What kind of food for laying hens is desirable to use in the household
There are such types of feed for laying hens:
- mixed fodder;
- cereals;
- greens, vegetables and table waste.
Mixed fodders for poultry are produced onspecialized factories. In their composition, crushed (crushed) grain, vegetable fats, premixes (vitamin supplements), salt and meat-and-bone meal. For chickens in the composition of mixed fodders often include crushed shell rock. In the sale of feed for laying hens can be in the form of crushed stone, and also in the form of granules. Practice proves that the granulated food is better stored, as air is circulated freely between the individual granules. In crushed feeds, air circulation is difficult, so their storage time is low, they often absorb moisture from the air, get warm and sour.
Mixed fodders for birds are fed dry orin the form of lads. Here, the preferences are different. Some believe that steamed fodder is better absorbed by chickens, while others believe that in natural conditions birds do not have the ability to consume wet food, so breeders prefer to use only dry food. Who is right? Observations of the bird showed that moist food is faster and better absorbed, and feeding only with dry food leads to the fact that the body part of the eaten food displays without digestion. Therefore, in poultry farming mixed fodders it is better to give in the form of sticks with preliminary steaming. In this case, the cellulose in the feed is partially broken down into short molecules, which also contributes to better digestion of the feed.
With home-grown chickens, the share of mixed foddersis not more than 50% of their diet, since some of them can be replaced by other feeds available on the farm. Feeds for laying hens are supplemented with ordinary grain, and wheat is glued together with great pleasure by the bird. But to give only one wheat, it means, not to give a number of necessary components, which initially is not in it. Seeds of sunflower will add the necessary vegetable fat, barley - fiber, which is necessary to improve digestion. Corn is squeezed only after partial crushing, otherwise it is almost not digested by chickens.
How much grain do you need? Researchers have proved that feed for laying hens should contain at least 0.12 feed units daily. For one fodder unit, the energy value of 1 kg of oats is accepted. But oats almost do not peck chicken, it is practically not digested by them. Therefore, the recalculation is performed on wheat, which has a high energy value. It is believed that the chickens should be given 115-117 g of feed in the recalculation for wheat.
Forage for laying hens in the householdcomplemented by greenery. In summer, birds on free-range walking constantly peck all kinds of grasses available to them. In winter, they eagerly eat cabbage, nettle brooms, harvested in the summer, cut into slices of pumpkin and other similar lures.
In the winter, a useful addition to the barnacles will beboiled potatoes, only it should not exceed 30% of the whole composition. It is important even in winter that the mash should be given chilled, otherwise the birds can burn the esophagus, which will lead to gastrointestinal tract diseases and case. To prevent gastric diseases in the winter, you need to give the chickens chopped hot pepper. It contains many different vitamins, and also helps to destroy any infection in the stomach of the bird. In the feed for laying hens, river sand should also be included, which helps mechanically grind coarse food, including grains, increasing the efficiency of feeding.
