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Formulating Feed for Layers: A Comprehensive Guide



Layers Chick Mash (1-4 weeks)

Growing chicks require feed with a Digestible Crude Protein (DCP) content of 18-20%. To make a 70kg bag of layers chick mash, use the following formulation:

- 31.5kg whole maize
- 9.1kg wheat bran
- 7.0kg wheat pollard
- 16.8kg sunflower (or linseed)
- 1.5kg fishmeal
- 1.75kg lime
- 30g salt
- 20g premix
- Amino acids:
    - 70g tryptophan
    - 3.0g lysine
    - 10g methionine
    - 70g threonine
- 50g enzymes
- 60g coccidiostat
- 50g toxin binder

Growers Mash (4-8 weeks)

Growers (pullets or young layers) require feed with a protein content of 16-18%. To make a 70kg bag of growers mash, use the following formulation:

- 10kg whole maize
- 17kg maize germ
- 13kg wheat pollard
- 10kg wheat bran
- 6kg cotton seed cake
- 5kg sunflower cake
- 3.4kg soya meal
- 2.07kg lime
- 700g bone meal
- 3kg fishmeal
- Additives:
    - 14g salt
    - 1g coccidiostat
    - 18g premix
    - 1g zinc bacitracin
    - 7g mycotoxin binder

Layers Mash (18 weeks and above)

Layers require feed with a DCP content of 16-18%. To make a 70kg bag of layers mash, use the following formulation:

- 34kg whole maize
- 12kg soya
- 8kg fishmeal
- 10kg maize bran, rice germ, or wheat bran
- 6kg lime
- Amino acids:
    - 175g premix
    - 70g lysine
    - 35g methionine
    - 70g threonine
    - 35g tryptophan
- 50g toxin binder

Important Considerations

- Layer feed should contain calcium (lime) for eggshell formation.
- Introduce layer feed at 18 weeks.

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