How to calculate the dose of bone and bone meal for chickens
Meat and bone meal are valuable protein supplements for pet and poultry feed. The product is prepared from carcasses of dead animals that are not suitable for human consumption. Chicken meat and bone meal is completely safe, but it is important to observe the dosage.
Bone and meat-and-bone meal for chickens
It is useful to give meat and bone meal to layers for increasing egg production... Broiler chickens also need a lot of protein for healthy growth, so meat and bone meal is used as a supplement for broiler feeding.
Composition
Meat and bones of cattle that have died from disease or old age are used to make flour. This meat is not suitable for human nutrition; processed products are added to animal feed. The carcasses are processed, cleaned and ground. Meat and bone powder is beneficial for cattle, pigs and poultry due to its composition.
The flour contains:
- Proteins. The amount of protein depends on the grade of flour. The largest content in a first class product. Grades 2 and 3 contain more bones, so they contain less protein.
- Fats. The first class meat and bone powder has the lowest concentration of fat. Bone meal contains about 10% of it.
- Cellulose. All product classes contain the same amount of cellulose. This component is absent in bone meal.
- Ash. The first class powder has the lowest ash content.
- The mineral component is phosphorus and calcium.
The composition of the food additive is established by the state standard. On the packaging of high-quality flour, the GOST number must be indicated.
Protein is essential for all living organisms to build the skeleton, muscles, and internal organs. A moderate amount of protein supplement must be added to feed for laying hens, roosters, and broiler chickens.
Dosage
chickens and roosters are fed dry food and mash from vegetables, cereals, meal, etc. The basis of the diet of chickens is wet mash. Meat and bone meal can be added to both types of feed.
In summer, chickens walk, peck at worms and insects. They get some protein from live food. The need for proteins and calcium in layers in the summer is increased, so you still need to add meat and bone or bone meal to the feed.
Meat and bone meal should be added to feed
the normal dosage of flour for chickens should be no more than 6-7% of the total weight of the daily feed. An adult laying hen, according to the instructions, should receive about 7-11 g of the supplement per day.
There are special instructions for the use of additives for feeding broilers. Flour is introduced into the diet of young animals gradually, the dose is constantly increasing. How much powder to give chickens:
- 1-5 days - the product is not added to the feed.
- 6-10 days - the norm is 0.5-1 g per head.
- 11-20 days - the norm is 1.5-2 g per head.
- 21-30 days - the norm is 2.5-3 g per head.
- 31-63 days - daily dose - 4-5 g per head.
The gradual use of a protein supplement will ensure healthy growth and mass gain.
It is impossible to exceed the dosage of meat and bone and bone powder for young and adult chickens.This can lead to the development of gout and impaired protein metabolism.
Quality
Feeding chickens and chickens should be carried out only with high-quality bone meal. Don't give your birds cheap supplements. Poor quality powder can cause obesity or diseases in chickens.
Meat and bone meal should have a brown or light brown color and a specific smell.
Quality of meat and bone meal
A poor quality product can be easily distinguished by:
- greenish tint;
- yellow;
- putrid odor;
- musty smell.
A good product should have a uniform consistency. The mass should not contain large lumps. This is a sign of a violation of production technology and storage rules.
A putrid smell indicates poor processing of the carcass. Musty smell - about improper storage of the product. A color other than brown may indicate soy impurities. Soybeans are added to flour by unscrupulous manufacturers to reduce the cost. Chickens do not receive protein, cases increase in the flock pecking and cannibalism.
It is best to buy the mixture from the same trusted manufacturer.
How to store
The correct content of feed allows you to maintain their quality and useful properties for a long time. Bone meal should not collect excess moisture and cake.
The meat and bone powder is stored in its original packaging. The room must be clean, dry and well ventilated. The room should also be cool.
The average shelf life is about 6 months. Protein gradually decomposes, ammonia accumulates in the product. Favorable conditions for protein degradation are created at elevated temperatures. High humidity creates conditions for the development of bacteria and microscopic fungi, therefore it is impossible to feed chickens with an expired mixture.
The main stages and principles of manufacturing
This mixture can be made at home, but it is a very time consuming process. You will need a special grinder that works on the principle of a large size and powerful coffee grinder. It is much easier to buy a finished product, especially for a large farm.
At enterprises, bone meal is made as follows:
- The carcasses of the dead animals are cut. The meat is steamed and then cooled.
- Prepared meat and bones are crushed in a special crushing machine.
- The crushed product is sieved to separate large residues.
- The powder is poured into a magnetic separator to remove small metal impurities.
- The mixture is treated with an antioxidant to prevent deterioration of the fatty components.
Then the mixture is packed into bags of different sizes and sent to warehouses. If only animal raw materials were used, production technologies were followed, a valuable food supplement is supplied to the stores.
For the manufacture of such a mixture, the remains of meat production are also used. These are all sorts of pruning, and their use has no commercial benefit. The quality of such flour, subject to all the rules, remains high.
Meat and bone meal enriches chicken feed with protein and calcium. This helps to increase the production of eggs. Broilers use this mixture faster gain weight... The nutritional value of the product is very high, so the dosage must be strictly observed. An exceeded daily dose will lead to the development of gout and obesity.