What are the benefits of adding manganese sulfate to chicken feed?

Winter and spring are the peak hatching seasons for chickens, and during this period attention should be paid to adding an appropriate amount of manganese sulfate to chicken feed. This is because manganese is an activator of many enzymes and plays an important role in the growth, development and reproduction of chickens.

In winter and spring, green feed is scarce, and chickens are often fed mainly on grain and seed feed, which contains particularly little manganese, so chickens are prone to manganese nutritional deficiency in winter and spring. When chickens lack manganese, first, bone development is abnormal, the leg bones are thick and short and bent, and sick chickens limp; this disease mostly occurs in 3-6 week old chicks; second, the chicken embryos in eggs are deformed, with legs becoming thick and short, wings also becoming short, and heads deformed, resembling round balls; embryonic development is poor, so the hatching rate decreases. Therefore, from winter to spring special attention should be paid to the supply of manganese. For laying hens, breeding hens and chicks, it can be added at a ratio of 8 grams of manganese sulfate per 100 kg of feed, which can meet the need.