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Large birds, which grow very quickly, gaining an impressive weight for slaughter, are demanding on the quantity and especially the quality of feed. There are special combined feeds for turkeys, but self-cooking is possible.
Purina turkey feed
You can consider the composition of mixed feed for turkeys using the example of the products of the company Purina. One of the best manufacturers of combined animal feed. The products of this manufacturer have many advantages:
- The ingredients are selected taking into account all the needs of these birds, which accelerates their growth and development;
- The presence of essential oils and coccidiostatics increases the immunity of turkeys;
- Minerals and vitamins provide strong bones, which is very important for birds with a large body weight. In addition, it helps to avoid feather loss;
- Natural ingredients without growth stimulants and antibiotics allow you to get not only tasty, but also environmentally friendly meat products;
- This is a completely self-sufficient food for turkeys that requires absolutely no additional nutritional supplements;
Types of compound feed Purina
Compound feed for turkeys from this manufacturer is divided into 3 types:
- "Eco" - complete nutrition for turkeys in private households;
- "Pro" - a formula for growing poultry on an industrial scale;
- Feed for laying turkeys.
These three lines are divided into subspecies due to age characteristics.
Starter
This is the first turkey combo feed from birth to one month old, although the recommendations on the package are 0-14 days. Give dry. The release form is croupy or granular.
The grain component is corn and wheat. An additional source of fiber - cake from soybeans and sunflower, oil production waste. The vegetable oil itself. Vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes and amino acids.
Protein contains - about 21%. The approximate consumption for one individual in 2 weeks is 600 g.
Groer
We can say that this is the main combined feed for turkeys, the composition is almost the same, but there is less protein, and more carbohydrates and vitamins. The manufacturer recommends it from 15 to 32 days, but it is more advisable to use it from a month to 2-2.5. Approximate consumption for 2 weeks per individual is 2 kg.
Finisher
This is a combined feed for turkeys at the final stage of fattening from 2 months to slaughter, depending on the breed it is 90-120 days. The food has the same composition in terms of ingredients, but the quantitative ratio of carbohydrates and fats prevails over other components. There are no strict guidelines for feed consumption at this stage. They give as much food as this bird can eat.
"Pro" feeds are divided according to the same principle: "Pro-starter", "Pro-grower" and "Pro-finisher".
Compound feed for laying turkeys
The composition of the feed for laying turkeys has the same ingredients, but in the ratio that increases the egg production of this bird. The exact recipe is kept secret. In one laying period, the turkey reaches the result of 200 pcs. eggs. This direction also has three subspecies, but only after the grower is the phase feed. It is given to adults who enter the egg-laying phase. About 20 weeks from birth. Consumption for one laying turkey: 200-250 gr. three times a day.
DIY compound feed
These birds are not so common in our country that sometimes there may be problems with the availability of special combined feed for turkeys.Perhaps there is distrust of the available manufacturer or a desire to do everything yourself. Therefore, sometimes you have to look for a way out, and prepare a semblance of such a combined feed yourself.
Food for the smallest turkey poults (7+)
The quantity is given as an example. By percentage, the amount of ingredients can be increased:
- Soybean cake - 64 gr.;
- Gash corn - 60 gr.;
- Extruded soybeans - 20.5 gr .;
- Wheat gravel - 14.2 gr.;
- Sunflower cake - 18 g.;
- Fish meal - 10 gr.;
- Chalk - 7 gr.;
- Monocalcium phosphate - 3.2 g.;
- Premix with enzymes - 2 g;
- Table salt - 0.86 gr.;
- Methionine - 0.24 g;
- Lysine and Trionin 0.006 gr.
The accompanying use of fermented milk products is encouraged.
There is another option for preparing a combined feed for turkeys, taking into account age groups.
Preparing a combined feed for turkeys on your own is complicated by the fact that it is very difficult to mix all these ingredients without special equipment. The presence of all the components from the list is required, because it is this combination that provides the necessary for the nutrition and health of this bird. The right combination feed, either industrially produced or produced in-house, will shorten the feeding period. By the due date, the turkeys reach the desired weight. High-quality turkey nutrition has a beneficial effect on the taste and texture of meat products.
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