FEED FORMULATION FOR BOTH LAYERS AND BROILERS by AYOOLA NAJEEMDEEN OMOKAYODE
The major ingredients in an ideal ration be it chick marsh, growers marsh or layers marsh are as follows: COMPONENTS OF POULTRY FEED FORMULA Yellow maize: provides vitamin A and carbohydrate. White maize: provides carbohydrate. Rice bran: provides carbohydrate and acts as midlings. Wheat offals: provide carbohydrate and act as midlings. Guinea corn: provides carbohydrate Palm kernel cake: provides lipids, vitamin, proteins Coconut cake: provides lipids, vitamins, proteins. Bean meal: provides proteins, carbohydrate, lipids. Groundnut cake: provides protein, lipids, vitamins. Pigeon pea: provides protein, lipids, vitamins. Bone meal: Provides minerals like calcium and phosphorus. Oyster shell and grot: Minerals like calcium and phosphorus. Blood meal: Provides protein, minerals like iron and copper. Cotton seed meal: Provides protein, carbohydrate, vitamins and lipids. Linseed meal: Provides protein, carbohydrate, vitamins and lipids. Fish meal: Provides proteins, l...