New type of feed / additive

[FishS]

Hello all!

We are engaged in the processing of fish skins for the cosmetic industry. At now we have succeeded make chicken feed, which may be interesting. I hope we are not mistaken.

What is good about the new feed:

• Better chicken down and feather
• Faster set of meat
• Increase the number of eggs
• Regarding the smell of fish in meat and eggs. The smell comes from fish oil. We use the skin of commercial wild fish, which contains a minimum amount of fat. That is, in theory, there should be no smell at all
• No cannibalism among chickens
• Etc

Differences from fish meal:

• The composition of the skin contains all the necessary trace elements and amino acids
• Does not contain GMO and chemicals (urea, ammonium salts etc) to increase the % of crude protein
• No risk of poisoning / death of poultry
• Easy to digest
• Impossible to fake
• Produced only from fresh fish skin (low histamine level)
• Does not contain pork, beef, chicken or vegetable protein
• Does not contain flavorings

We made several types: frozen and dry.

Photo 1. You can see the unfrozen feed that is ready to eat.
Photo 2. Dry feed
Photo 3. Dry feed that was placed in warm water for 15 minutes. The product is ready.

It is very interesting to know any of your opinions, as experts in the field of poultry. What are the prospects for such feed, whether it will be convenient to store, mix with other feed, etc.

We will be very grateful for your any comments.

Thank you!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello all!

We are engaged in the processing of fish skins for the cosmetic industry. At now we have succeeded make chicken feed, which may be interesting. I hope we are not mistaken.

What is good about the new feed:

• Better chicken down and feather
• Faster set of meat
• Increase the number of eggs
• Regarding the smell of fish in meat and eggs. The smell comes from fish oil. We use the skin of commercial wild fish, which contains a minimum amount of fat. That is, in theory, there should be no smell at all
• No cannibalism among chickens
• Etc

Differences from fish meal:

• The composition of the skin contains all the necessary trace elements and amino acids
• Does not contain GMO and chemicals (urea, ammonium salts etc) to increase the % of crude protein
• No risk of poisoning / death of poultry
• Easy to digest
• Impossible to fake
• Produced only from fresh fish skin (low histamine level)
• Does not contain pork, beef, chicken or vegetable protein
• Does not contain flavorings

We made several types: frozen and dry.

Photo 1. You can see the unfrozen feed that is ready to eat.
Photo 2. Dry feed
Photo 3. Dry feed that was placed in warm water for 15 minutes. The product is ready.

It is very interesting to know any of your opinions, as experts in the field of poultry. What are the prospects for such feed, whether it will be convenient to store, mix with other feed, etc.

We will be very grateful for your any comments.

Thank you!

It would be an additive only mixed in with other ingredients to form a balanced feed.
What is the nutrition assay on this?

 

[FishS]

What is the nutrition assay on this?

If I understand your question correctly. At the moment, we have not conducted such studies. Knowledge is based on what benefits should be from fish meal, fresh fish and fish skins. We made an alternative to fishmeal. I am very familiar with production as well as possible problems (absolutely impossible to maintain consistent quality).

Unfortunately, there is almost no scientific literature that says how much complementary feed should be given. But according to indirect data, about 5 gr per day chick/ 10 gr per day for adult . Also important is this. The "melting" temperature of the skin is about 30 C. The temperature of the chicken is 39-42 C. the product is completely absorbed and breaks down into the necessary amino acids etc.

 

[Folly's place]

It's useless without that nutritional assay that hasn't been done. And some wild fish will also contain mercury, for example, depending on where they were harvested.
Product safety? There's no actual information about that either so far.
Mary

 

[FishS]

It's useless without that nutritional assay that hasn't been done. And some wild fish will also contain mercury, for example, depending on where they were harvested.
Product safety? There's no actual information about that either so far.
Mary

I currently have no data on the content of mercury, arsenic, heavy metal salts, etc. (need to request from the lab). But from general data. We use cod and haddock. They are the main raw material for the production of collagen, gelatin capsules for medicines, etc. I am more than sure that quality control is much more serious than for feed. Also, if we consider fish as a whole, the main concentration is in the internal organs, for example, in the liver. The skin contains the lowest possible percentage, so it is used in pharmacology.

 

[FishS]

nutritional assay

Could you elaborate more on nutritional assay. What should he include in himself? Proteins, fats, moisture, mercury content, how to store, feeding advice, etc. Or something different (composition of amino acids, for example)?
Thank you

 

[Folly's place]

Look at livestock feed labels, for a start. Labs do this, and also managing spoilage is a big deal. How?
Mary

 

[David61]

cost effective ?
price will have to be completive.
is it safe?
most here see our chickens as pets.
put your money where your mouth is and sponsor someone here.
pay for them to get a coop, run, chickens and send them your feed to use. My brother in law says he want some chickens.

 

[FeatheredFriends&Horses2]

If you really want to get your product out there as a serious potential for poultry feed, you need to go to a commercial feed manufacturer with some research. As of right now, you can’t produce the bill needed to make it cost efficient for the commercial broiler or layer industry, so I would start at a private mill. You’re going to have to bring them some nutrient assays though and convince them to take a chance and put some research into it. You listed “benefits” that are all awesome potential benefits, but don’t have the science to back them. Don’t get me wrong, I love BYC, but this isn’t the place to go if you really want to launch a new feed ingredient. I think it could be a fantastic product idea, and the industry is always looking for new ingredients, but it’s going to need to be cost-effective and well researched.

 

[JansFlock]

I have always understood fish skins should not be fed to poultry - personally I have never fed them in any way, shape or form over 40 years of keeping hens. Fish oil as an additive (in moderation) is good for them. Perhaps the thinking has changed?