loye80:
Welldone bros, but I will be interested in where I can get maize at this price (N70/kg). The price is far higher at my end presently.

emmolofarms:
@jay7
Thanks a lot for the formula. Want to ask, do you presently use this formula in your production or have you used it before? If yes, how was the birds performance and at what age and weight were they at maturity?

jay7:


Thanks yes it's ok and the formula was use for the last four weeks (5th to 8 weeks of age) and the weight was ok.

Nicogen4us:
state the weight range please.

jay7:

2.4kg to 3.1kg (you know there are lot of factors that limit bird growth such as diseases especially Coccidiosis) and with this weight a gain of 600 to 1000 plus is achievable on the birds depending on the mode of selling. ( either by dressing or selling to individuals)

jay7:


Where are you and how much did a kilogram of maize go for in your area.

tuk2ato:
Has the price of maize gone down? It sells for 110-115 naira over here.

emmolofarms:

Price of maize is about #130-140 in Enugu/abia state
@jay7-what is d effect of changing any of d feedstuff in your formula to another due to scarcity? Like maize offal is scarce-can it be replaced with wheat offal and at want percentage? What if GNC is to be changed to fishmeal? Just asking please!!!

emmolofarms:


Kk. Thanks a lot. Will use this formula for Christmas production. I produce Christmas chicken at 10weeks with supreme feeds and get an average weight 3kg and average selling price of #2500 here in the village where I stay (abia state, Umunneochi LGA)

toks4ever004:
toks4ever004: Thanks for the formulae but what about d starter formulae, here in Ogun State maize is so expensive here.

jay7:
Good evening nairalanders, Jay1 is here to give poultry farmers a broiler finisher feed formula for free, because commercial feed prices has been sky rocketing of recent, as we know that feeding constitutes about 70% of the total cost of poultry production and in other to maximize profit poultry farming has to be carried out efficiently for high productivity and sustainability of the industry,.
A poultry diet is expected to contain three essential nutrients protein, vitamins and minerals as well as provide adequate Metabolizable energy.
Protein is essential in all animal life, protein make up a large part of the muscle, skin, beak, feathers, cartilages and internal organs of animals and are needed for proper growth.
Before you think of using this my feed formula please confirm if the selling price per kilogram of the feed ingredients mention here is the same or less than the one mention here.
Maize=N70 per Kg, Soybean full fat= N180 per Kg, Groundnut cake= N180 per Kg, Brewer dry grain= N30 per Kg, Maize offal= N30 per Kg, Bone meal= N100 per Kg, Methionine= N1000 per Kg, Lysine= N1000 per Kg, Vitamin/Mineral Premix= N1000 per Kg, and Salt (the normal salt you use in cooking at home).

THE FEED FORMULA
Cost of producing this feed if you get the ingredients at the stated price then a 25kg bag of finisher broiler feed will cost you N2,775

Maize=44Kg
Soybean Full Fat=34Kg
Groundnut Cake=2kg
Brewer Dry Grain=12Kg
Maize Offal=4kg
Bone Meal=3Kg
Methionine=0.25Kg
Lysine=0.25Kg
Vitamin/Mineral Premix=0.25kg
Salt=0.25Kg

The above feed formula contain (ME Kcal/Kg=3038.80), (CP=21.05%), (Cal=1.19%), (CF=3.60)
If you measure everything above and mix it will give you 100Kg of feed which is four bags of feed 25Kg each.
If you want to compound let us say 30Kg of feed what you have to do is just use this simple mathematical formula for each of the ingredients
Maize= 30/100 multiply the value of maize in the formula which is 44 and you will get 13.2Kg,
For Soybean full fat=30/100 multiply the value of Soybean full fat in the formula which is 34 and you will get 10.2Kg.
You will continue with the calculation for all the ingredients for Methionine, Lysine, Vitamin/Mineral Premix and Salt which has a value of 0.25Kg you will say 30/100 multiply the value in the formula which is 0.25 and you will get (0.075).
Thanks and I wish you a successful farming feel free to ask your question I will try my best to answer you as soon as possible.
Cc Lalasticlala, Seun, Pavore9, FarmTech your attention is needed to help push this topic to the front page to help poultry farmers.

Kowemonday:
Thanks boss, pls i have 2 questions concerning this formular. 1-what nd what can one use in the absence of brewer dry grain and Maize offal. 2- Is it adviseable to toast our Maize nd Soya before we mill? Bless u Boss.

vyke2008:
Thanks Sir Jay! Please I want to
start a peasant poultry farm.... just for trial. Where would I get these listed ingredients for feed production?

Razak1:
Nice one bro! please am kind of confuse about C.P, is d formula for finisher or starter...2) please can you give d C.P for both

jay7:


The formula is for finisher diet of broiler birds

MrBONE2:
please can we use rice bran in place of maize offal and wheat bran in place of Brewers dry grain
Thanks

jay7:


The truth is those items you mentioned are feed ingredients too, but each ingredients has it % nutrients composition and that is what I formulated based on. If you replace any ingredient with another one or change the value, it will affect the calculated analysis of the above feed formula. Thanks