Dodson & Horrell Poultry Grower Pellets Chicken Food 20kg is specifically formulated to promote steady growth and sexual maturity among farm birds. Crafted with premium ingredients that include essential fatty acids, calcium and phosphorus levels for maximum nourishment of farm birds.
Feed approximately 125g daily to free range and outdoor laying hens. Feed according to a consistent vegetarian recipe.
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Layers Pellets
For egg production, this premium pellet feed for laying chickens features high levels of protein and calcium to support consistent egg production. Crafted using only top quality ingredients like wheat, extracted sunflower seed meal, limestone flour, distiller’s wheat grains, black soldier fly grub protein (BSFG protein), vegetable oil, salt and vitamin/trace mineral premixes; it offers optimal egg production.
Pellets make an easy choice of feed for backyard chickens because they do not require special feeders and can be stored and transported efficiently. Furthermore, this form of poultry food helps minimize waste by limiting how much is wasted when it spills over onto the ground or gets spilled over.
This poultry feed comes in both pellets and crumbles, offering all of the same nutrition. For optimal results, use it with a trough feeder to reduce waste while adding plenty of clean water and Cluckin’ Good Organic Herbs – start feeding it when your hen starts laying around 20 weeks old or at first sign.
Layers Mash
Layer mash is a specially-formulated feed designed to give laying hens the necessary nutrition in order to produce high quality eggs. Packed full of proteins and calcium essential for egg production and building strong shells, as well as prebiotics and probiotics which support digestive health, assist with absorption of nutrients and manage waste, layer mash is designed to support successful egg laying hens in producing quality eggs at scale.
In this study, 108 Hy-Line grey and brown laying hens were fed either mash or pellet diets during their peak laying period. Pellet diets significantly improved laying performance and egg quality compared to mash diets. Furthermore, pellet-fed laying hens had superior intestinal morphology parameters (villus height (VH) and crypt depth (CD).
Pelleting is a process that uses steam and mechanical pressure to agglomerate ingredients found in feed into smaller structures known as pellets, decreasing ingredient segregation while improving feed intake and increasing feed conversion ratio. Pelleting can also decrease feed formulation costs by providing alternative ingredients and decreasing overall energy intake in diet.
Poultry Grower Pellets
Poultry Grower Pellets are nutritionally complete foods designed specifically to promote steady growth and sexual maturity in young poultry, starting from 6 weeks up until laying age (typically around 20-24 weeks). Their pellet form minimizes wasteful eating habits while providing free access to chickens and turkeys who will eat as often as they please up until reaching laying age (20-24 weeks).
Ingredients used in pellet feed are processed through heat conditioning before being compressed into thin pellets that have similar consistency to mash feed but are easier for chickens to consume and digest. Furthermore, pellet feed has shown higher levels of lysine bioavailability compared to its counterpart mash feed.
chickens raised on a diet of mash may find switching to layer pellets difficult. Therefore, many people choose a combination of both to transition the flock, before transitioning them over completely once their hens start producing eggs and are ready for production. Once all your layers have started producing eggs you can switch over entirely to egg laying food as this feed was designed specifically for egg production.
Poultry Grower Mash
Grower mash is specifically tailored to support young pullets during their transition into egg laying. Packed full of proteins to promote optimal development and prepare them for egg-laying, it contains micro-ingredients and amino acids to optimize bird health at this crucial juncture in their lives.
Broilers fed pellet diets tend to experience improved performance with increased feed intake compared to their mash counterparts [3-6]. This could be attributable to better digestibility, reduced ingredient segregation and decreased energy loss during feed prehension.
Pelleting mash offers many advantages, including its compact form that makes them easy for your chickens to consume and store – which will save money long term when feeding multiple birds simultaneously. Pellets also require less work on your part when serving up meal time – something especially helpful when raising multiple flocks simultaneously!
