Poultry Feeds
Feed is one of the most important factors in the success of poultry production. Feed is the life giver for poultry but as the major component of input cost, accounting for up to 70% of the total production cost of eggs or meat, it is also the killer‘ of sound livestock production economics . Hence a balanced feed will positively affect egg and meat production of poultry. The essential nutrients that they need from feed are carefully formulated through careful balance of energy, protein, vitamins and minerals from a selection of maize, wheat, barley, soya bean, canola, cotton, rice, sunflower and products derived from these ingredients together with meat & bone meal, fish meal, blood meal, fat, limestone, di-calcium phosphate, stock salt, essential amino acids, antioxidants, mycotoxins binder, enzymes, pigments, vitamins and minerals premixes to provide birds with their daily needs and to maximise egg and meat production.
Our range of Viking poultry Feeds offer good quality feeds available in customer friendly and convenient packages of 50Kgs, 20Kgs and 10Kgs. Viking Poultry Feeds range include the following: –
CHICK STARTER MASH
Feed for layer chicks from day one to eight weeks of age. On average each chick consumes a total of 2kgs over the 8 week period. VIKING FEEDS Chick Starter Mash is medicated with modern coccidiostats and balanced with essential nutrients to ensure strong and healthy early development of chicks.
PULLET GROWERS MASH
Feed for growing pullets from 9 weeks to point of laying usually 18 weeks of age. On average each growing pullet consumes a total of 7kgs of Viking Feeds Pullet Growers Mash over this 10 weeks period. This ensures a strong and healthy development of pullets with a minimum of 1.5kgs live weight at a point of lay, so as to quickly reach peak production and maintain high production for a long period.
LAYERS MASH
Viking Feeds Layers Mash is a complete feed for laying chicken formulated for balanced protein, energy, vitamins and minerals necessary for health, vitality and high productivity of layers with good egg size. VIKING LAYERS MASH is formulated with natural pigments to give egg yolk a unique natural yellow colour. Each layer bird consumes 130-140gms of Viking Feeds Layers Mash per day
BROILER STARTER MASH
This is a standard broiler chicken feed for young chicks from 0-3 weeks nutritionally balanced to ensure strong and healthy growth. Each broiler chick consumes 1kg of Viking Feeds Broiler Starter Mash on average. Feed should be provided fresh and dry for 18-20 hours on average a day.
BROILER FINISHER MASH
This is a complete feed for broilers from the end of 3rd week to time of slaughter at 6 weeks. It is nutritionally balanced for strong healthy growth and meat yield. Each broiler bird consumes 2.8-3.0kg of Viking Feeds Broiler Finisher Mash up to time of slaughter.
BACKYARD CHICKEN MASH
This is also known as KIENYEJI MASH and it is nutritionally balanced to suit the indigenous chicken roaming free in most villages. It is a feed supplemented with the scarcely available feed for free or restricted local chickens.