A visit to the local feed store can be overwhelming, especially for new chicken owners.'And more.So how do you understand all jargon and do you choose the right food for your chickens?
View our chicken food primer where we simplify jargon and show you how you can feed your chickens in all phases of their lives.
Types for chicken food
Chicken foods are found in different structures that can make it easier to eat when chickens are young, or give more convenience to chicken owners.
Pellets
Chicken feed pills are simply compact cylinders of chicken food.
Mose
Mash is a loose, unprocessed form of chicken food that is often led to baby chickens, because it is very easy to digest.Feed with a mushy structure that many chickens love.
Crumble
Knolle varieties of chicken food are coarser than mosses, but not as compact as pellets.Matter of which structure your herd prefers.
Shell gravel
Chickens need gravel to keep their digestive systems correct.
Birds with free spout can usually find enough grain.Being able to regulate how much they need, so there is no risk of overfeeding.
Chicken scratch
Confused and no chicken truffles with chicken food.To feed chicken breed in moderation, because too much can lead to unwanted weight gain when laying birds.
Medicated vs.niet-medical
Starting and breeding chicken food is often in medical or non-mediated varieties.CoccidioseAnd other diseases of young chickens.
Fermented
Each type of chicken food can be mixed with water and is naturally fermented.AccommodationsprocesLeave many of the nutrients of the grain free, making them more accessible to your birds.
Food for chicken
Chicken food for baby chickens is available in two basic shapes and feeding varieties.As the name suggests, starting food is fed just after chicken clubs are protein tight (usually 20-24% protein) and designed to meet the diet requirements of baby chickens.
Chickens between the ages of 6 and 20 weeks must be switched on breeding food that contains fewer proteins than start food (16-18%) and less calcium than typical low nutrition.Characteristics can cause later living kidney or liver problems.
Feed for egg -laying chickens
Layer Feed is designed to meet the needs of adult laying of chickens and contains a balance between proteins, calcium and other important vitamins and minerals that promote health and improved egg quality and production.amount of calcium to ensure strong eggshells.
You can also supplement your chickens with added calcium by offering painted oyster shell or ground eggshells.
Low chickens also need grain to help with digestion, especially if they cannot release the reach.
In addition to a good quality layer, there were also a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, including:
- Book Choy
- SilverBeet (alias chard)
- Endive
- Wall
- Kool
- Cucumbers
- Melon
- Squash
- Strawberry
- Broccoli
- Kale
- Vegetable
- Fruitschil
Pastire chickens find useful greens themselves and may not need extra fruit and vegetables.
Food for broiler chickens
If you areBreeding of broiler chickens, you will give them broilers of chicken foods that are supplied in 3 basic shapes - Starts, varieties and finishes.
Chicken varieties of chicken food are close to proteins that encourage rapid growth.
If you educate broilers, make sure they have access to food 24 hours a day to encourage maximum growth and weight gain.
Food to avoid
Fatty food
Excessive amounts of fat food such as Suet (herds blocks) and sunflower seeds are associated with hemorrhagic syndrome with liver lever that can kill your birds without warning.that are 20% or more obese.
Excess salt
Chickens can suffer from salt poisoning, because salt is generally not a normal part of their diet.
Plants from the nightshade -family
Plants in the night shadow -the family contains solanine and/or oxalic acid, connections that are toxic to chickens and can cause kidney failure.Plants are generally okay because cooking breaks dangerous toxins.
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Does not lead onions to chickens in large quantities.Onion contains thiosulfate that can destroy red blood cells, which causes anemia or jaundice that is sometimes fatal.
Avocado
Avocado contains a toxin called Persin that is linked to myocardial necrosis in chickens, a condition that results when the heart stops beating.
Appelzaden
Apple seeds contain cyanide that you can kill chickens.You are very welcome to feed other parts of the apple, make sure you have removed all the seeds to be safe.
Citrus fruit
Citrus fruit may only be used in moderation of chickens, because this can cause a decrease in egg production.
Dried, raw beans
Unknown beans contain hemagglutinin, which is toxic to chickens.However, cooked varieties of beans can be safely fed for chickens.
Chocolate
Chocolate contains methylxanthine theobromine, which is toxic to chickens.
Moldy Mad
Cersuated cereals can make chickens sick or even cause death.
Poisonous garden plants
Although chickens are generally good to just stay away from toxic plants, it is still a good idea to check your garden or flower beds to ensure that your chickens do not have access to one of the following plants:
- Belladonna (aka Deadly Night Damage)
- Blead
- Paths
- Hut
- Bryony
- Careless twist
- Ricinusboon
- co*cklebu
- Curly dock
- Delphinium
- Varen
- Thimble scrub
- Earth Ivy
- Hemlock -wood
- Holly
- Horse chestn
- Horseradish
- Hyacinth
- Hydrangea
- Ivy
- Laburnum (Seed)
- Lantana
- Dales Lily
- Woolvin
- Periwinkle
- Rododendron
- John's wort
- Tulip
- Vandhemlock (Note that this is one of the most poisonous plants in Noord -America, also for people)
- Barlind
Now that we have broken down jargon, we hope that you have a much better understanding of chicken food types and have received some valuable advice to keep your chickens well -fed, happy and healthy.
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