Homemade Poultry Feed Recipes

I was cleaning out my big binder a few days ago, as it was stuffed to the gills with all my farming papers... All those receipts, records, phone numbers, addresses, notes, and miscellaneous things I had printed out for future reference were making my binder crack prematurely. One of those miscellaneous items that I had forgotten about was a sheet of feed rations for poultry, which the Fertrell company had listed on their website for folks. I liked the detail on the ingredient lists, and the fact that they state the protein amount for each thing; so these papers have stuck around. 

Then I had a thought: "Duh; I should share these on the blog!" And so here I am. :)

Fertrell Poultry Rations:

Chick Starter/Grower - 19% protein

. Shelled corn - 1015 lbs.

. Roasted Soybeans - 625 lbs.

. Oats - 100 lbs.

. Alfalfa meal - 100 lbs.

. 60% Fish meal - 75 lbs.

. Aragonite (calcium) - 25 lbs.

Poultry Nutri-Balancer - 60 lbs.

Total: 2000 lbs.

Pullet Grower - 16% protein

. Shelled corn - 1215 lbs.

. Roasted soybeans - 450 lbs.

. Oats - 100 lbs.

. Alfalfa meal - 100 lbs.

.60% Fish Meal - 50 lbs.

.Aragonite (calcium) - 25 lbs.

.Poultry Nutri-Balancer - 60 lbs.

Total: 2000 lbs.

Layer Ration - 17% protein

. Shelled corn - 965 lbs.

. Roasted Soybeans - 600 lbs.

. Oats - 100 lbs.

. Alfalfa meal - 100 lbs. 

. Aragonite (calcium) - 175 lbs.

. Poultry Nutri-Balancer - 60 lbs.

Total: 2000 lbs.

Notes from Fertrell:

. All rations should be medium ground, or rolled. The chick starter ration may be slightly altered for other species of fowl.

. For brooder chicks needing a 21% protein starter mix (meat birds, for example), add two pounds of fish meal to 20 lbs. (a five gallon bucket's worth) of the 19% starter/grower.

. For turkeys and game birds, make a 26% protein mix by adding four pounds of fish meal to 20 lbs. (a five gallon bucket's worth) of the 19% starter/grower mix. Feed day 1 through 28.

. To make a 21% protein mic for Turkey Grower #1, add two pounds of fish meal to 20 lbs. (a five gallon bucket's worth) of 19% starter/grower. Feed day 29 through 56.

. Once turkeys are out to pasture, feed them regular 19% starter/grower until slaughter.