jfkenny:
Can pkc be fed to Broilers without issues..

DogWhisperer:

The female broilers normally have a very short comb while that of their male counterparts are long and more extended from the head. On the issue of laying eggs have seen in one or two cases where female broilers layed eggs and if they where climbed or not I can't really say but they do lay eggs.

EMMAACHILE:

Yes but it has to be with finisher diet

Read this
Palm Kernel Cake as Substitute for Maize in Broiler Finisher Diet
M. Anaeto, G.O. Chioma and D.J. Omosebi

Abstract: A 56 days feeding experiment was conducted using 48 day-old Arbor Acre chicks that were initially raised on a commercial starter for four weeks, to investigate the effect of feeding up to 30% of Palm Cake (PKC) diet on weight gain, organ weight and cost benefit in broiler finisher.

On the 29th day, the birds were weighed and randomly grouped into four. Each group had 12 birds per treatment. Four diets were formulated with diet 1 as the control while 2, 3 and 4 had increasing levels of PKC 0, 10, 20 and 30% in the finisher phase.

At the end of the experiment, three birds per treatment were slaughtered to compare the internal organs such as the heart, liver, gizzard, spleen and lung.

The results showed there was a significant difference (p<0.05) in the average daily gain in broilers fed 20% PKC diet than other treatments. No mortality was recorded during the experiment.

Feed cost decreased with increasing levels of PKC in the diets. The feeding of PKC had no significant effect in the internal organ weights except for the gizzard in 20% PKC diet which was significantly heavier (p<0.05) than other treatments. It was concluded that 20% PKC could be incorporated in the broiler finisher diet without compromising their performance.

jfkenny:

Thanks for this, my birds normally finish their feed before I even serve them water.. My problem now is whether the pkc is to be soaked in water before serving. How many kg is adequate for 25kg of vital finisher...thanks in advance as this will reduce my cost of production..

jfkenny:

5kg to 25kg...

jfkenny:
I saw #25 per kg..

EMMAACHILE:

Why

jfkenny:

Why what please, I searched on Nl and found some thread that put the price I quoted.. 1kg ===25naira. Is it costly...

EMMAACHILE:
Looks too cheap

jfkenny:

Thanks for this, my birds normally finish their feed before I even serve them water.. My problem now is whether the pkc is to be soaked in water before serving. How many kg is adequate for 25kg of vital finisher...thanks in advance as this will reduce my cost of production..

jeckin205:
Op@ can wheat bran be Mixed with commercial broiler feed and feed to broiler chicks

raphemmanuel:
my dear I will advise you not to compromise the vital feed which you have bought with any additional feed ingredients.
Before a feed is been compounded the normal quantity of each ingredients to be use has been calculated and the exact quantity is used in formulating the feed, so any additional quantity of any ingredients included may affect your productivity.

so if you are looking for a means of lessen cost of production you can look for a well defined feed formulation with the adequat nutrients requirement.

jfkenny:

But this is really scary, these birds can finish a bag of feed in a day, they normally finish what I serves them in 20 or 30min. I started with animal care but they are always sneezing while eating the feed, now that I mix the two (vital and animal care) , the sneezing have stopped temporarily. My finding is that they seem not to eat the vital feed unless there is a trace of their previous feed.. Is there any feed that is bigger in size not as big as vital anyway. It seems pkc is used to produce vital feed whereas Maize is used in animal care.. Any advice on the best feed is welcomed..

raphemmanuel:
I was once in your shoe, what I did was I switch to Top feed finisher(Mash)
For me vital feed and top feed are very good..

top feed have pelleted and mash, so go for mash

jfkenny:

Thanks..

kayo80:


But why do you need PKC for your chickens? They would be big before christmas anyway.

kayo80:


But why do you need PKC for your chickens? They would be big before christmas anyway.

nwabuwa:

They are consuming a lot..

katchycouture:


Is this really pkc, I mean the picture I posted earlier

katchycouture:


Is this really pkc, I mean the picture I posted earlier

raphemmanuel:
how do you expect us to what exactly that thing is were we can't feel it or smell it.

katchycouture:


Just say you don't know it and move forward

jfkenny:

Where did u buy it from?
Were u asked to soak before serving?
How much did u buy a small bucket size?
All in all u should have asked them the name then ask us for confirmation... Happy Sunday