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Precision dried chopped lucerne designed to optimize laying hens’ performance and health, in particular reducing stress from feather-pecking and improving gut health.
Birds have a specific requirement for fibre. They must find fibre in the feed or in their immediate environment. It has been shown that if birds are deficient in fibre, it can lead to feather-pecking and then feathers are used by the bird as a source of fibre.
Environment enrichment
Helps to reduce instances of injurious feather pecking
Drier faecal matter
Helps reduce bird stress and improve flock health
Increased feather coverage on birds
Helps to reduce feather consumption. A key welfare indicator is the presence of feathers in the litter, where lucerne is introduced, there are visibly more feathers in the litter. Birds are not eating them as their fibre requirement is being satisfied by the lucerne. Recommended as part of the FeatherWel report
High in fibre, protein and methionine
Organic-certified bales available
Consistent and fully traceable
1 bale per 2000 birds
Average consumption 2gms per bird per day / 785gms per 56-week lay
| Indicative values as fed | |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 10.0% |
| Crude protein | >13.0% |
| Crude fibre | <32.0% |
| Crude fat | 2.0% |
| Crude ash | 10.0% |
| Xanthophyll | 60ppm |
| Calcium | 19.8g/kg |
| Absorbable Ca | 6.0g/kg |
| Phosphorous | 2.3g/kg |
| Absorbable P | 1.7g/kg |
| Potassium | 24.9g/kg |
| Sodium | 0.2g/kg |
| Magnesium | 1.5g/kg |
| DEB | 504mEq/kg |
| DCAB | 342mEq/kg |
| NDF | 47.9% |
| ADF | 35.3% |
| ADL | 7.6% |
| Indicative values as fed | |
|---|---|
| MEn Layer | 1030kcal/kg |
| MEn Broiler | 1010kcal/kg |
| DLys poultry | 2.9g/kg |
| DMet poultry | 1.2/kg |