How effective is imported American alfalfa meal for feeding chickens?
How effective is imported American alfalfa meal for feeding chickens?
High-quality alfalfa meal contains 230 grams of digestible crude protein, 13 grams of calcium, 2 grams of phosphorus, and 248 milligrams of carotene;
Adding 10% purple alfalfa meal to the compound feed of laying hens can increase the laying rate by about 10%; adding 8%-10% purple alfalfa meal to feed chicks and piglets can increase weight gain by 12%-17%. Adding 10% purple alfalfa meal to the compound feed of sows increased the number of piglets born from 9.6 to 11.3, and the birth weight from 1.17 kg to 1.23 kg.
Does anyone have experience in this area that we can discuss?
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It's not that miraculous!
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There are quite a few records about this, such as the effect on egg color.
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The effect is better for raising cattle, but this grass is a legume with a relatively high protein content, so such an effect is also possible.
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I've learned something new again
Adding 10% purple alfalfa meal to the compound feed of laying hens can increase the laying rate by about 10%; adding 8%-10% purple alfalfa meal to feed chicks and piglets can increase weight gain by 12%-17%. Adding 10% purple alfalfa meal to the compound feed of sows increased the number of piglets born from 9.6 to 11.3, and the birth weight from 1.17 kg to 1.23 kg.
Does anyone have experience in this area that we can discuss?
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It's not that miraculous!
---------------------
There are quite a few records about this, such as the effect on egg color.
---------------------
The effect is better for raising cattle, but this grass is a legume with a relatively high protein content, so such an effect is also possible.
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I've learned something new again