I've been mixing chicken layer pellets and rabbit pellets with chick starter, it comes out looking like this compared to the Mazuri feed:
| Feed |
Crude Protein |
Crude Fat |
Crude Fiber |
Calcium |
Phosphorus |
Salt |
Lysine |
Methionine |
| Chicken Layer |
16.00% |
2.70% |
4.00% |
2.50% |
0.40% |
0.25% |
0.70% |
0.20% |
| Rabbit Pellets |
17.00% |
1.90% |
20.00% |
0.90% |
0.25% |
0.48% |
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| Chick Starter |
23.00% |
2.00% |
4.00% |
0.50% |
0.50% |
0.15% |
1.00% |
0.30% |
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| Starter Mix |
18.67% |
2.20% |
9.33% |
1.30% |
0.38% |
0.29% |
0.85% |
0.25% |
| Feed Mix |
16.50% |
2.30% |
12.00% |
1.70% |
0.33% |
0.36% |
0.70% |
0.20% |
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| Difference (Starter Mix) |
2.33% |
0.30% |
2.33% |
0.08% |
0.02% |
1.31% |
0.25% |
0.45% |
| Difference (Feed Mix) |
0.50% |
0.30% |
1.00% |
0.55% |
0.33% |
0.29% |
0.14% |
0.16% |
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| Mazuri Ratite Starter |
21.00% |
2.50% |
7.00% |
1.22% |
0.40% |
1.60% |
1.10% |
0.70% |
| Mazuri Emu Feed |
17.00% |
2.00% |
11.00% |
1.15% |
0.65% |
0.65% |
0.84% |
0.36% |
To do something like this take the nutritional value of each feed and average it, this gives you the nutritional value of the mixture.
Plain chick starter isn't all that great for them but my Emu has been thriving on this mixture. Most important is they get the vitamins they need, plenty of calcium and just enough but not too much protein.
