Layers
- For Rearing of Pullets, the following feeds are available:
- Pullet Starter
- Pullet Grower
- Pullet Developer
- All are available in 25 & 50 kg bags, as well as Bulk
- Pullet Starter is available in Crumbles and Mash, Grower in Mash and pellets, and Developer in Mash only.
Feeding Recommendations
- Starter fed from 0-42 days (Target bird weight ±460 g @ 6weeks)
- Grower fed from 42-105 days (Target bird weight ±1180g @ 15 weeks)
- Developer fed from 16weeks to POL (Target bird weight 1500-1650g @ POL)
General Comments
- The most critical factors in rearing good quality Pullets are the following:
- Target weights must be achieved (not too much heavier, not too much lighter)
- Uniformity of the flock (80% 0f the birds must be within 10% of the average)
- Look after the birds in the early stages as they will be susceptible to the cold and other environmental factors
Economic Considerations / Profitability
- Birds that are either too light, or too heavy, are inhibited and do-not produce as they should.
- An un-uniform flock doesn’t reach as high a peak as a uniform one, and the persistency of production is not maintained very well in the former.
- The following parameters should be measured in order to evaluate efficiency of production:
- Uniformity and Bird weight
- Total feed intake