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post #1 of 6
9/24/12 at 6:26pm
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I want to up the protein in my chicken feed as I am starting to have some low protein issues. At present, my feed has 15/16% protein and I would like to get it up around 18% to 20%, especially during this up coming molting season.

 

I have some organic egg protein powder at hand. One scoop is 25 grams protein. Here is where I am confused. How many scoops would I add to a pound of feed to get the protein up where I like it? And this goes for any other proteins I add. How do I know how much to add to bring it up to a level that I will know on average how much protein I am giving them?

 

Thanks so much!

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post #2 of 6
9/24/12 at 6:55pm

Math!  The answer is math!

 

There are 453.592 grams in one pound.  A pound of layer feed that is 16% protein would therefore contain ~72.64 grams of protein.  If it were 20% protein, it would have ~90.71 grams of protein per pound.  So, you'd add ~18 grams of protein, or roughly 3/4 of a scoop of your powder, per pound of feed.

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post #3 of 6
9/24/12 at 7:14pm
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Thank you sooooo much! I was never very good at math. LOL And I will have to write all this down that you have written here and save it for future reference!!!

 

THANK YOU, THANK  YOU! bow.gif

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post #4 of 6
9/25/12 at 6:53am
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Thank you sooooo much! I was never very good at math. LOL And I will have to write all this down that you have written here and save it for future reference!!!

 

THANK YOU, THANK  YOU! bow.gif

 



No problem.  My chicken book also makes reference to using a Pearson square (Google will provide step-by-step for this) which is quite handy if you have two different feeds (like a 28% game and a 16% layer feed) that you want to mix to hit a target somewhere between those numbers.

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post #5 of 6
9/25/12 at 6:27pm
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I googled the Pearson Square, and that is neat! I have in the past mixed gamebird food in with the chicken feed to raise the protein, but I was never sure how much protein I was actually putting in. But this little conversion chart will make it a lot easier in the future.

 

Thanks so much for your help! 

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Keep one eye on the past, one eye on the future and both eyes on the present. ~ a Raven ~

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post #6 of 6
9/25/12 at 6:30pm

When I need to add protein, I use turkey or game bird feed. You could also use unmedicated chick feed which is 20% protein while the turkey feed is 28% protein. The turkey feed could be mixed 50/50 with your regular feed for daily feeding.

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