Table 1.
Composition of diets for chickens (g/kg).
| Ingredients | Starter 1–3 Week |
Grower 4–5 Week |
Finisher 6 Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 452.8 | 367.63 | 330.70 |
| Maize | 150.0 | 250.0 | 300.0 |
| Soybean meal 46% protein | 272.21 | 227.90 | 178.09 |
| Rapeseed meal 37% protein | 20.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 |
| Soybean oil | 20.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 |
| DDGS 1 26% protein | 40.07 | 43.58 | 46.87 |
| Monocalcium phosphate | 11.03 | 5.42 | 2.05 |
| Coarse-grained fodder chalk 2 | - | 10.93 | 8.52 |
| Fine-grained fodder chalk | 16.07 | - | - |
| NaCl | 3.63 | 3.23 | 2.83 |
| DL-methionine 99% | 3.61 | 2.40 | 2.00 |
| L-Lysine HCl | 4.27 | 2.97 | 3.12 |
| L-threonine 99% | 1.31 | 0.94 | 0.82 |
| Premix 3,4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Calculated nutrient composition of diet (g/kg) 5 | |||
| Crude protein | 210.0 | 198.5 | 187.5 |
| Crude fibre | 27.2 | 29.8 | 32.2 |
| Crude fat | 65.9 | 74.5 | 81.4 |
| Lysine | 13.5 | 11.7 | 10.9 |
| Methionine | 6.7 | 5.5 | 5.0 |
| Methionine + Cysteine | 10.1 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
| Tryptophan | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| Arginine | 13.1 | 12.1 | 11.1 |
| Total calcium | 9.8 | 7.3 | 6.0 |
| Available phosphorus | 3.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| Sodium | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Metabolizable energy, kcal/kg | 3070 | 3140 | 3190 |
1 DDGS-maize distillers dried grains with solubles. 2 Calcium carbonate. 3 Vitamin provided per kg of diet: weeks 1–3: vitamin A, 15,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5000 IU; vitamin E, 112 IU; vitamin K3, 4 mg; vitamin B1, 3 mg; vitamin B2, 8 mg; vitamin B6, 5 mg; vitamin B12, 16 mg; folic acid, 2 mg; biotin, 0.2 mg; nicotinic amid, 60 mg; calcium pantothenicum, 18 mg; choline, 1.8 g; weeks 4–5: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5000 IU; vitamin E, 75 IU; vitamin K3, 2 mg; vitamin B1, 2 mg; vitamin B2, 6 mg; vitamin B6, 4 mg; vitamin B12, 16 mg; folic acid, 1.75 mg; biotin, 0.05 mg; nicotinic amid, 60 mg; calcium pantothenicum, 18 mg; choline, 1.6 g; week 6: vitamin A, 12,000 IU; vitamin D3, 5000 IU; vitamin E, 75 IU; vitamin K3, 2 mg; vitamin B1, 2 mg; vitamin B2, 5 mg; vitamin B6, 3 mg; vitamin B12, 11 mg; folic acid, 1.5 mg; biotin, 0.05 mg; nicotinic amid, 35 mg; calcium pantothenicum, 18 mg; and choline, 1.6 g. 4 Trace minerals provided per kg of diet: Mn, 100 mg; Zn, 80 mg; Fe, 80 mg; Cu, 8 mg; I, 1 mg; Se, 0.15 mg; coccidiostat-salinomycin (except week 6). 5 Calculated according to the Polish feedstuff analysis tables [18].