Chick Rations
We have transcribed the chick and pullet rations from Morrison's Feeds & Feeding.
All Mash Chick Starter Rations
Ration #1
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Ground yellow corn |
20 lbs |
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Ground wheat |
32 lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
21 lbs |
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Other suitable plant protein supplement |
10 lbs |
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Dried skimmilk or buttermilk |
5 lbs |
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Alfalfa meal |
7.7 lbs |
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Bone meal |
2 lbs |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
1.2 lbs |
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Salt |
1 lb |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil |
0.1 lb |
Ration #2
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Ground barley or grain sorghum |
42 lbs |
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Ground wheat |
10 lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
21lbs |
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Other suitable plant protein supplement |
10 lbs |
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Meat scraps |
2.5 lbs |
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Dried whey |
5 lbs |
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Alfalfa meal |
6 lbs |
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Bone meal |
1.1 lbs |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
1.3 lbs |
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Salt |
1 lb |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil |
0.1 lb |
Ration #3
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Ground yellow corn |
42 lbs |
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Ground oats or wheat middlings |
10 lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
24 lbs |
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Other suitable plant protein supplement |
10lbs |
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Fish meal |
2 lbs |
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Dried whey |
5 lbs |
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Distillers’ dried solubles |
2.7 lbs |
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Bone meal |
2 lbs |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
1.2 lbs |
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Salt |
1 lb |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil |
0.1 lb |
Ration #4
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Ground wheat |
52 lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
21 lbs |
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Other suitable plant protein supplement |
10 lbs |
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Meat scraps |
3 lbs |
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Alfalfa meal |
8 lbs |
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Distillers’ dried solubles |
2.6 lbs |
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Bone meal |
1lb |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
1.3 lbs |
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Salt |
1lb |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil |
0.1lb |
Chick Growing Mashes
(to be fed with an equal weight of grain)
Ration #1
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Ground yellow corn |
20 lbs |
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Ground wheat |
25lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
20 lbs |
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Other suitable plant protein supplement |
13 lbs |
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Dried skimmilk or buttermilk |
6.5 lbs |
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Alfalfa meal |
10 lbs |
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Bone meal |
2lbs |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
2 lbs |
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Salt |
1.5lbs |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil, unless chickens have access to direct sunlight |
0.2 lb |
Ration #2
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Ground barley or grain sorghum |
35lbs |
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Ground wheat |
10 lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
20 lbs |
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Other plant-protein supplement |
13 lbs |
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Meat scraps |
3lbs |
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Dried whey |
6.5 lbs |
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Alfalfa meal meal |
7 lbs |
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Bone mea |
2 lbs |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
2 lbs |
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Salt |
1.5lbs |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil, unless chickens have access to direct sunlight |
0.2lb |
Ration #3
|
Ground yellow corn |
35lbs |
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Ground oats or wheat middlings |
10lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
20 lbs |
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Other plant-protein supplement |
14 lbs |
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Fish meal |
2 lbs |
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Dried whey |
6.5 lbs |
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Distillers’ dried solubles |
7.8 lbs |
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Bone meal |
1 lb |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
2 lbs |
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Salt |
1.5lbs |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil, unless chickens have access to direct sunlight |
0.2 lb |
Ration #4
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Ground wheat |
45 lbs |
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Soybean oil meal |
20 lbs |
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Other suitable plant protein supplement |
12 lbs |
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Fish meal |
4 lb |
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Alfalfa meal |
8 lbs |
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Distillers’ dried solubles |
6.5 lbs |
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Bone meal |
1 lb |
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Ground limestone or oyster shell |
2 lbs |
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Salt |
1.5 lbs |
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Vitamin A and D feeding oil, unless chickens have access to direct sunlight |
0.2 lb |
Simple rations for chicks
with skimmilk or buttermilk to drink
For chicks on good pasture, mash consisting of:
80 lbs ground yellow corn
20 lbs wheat standard middlings
1 lb salt
Skimmilk or buttermilk to drink
Good pasture
For inside chicks, a mash consisting of:
80 lbs ground yellow corn
20 lbs wheat standard middlings
5 lbs chick-size raw bone or meat and bone scraps
5 lbs chick-size limestone grit or oyster shell
1 lb salt
2 lbs cod-liver oil
Skimmilk or buttermilk to drink