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Do you know that giving your broilers growers feed will increase ur cost of production as these birds will be reared for a longer period of time while trying to achieve a desired weight.

Know this today;
Broilers have only two types of feeds namely 
1.Stater which can come in
 (i)pre_stater     (ii)stater
2. Finisher

Pullets or laying birds are fed with the following;
1. Chick_mash or crumble
2. Growers_mash or pellets
3. Layers which can come in pre_layers & layers

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