerals)
- Flax seed (feed whole to avoid rancidity)
- Broad-spectrum mineral supplement
- Kelp (mineral source)
- Fish meal (helps boost protein)
- Cultured yeast (minerals and digestives)
EQUIPMENTS NEEDED:
Grinder, Mixer, Trowel, Plastic drums, Nylon bags, Sealing machine, Scale, Tables and Labels,
The above recommended equipments and materials can be located locally and internationally.
...culled from bizideasvester
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