Reference Formula and Preparation Method for Free-Range Chicken Feed

The free-range chicken is a type of poultry with many breeds, different from caged broiler chickens, and the "hillside free-range chicken" is considered the best, with roosters having large red combs, being fierce and combative, and hens having very small combs, offering good prospects for farming, and each stage of the rearing process has different requirements for nutrients, so let's take a look together at the reference feed formulas for free-range chickens below!

Feed Formula for Free-Range Chickens During the Brooding Period

The feed formula for free-range chickens during the brooding period (0-4 weeks of age) is 55.5% corn, 19.5% crude protein, 7.0% No. 4 flour, 3.0% wheat bran, 21.0% soybean meal, 3.0% fish meal, 5.0% corn gluten meal, 2.0% yeast powder, 1.2% calcium hydrogen phosphate, 1.0% limestone powder, 0.3% salt, and 1.0% premix, with a nutrient content of 11.83 megajoules/kilogram of metabolizable energy.

Feed Formula for Free-Range Chickens During the Growing Period

The feed formula for free-range chickens during the growing period (5-8 weeks of age) is 58.5% corn, 17.4% crude protein, 10.0% No. 4 flour, 3.0% wheat bran, 17.0% soybean meal, 2.0% fish meal, 4.0% corn gluten meal, 2.0% yeast powder, 1.2% calcium hydrogen phosphate, 1.0% limestone powder, 0.3% salt, and 1.0% premix, with a nutrient content of 11.94 megajoules/kilogram of metabolizable energy.

Feed Formula for Free-Range Chickens During the Fattening Period

The feed formula for free-range chickens during the fattening period (from 9 weeks of age to market) is 61% corn, 16.3% crude protein, 10.0% No. 4 flour, 4.5% wheat bran, 11.0% soybean meal, 1.0% fish meal, 4.0% corn gluten meal, 2.5% yeast powder, 1.2% calcium hydrogen phosphate, 1.0% limestone powder, 0.3% salt, and 1.0% premix, with a nutrient content of 12.25 megajoules/kilogram of metabolizable energy.