Following the discussion here on the healthiest diet for chooks I was
curious because I didn't actually know what was in the mash/pellets.
This is what I found, and considering the source I'd say it's pretty
reliable.
Composition of typical NZ poultry layer feed
http://www.eggfarmers.org.nz/feed.asp
Wheat 52%
Barley 20%
Broll 9%
Meat and bone meal 10%
Vitamins & minerals 9%
I didn't know what broll was so I googled it and found info about its
use as a food for dairy cattle
BROLL
Broll is a coarse product obtained whilst milling wheat flour and is a
mixture of bran and pollard. This is a valuable feed for ruminants as a
source of slowly degradable carbohydrate. This is a “rumen friendly”
product (does not rapidly lower the rumen acidity), which provides the
rumen bugs with a source of energy required for them to process the
protein from grass and other forages into forms of protein which are
useable by the cow for milk production and growth.
Due to the special nature of this product, the results in milk
production and growth far exceed that which would be expected based on
the analyses of Broll. Broll is a very useful tool for reducing the
post peak decline in milk production levels through the summer.
Specification
Dry Matter 85.0% minimum
Metabolisable Energy 9.5% minimum
Crude Protein 14.0% minimum
Fibre 11.5% minimum
Fat 5.0% minimum
Ca 1.4g/kg minimum
P 11g/kg
So I wonder what broll does in the diet of chooks - perhaps it has
similarly beneficial effects on their ability to metabolise grains and
assists in conversion of feed to lovely yummy eggs!
A L P
