Inclusion of feed ingredients in poultry diets

What do poultry birds in their diet?

  • A well balanced protein source.
  • Grains, grain byproducts, and fat or oil for energy.
  • Digestible phosphorus source, free from contaminants such as Fl or Va.
  • Essential minerals such as Ca and Na along with many trace minerals.
  • Essential vitamins from natural ingredients or from chemical synthesis
The formulated diet must following the below mentioned inclusion levels to avoid problems of bird’s poor performance.
Raw material        Layer feed              Broiler starter        Broiler grower

Maize                      0-100                  0-100      0-100

Wheat                     0-70                    0-45        0-70

Sorghum                0-20                    0-20        0-20

Millet                       0-60                    0-20        0-40

Barley                      0-50                    0-25        0-50

Wheat bran            0-15                    0-10        0-10

Rice bran                0-10                     0-5         0-5

DDGS                      0-10                    0-5        0-7.5

Hominy chop        0-10                    0-10        0-10

Prime gluten          0-5                       0-5         0-7.5

Gluten feed           0-10                      0-10         –

Molasses                0-2.5                   0-2.5       0-2.5

Lucerne meal        0-5                       –                –

Soya O/C              0-30                    0-30        0-30

Full fat soya          0-10                    0-12.5     0-17.5

Sunflower O/C     0-12.5                  0-5        0-10

(solvent)

Sunflower O/C     0-7.5                    0-2.5      0-5

   (expeller)

Groundnut O/C    0-5                       0-5       0-5

Cotton O/C          0-2.5                   0-5         0-7.5

Rape seed meal   0-5                      –               0-5

Fish meal               0-7.5                    0-10       0-5

Blood meal            0-2                       0-2         0-5

Carcass meal        0-2.5                    0-2.5      0-5

Poultry by-            0-2.5                    0-2.5      0-5

product meal

Fat and Oil            0-2.5                    0-5         0-5 

Nutrition and the Environment

  • Phosphorus excretion can be reduced by use of phytase enzymes and more closely adhering to minimum phosphorus needs. About 80-85% of US broiler diets use phytase

  • Nitrogen excretion can be reduced by greater supplementation with synthetic amino acids and blending protein sources. This is not without cost and may reduce performance.

  • Excretion of trace minerals such as Zn or Cu can be reduced by more costly organic forms of these minerals.

Typical U.S. Broiler Diet

Ingredient
Lb/ ton
Yellow Corn
1300.00
Soybean meal
500.00
Animal protein source
100.00
Inedible fat supplement
65.00
Defluorinated phosphate
8.00
Limestone
10.00
Salt
8.00
Vitamin premix
2.00
Trace mineral mix
1.00
Methionine supplement
5.00
Lysine supplement
1.00