Nutritional Requirements - Ducks vs Chickens

[Miss Lydia]

I know @CayugaJana was researching about nutrients in feed I think . Maybe she can weigh in here.

 

[TSOWOATNKC]

Do you think the nutrient values they state are in the raw form before the feed is actually processed? Because the reading maybe lower after.

I doubt the values are pre-processing. The values would have to be post processing to be reliable in any form whatsoever. Otherwise what is the point of listing them?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I guess I am not very trusting of big companies making big bucks .

 

[TSOWOATNKC]

I guess I am not very trusting of big companies making big bucks .

I don't particularly trust big companies either. On the other hand, nutritional labeling is one of those things regulated by law. So a company that flubs it isn't going to last particularly long.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I would hope not.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@CayugaJana

 

[CayugaJana]

The ingredients listed on the bags are what’s supposed to be in the bag at the time it was made. Most vitamins function in the body of ducks similar to what they do in humans. It’s just in different concentrations. So sometimes if there isn’t a lot of scientific literature on a specific compound you are interested in, you might try looking at research done on humans. It’s not always the same, but usually similar.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Then it goes from processing to bags then onto trucks to where ever then lays in feed stores etc. so along the way from beginning to end at our feed room I am sure some vitamins are lost. or at least not what they were when this process started. I ferment my feed and It is one way I feel I am at least getting some extra nutrients into my birds. Actually they won't eat dry feed most have only ate FF Pretty sure this oct will be 7 yrs since I started FF. I also add Oregano and turmeric, Spirulina and garlic to my FF.

 

[CayugaJana]

Then it goes from processing to bags then onto trucks to where ever then lays in feed stores etc. so along the way from beginning to end at our feed room I am sure some vitamins are lost. or at least not what they were when this process started. I ferment my feed and It is one way I feel I am at least getting some extra nutrients into my birds. Actually they won't eat dry feed most have only ate FF Pretty sure this oct will be 7 yrs since I started FF. I also add Oregano and turmeric, Spirulina and garlic to my FF.

Yes exactly. Some vitamins degrade over time and heat. So it only goes downhill from the date of manufacture.

 

[CayugaJana]

I went to Walmart today and took a picture of nutritional yeast and it’s ingredient label. So people could compare and know what sort of choices may be in their area.

16mgs is the daily suggested value for humans.
16X3.5=56 mgs