Nutrients: energy, protein and amino acids, minerals, vitamins, and what each one does
A bag of feed is a bag of nutrients. The chicken does not eat "maize" or "soya": it eats energy, protein, minerals and vitamins, and turns them into meat or eggs. Feed is 60 to 70% of what a chicken or an egg costs. Whoever knows what is in the bag buys better, judges better and understands why a flock grows or does not grow.
12 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006Lesson reserved for students following the steps
This lesson is part of Level 7 — Feed and nutrition. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 6 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
What you will learn
- ✓Name the five families of nutrients and say what each one does for the broiler and the layer
- ✓Read an energy value (kcal/kg) and a protein value (%) and know whether it suits the age of the birds
- ✓Explain why lysine, methionine, calcium and phosphorus are watched separately
- ✓Recognise in the field the signs of a feed that lacks a nutrient