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Production of rearing and laying diets involves selection of good quality ingredients, formulating these ingredients accurately to the correct nutrient specification and manufacturing the feed to a uniform particle size (grist) which will support efficient feed intake. The starting point is sourcing the right raw materials.RAW MATERIALS • Establish the quality of the raw materials sourced thr ...
Participation in Forum on August 20, 2025
@Steve Leeson I agree that in mash feeds that the g/ bird/day decreases after day 25, but are there not ways we can get around that, by increasing density of the mash feed, particles size of feed, ingredient selection...etc?I'm curious what you think the GMD of finisher feeds for broilers should be?
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INTRODUCTIONFeed particle size is an often-overlooked aspect of poultry production. Producers should not assume that feed is of a uniform size and homogeneously mixed, or that the feed mill is providing the ideal mix of particles in a ration. Feed particles range in size from very fine to coarse, and different grinding methods will result in different particle size distributions. Differences in pa ...
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Mr. Entz, what I wanted to say is that hotter the water less positive effect will come with the addition salt to it.
Participation in Forum on July 28, 2025
@Antônio Mário Penz Junior @Antônio Mário Penz Junior. I think you're right, the only way to keep water cool is to have a system that will circulate the water through the drinking lines. Because, even if you're incoming water into the house is at 2C, the heat that comes of the plastic of the water line, will quickly warm the water up to undesired temps. I have monitored this, and within minutes th ...
Participation in Forum on July 26, 2025
@Antônio Mário Penz Junior Thank you. So in a hot weather, 30C, that has no method of cooling the water what would you recommend to use? Some will suggest flushing lines, but if you don't do that continuously, it has little effect on water temp, because the environment and the plastic of the line quickly warms the water back up to room temp.
Participation in Forum on July 25, 2025
@Antônio Mário Penz Junior Are you saying that if water temps are beyond 25 to 28 then Sodium Bicarb has no effect?
Participation in Forum on April 18, 2025
Hello AnaHappy Easter!I do have your email. I won't be able to make it before May. But would be nice to get together and discuss ideas. Kind Regards,
Participation in Forum on April 11, 2025
I'm reading about all the good things about Betaine in this discussion. Having used some myself, why am I not seeing the same in the field. Is my heat stress not severe enough?
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All commercial poultry eat with reasonably good precision to balance nutrient intake with requirements. Short term, there can be some variation in feed intake related to local situations, but long-term, the mechanisms of feed intake regulation are quite precise. Matching nutrient needs with intake is an obvious inherent evolutionary necessity to ensure survival and reproduction. A bird’s dai ...