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Large birds, which grow very quickly, gaining impressive weight before slaughter, are demanding in terms of quantity and especially quality of food. There are special combined feeds for turkeys, but it is possible to prepare your own food.
Compound feed for turkeys Purina
You can consider the composition of feed for turkeys using the example of Purina products. One of the best manufacturers of combined animal feeds. 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 coccidiostats increases the immunity of turkeys;
- Minerals and vitamins ensure strong bones, which is very important for large birds. In addition, it helps prevent feathers from falling out;
- Natural ingredients without growth stimulants and antibiotics make it possible to obtain not only tasty, but also environmentally friendly meat products;
- This is a completely self-sufficient food for turkeys, which requires absolutely no additional nutritional supplements;
Types of Purina feed
Compound feed for turkeys from this manufacturer is divided into 3 types:
- “Eco” - complete nutrition for turkeys in private farms;
- “Pro” is a formula for raising poultry on an industrial scale;
- Feed for laying turkeys.
These three lines are divided into subtypes due to age characteristics.
Starter
This is the first combined food for turkeys from birth to one month, although the recommendations on the package are 0-14 days. They are given in dry form. The release form is coarse or granular.
The grain component is corn and wheat. An additional source of fiber is soybean and sunflower cake, oil production waste. The vegetable oil itself. Vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes and amino acids.
Protein contains about 21%. Approximate consumption per individual for 2 weeks – 600 g.
Grover
We can say that this is the main combined food 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 this is 90-120 days. The food has the same composition of ingredients, but the quantitative ratio of carbohydrates and fats prevails over other components. There are no strict recommendations regarding feed consumption at this stage. They give as much food as the 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 a ratio that increases the egg production of this bird.The exact recipe is kept secret. During one laying period, the turkey reaches 200 pieces. eggs This direction also has three subtypes, but only after the grower comes phase food. It is given to adults who are entering the egg-laying phase. Around 20 weeks from birth. Consumption for one laying turkey: 200-250 g. three times a day.
Do-it-yourself compound feed
These birds are not so common in our country that sometimes problems may arise with the availability of special combined feeds for turkeys. Perhaps there is a lack of trust in the available manufacturer or a desire to do everything yourself. Therefore, sometimes you have to look for a way out and prepare something like such a combined food yourself.
Food for the smallest turkey poults (7+)
The quantity is given as an example. The percentage of ingredients can be increased:
- Soybean cake – 64 g;
- Corn shred - 60 gr.;
- Extruded soybean – 20.5 g;
- Wheat shred – 14.2 g;
- 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 g;
- Methionine – 0.24 g;
- Lysine and Trionine 0.006 g each.
The accompanying consumption of fermented milk products is encouraged.
There is another option for preparing combined feed for turkeys, taking into account age groups.
Preparing 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 mandatory, because it is this combination that provides what is necessary for the nutrition and health of this bird.The correct combined feed, industrial or home-produced, shortens the fattening period. By the due date, turkeys reach the desired weight. High-quality nutrition for turkeys has a beneficial effect on the taste and consistency of meat products.
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