Poultry: Feeds & Nutrition
If poultry are expected to remain healthy and productive, they must consume adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients. The quantity of each required nutrient varies depending on many variables like species of bird, age, productive state, environmental conditions and disease status. Fortunately, many nutritional deficiency problems can be identified by the unique symptom each exhibits.
Discussions in the answers and publications that follow will help increase the poultry caretaker's understanding of the birds' dietary needs and improve the nutritional health of the flock.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why
do my birds have an absence of feathers on parts of their bodies?
Why
do my hens lay eggs with thin or soft shells?
My
laying hens look healthy but many are not laying and some hens that
are laying suddenly die. What is wrong?
Why
do many of my growing birds develop a single twisted, crooked leg?
What
medications should I have in my chicken feeds?
What
types of feeds should I offer to my chickens?
Should
hens be full-fed or meal-fed and how much should they eat?
Can
whole soybeans be fed to poultry?
Publications
MSUcares
Poultry publications
Minimizing
Aflatoxin in Corn concentrates
on the problem of fungal growth and mycotoxin formation in corn intended
for use in animal feeds.
Other Poultry Information
Feeding
Quail is
a discussion of nutritional concerns that the game bird producter should
address when producing healthy birds. Includes diets formulated for
various ages of quail.
Ratite
Nutrition and Feeding discusses
the nutritional needs of ratites (ostrich, emu, rhea, etc.).
