Table 1. Chemical composition (g/100 g) of Barastoc Chick Starter and Pullet Grower feeds (Manufacture's information1).
| Chemical composition2 | Chick Starter | Pullet Grower |
|---|---|---|
| Dry matter | 86 | 86 |
| Moisture | 14 | 14 |
| Protein | 19.5 | 15.5 |
| Fat (minimum) | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Fiber (maximum) | 6 | 8 |
| ME MJ/kg3 | 11.92 | 11.30 |
| Salt (added maximum) | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Total phosphorous (minimum) | 0.65 | 0.64 |
| Available phosphorous (minimum) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Calcium (minimum) | 1 | 1 |
1 – Ridley AgriProducts Pty Ltd., Pakenham, 3810, Australia.
2 – Feed analysis and ingredients were obtained from the manufacturer but the quantities used were not disclosed for maintaining confidentiality.
3 – Converted from kcal/kg by multiplying by 4.184.
Ingredients used were: wheat, barley, field peas, meat and bone meal, beef tallow, canola meal expeller, soybean meal, canola seed, Millrun wheat by-product mix, oat hulls, limestone, mono-dicalcium phosphate (Biofos MDCP), salt, sodium bicarbonate, choline chloride, methionine, lysine, vitamin and mineral premix, phytase, and xylanase.