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Nutritional Guidelines

These are recommended guidelines only.  Nutritional needs may vary depending on your individual flock needs.  Please consult your feed agent.

Nutritional Guidelines - Cornish Cross Giants.

0-6 Weeks - 12-20 kg bags of 20% medicated chick start per 100 birds.
6-11 Weeks - 16% medicated poultry grower (complete commercial feed) or 6-25 kg bags 35% medicated poultry grower with 1600 lbs. of rolled good quality wheat.
11-14 Weeks - 16% non medicated poultry grower (complete commercial feed) or 6-25kg bags 35% medicated poultry grower supplement with 1600 lbs. of rolled good quality wheat.
*** When making your own feed mixture keep in mind the protein level of the grain.  You must have the level of 16% protein.  So better quality grain the less supplement you may have to use.  In a 50 bushel mix mill use 8 bags of 35% poultry supplement and wheat.  That mixture is used with high protein wheat.  Make sure there is grit always available.  If using barley or oats make sure it is clean of hulls and make sure you use it only with wheat and add enough supplement to get a 16% protein level.  Wheat or corn is the most successful grain used for poultry, but other grains may be used. Oats is one grain that we recommend that may be used as a scratch grain, and not as a complete diet.

Nutritional Guidelines - Egg Layers

0-6 Weeks - 10-20 kg bags 20% medicated chick starter per 100.
6-14 Weeks - 16% medicated poultry grower (complete commercial feed) or 6-25 kg bags 35% grower supplement with 1600 lbs. of good quality wheat.
14-18 Weeks - 16%  non medicated poultry grower (complete commercial feed) or 6-25kg bags 35% non medicated grower supplement with 1600 lbs. of good quality wheat.
18 Weeks and up - 16% layer ration (complete commercial feed) or 6-25kg bags of 40% layer supplement with 1600 lbs. of wheat.
*** Remember when mixing your own feed make sure the level of protein is the same.  Each year the grain protein is different so make sure you are thinking of this when mixing your feed.

Northern Snail Shells - "Tested and Proven"

Natures natural products for promoting good health and bone structure for all poultry, chicks, ducks, etc.  An excellent easily digestible calcium source.  Analysis 35% calcium.  A handful over feed two or three times per week.  For pet birds place in cage in a small tray.

When you need some poultry advise, please call Berg's Hatchery.
Berg's have 40 years of experience in rearing poultry, every new year brings new changes.   New technology, scientific research and better controls have brought the poultry business into a new era.  Today's flocks are breed for higher egg and meat production, they do required more specialized care and management. We have stayed inline with these changes and we encourage and will assist all of our customers do the same.

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