Efficiency of Feeding Broiler Chickens with Mixed Feeds of Different Recipes
The article presents experimental data on the study of the effect of two different recipes of formula feed with identical energy nutrition on the productivity and survival of broiler chickens of the Cobb-500 cross in different growing periods. Compound feeds included coccidiostatic of various modifications, with the sequence of application varied according to the age periods of poultry cultivation. The formula feed produced at the Pochep Feed Factory given to the experimental group had a better conversion and allowed obtaining average daily gains compared to the control; in the first growing period by 4.3%, in the second period by 1.9% and in the fourth and final one by 8.8%. At the same time, in the third growing period, there were no significant differences in both live weight and average daily growth. The survival of broiler chickens in both groups by growing periods did not actually differ in the first three periods, but at the final stage it was 0.33 higher. Calculations of the economic efficiency of the production of broiler chicken meat when fed with formula feeds by two different manufacturers, the Ozherelev Feed Factory and the Pochep Feed Factory, indicate that both recipes ensure the achievement of high livestock survival and the growth rate of broiler chickens, thus ensuring high revenues. The calculation of the profit received from the broiler chicken meat production at the end, being 17.5% higher, confirms more efficiency of the Pochep Feed Factory.