Field exercise: formulate a grower feed with the raw materials available to you
Until now, the formulas were those of the course. This exercise has you write your own: a broiler grower feed, with the raw materials you can really buy around you, their values, your constraints, and a sheet-table to fill in in the notebook, step by step. A complete example is worked alongside, with rice bran because it is the most available and most deceptive raw material in Côte d'Ivoire; it also shows what you do when the first pass does not give the right energy. At the end, you will have a formula of your own, checked, and the way to test it on 100 kg before putting the flock on it.
15 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006This lesson is part of Level 11 — Making feed on the farm. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 10 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
- ✓List the raw materials actually available to you with their values and their limits
- ✓Fill in the eight-step formulation sheet up to the final table in kilos per 100 kg
- ✓Correct a formula whose energy or methionine are below target and read the result according to the type of chicken
- ✓Test the formula on a 100 kg batch against the usual feed, with the weighing of 50 birds