What are the reasons why feeding chickens with raw ingredients is not cost-effective

1. A lot of feed is wasted

Feeding chickens with unprocessed, unground whole grains is easy, saves money and is convenient, but the feed utilization rate is low. This is because chickens have no teeth and swallow the grain without chewing, and the chicken intestine is short, so the grain a chicken swallows stays in the intestine for only 4 hours, not enough time for full digestion and absorption, resulting in wasted grain. The smell of chicken manure shows that a large amount of nutrients has not been absorbed by the chicken.

2. The variety is too monotonous

Because feeding chickens with only one kind of raw ingredient makes the variety monotonous and the nutritional composition incomplete. Long-term feeding has a certain effect on the growth and development of chickens.

3. Low benefits

Feeding chickens with raw feed results in a low level of digestion and incomplete nutrition, so chicks grow poorly, broilers gain weight too slowly, chickens lay few eggs, and economic benefits are low.