a guide. The actual amount of feed consumed by any full fed flock will 

 vary with the feed, stock, season of the year, range or confinement, and 

 size of the pullet. 



Table 6. Restricted Feeding Guide. 



Approximate Pounds of Feed per 



Hundred Birds per Day.* 



Age 



Heavy 

 Breeds 



Light 

 Breeds 



wks. 



6 



7 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



lbs. 



11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 23 

 23 



lbs. 



8 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 

 17 



* Quantity of feed allowed may be relat- 

 ed to age. Heavy breeds ■ — age plus five 

 until 23 pounds is fed; light breeds ■ — 

 age plus two until 17 pounds is fed. 



Cautions 



1. Size of flock. In confinement 

 rearing or where feed is placed in 

 troughs, small groups of pullets (400- 

 500) are more successfully managed 

 than large groups (1000 or more). 

 The pullets become very hungry and 

 will crowd around the attendant and 

 the feeders at feeding time. Losses can 

 occur from piling and smothering. 



2. Feeding space. Pullets on a re- 

 stricted feeding program need enough 

 feeder space so that all pullets can eat 

 at the same time. Allow at least six 

 inches of feeder space per pullet or 

 five five-foot troughs per hundred pul- 

 lets. Without adequate feeder space a 

 restricted feeding program will not be 

 successful. 



3. Feeding schedule. Pullets on a 

 restricted feeding program adapt 

 themselves to the feeding schedule. 

 At feeding time they are very hungry 

 ready and 

 to feed on 



feather picking and other vices. Feed 

 on schedule. 



anxious for feed. Failure 

 schedule may lead to 



drug 



4. Drug medication in the feed. Restriction of feed intake also restricts 

 intake. Hence, recommended levels of a preventative drug in the 



feed may not be adequate in a restriction program. 



5. Disease problems. If disease develops, full feed until the problem is 

 corrected. 



6. Culling. At housing time culling for health only should be practiced. 



7. Type of feed. While the general features of the restricted feeding 

 program as recommended are applicable to use of several types of feed, 

 the Feeding Guide is based upon the feeding of a high energy all-mash or 

 "complete" feed. One should not attempt to feed a low energy, bulky, or 

 more fiberous feed on a restricted basis. For those who wish to feed 

 oats or to make other modifications in the feeds used, it is suggested that 

 you consult with your feed supplier in order that the right type of feed 

 may be selected. 



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