Hello guys, I want to know which is better for optimum growth between pellet feed and mash feed. I was going home yesterday when I overhead a lady in the bus instructing her son to go and buy chicken feed and make sure it is pellet feed type he buys as Christmas is in just three weeks time.

Then I got home, and went to buy my regular Top Feeds Finisher mash when the guy that sells to me told me Top Feeds now make pellets finisher feed. I bought the pellet instead of the regular mash feed I usually buy. When I got home and gave my birds (male Noilers), they ran away from the feeder, and stayed at one and of the cage, like I had introduced an intruder into their midst. They stayed that way till the end of the day. But when I woke up this morning, they had finished the pellet ration I gave them last night. I gave them some more, and they ate. But I noticed thy don't eat as much of it as they used to eat the mash feed.

I just want to know, for the experienced ones out there...for optimum growth, which is better between pellets feed and mash feed. Thanks.

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kay29000:
Hello guys, I want to know which is better for optimum growth between pellet feed and mash feed. I was going home yesterday when I overhead a lady in the bus instructing her son to go and buy chicken feed and make sure it is pellet feed type he buys as Christmas is in just three weeks time.

Then I got home, and went to buy my regular Top Feeds Finisher mash when the guy that sells to me told me Top Feeds now make pellets finisher feed. I bought the pellet instead of the regular mash feed I usually buy. When I got home and gave my birds (male Noilers), they ran away from the feeder, and stayed at one and of the cage, like I had introduced an intruder into their midst. They stayed that way till the end of the day. But when I woke up this morning, they had finished the pellet ration I gave them last night. I gave them some more, and they ate. But I noticed thy don't eat as much of it as they used to eat the mash feed.

I just want to know, for the experienced ones out there...for optimum growth, which is better between pellets feed and mash feed. Thanks.

EMMAACHILE
TURK
Organicfoods
Farmafric
FarmerGiantpage

Pellets all the way... But it has to be excellent feeds.

organicfoods:
Pellets all the way... But it has to be excellent feeds.

Okay. Thanks.

most pelleted feeds are mash that has been processed to mash gel before pelleting.pellets are mash that have been processed further to simplify complex starch, denature protein which inactivates anti-nutritive factor in plant protein such as soya,.in summary pellets improve the digestibility and absorbability of feed.

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wengerman:
most pelleted feeds are mash that has been processed to mash gel before pelleting.pellets are mash that have been processed further to simplify complex starch, denature protein which inactivates anti-nutritive factor in plant protein such as soya,.in summary pellets improve the digestibility and absorbability of feed.

Thanks for this explanation I appreciate it.

kay29000:


Okay. Thanks.

Pelletized feeds are better in the sense that the feeds formulation are consumed as a whole in smaller bits by the birds... Hence an assured balanced diet of the the feed formulation is dispensed properly and consumed by the birds in every pellet eaten... unlike mash where some birds can quickly develop interest in a particular ingredients of the feeds...say maize or soy bean. The birds actually has a lot of option when feeding on mash which can be counter productive. Uniformity of birds on pellet feeds are easy to achieve.

Mash has an advantage in the sense that you can ferment it, and can be produced quickly by feed mill. However, Pelletizing requires certain skills and machine to consistently produce the right size and quality of feeds. Pelletized feeds crumbles easily when in prolong contact with water which can become a serious burden for birds to consume. It however reduce wastage if managed properly.

organicfoods:
Pelletized feeds are better in the sense that the feeds formulation are consumed as a whole in smaller bits by the birds... Hence an assured balanced diet of the the feed formulation is dispensed properly and consumed by the birds in every pellet eaten... unlike mash where some birds can quickly develop interest in a particular ingredients of the feeds...say maize or soy bean. The birds actually has a lot of option when feeding on mash which can be counter productive. Uniformity of birds on pellet feeds are easy to achieve.

Mash has an advantage in the sense that you can ferment it, and can be produced quickly by feed mill. However, Pelletizing requires certain skills and machine to consistently produce the right size and quality of feeds. Pelletized feeds crumbles easily when in prolong contact with water which can become a serious burden for birds to consume. It however reduce wastage if managed properly.

Thanks a lot. Pellets all the way for me then.

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organicfoods:
Pellets all the way... But it has to be excellent feeds.