Chicken Feed Discussion
The groups will be given a small sample of the feed and feed bag tag.
Asked to identify what they think is in it
Throughout the discussion I will fill out a chart sort of like this on the white board.
Feed Ingredient
Corn
Soybean meal
Minerals/Vitamins
Ioniphore
Purpose
Carbohydrate
Protein (Crude Protein %)
Reason Need
Gives energy
Muscle and growth
Medicine
Fills requirements
Prevent Coccidiosis
Discuss why it is so ground up?
Chickens have no teeth
Gizzard used for grinding with aid of sand and stones