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Ration of hens
When you apply the combined, or wet, type of feeding for hens of egg breeds, you use the following rations (see the table) . The day dose of grain and flour feed for hens of meat and egg breeds is increased by 18-20 g and the day dose of animal feed is increased by 3-4 g.
Grain can be substituted by boiled potatoes. However, hens should not be overfed by potatoes as they fatten and reduce their egg-laying qualities. In autumn hens are fed according to the spring ration taking into account receiving not less than 15 eggs from a layer. Cabbage leaves, carrots and beet tops and leafy tops of other root vegetables are used instead of ensilage and hay.
Monthly egg-laying qualities:
| Feed |
in winter |
in spring |
in summer |
| 8 |
15 |
15 |
25 |
15 |
27 |
| barley |
34 |
48 |
36 |
44 |
35 |
56 |
| oats |
34 |
33 |
40 |
46 |
45 |
35 |
| rye (waste) |
13 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
| wheat bran |
12 |
22 |
25 |
20 |
20 |
21 |
| boiled potatoes |
36 |
33 |
15 |
10 |
- |
- |
| leafy tops (carrots) |
10 |
10 |
15 |
16 |
- |
- |
| fresh greens |
- |
- |
5 |
10 |
35 |
35 |
| clover hay |
10 |
10 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
| meat-and-bone meal tankage |
2 |
18 |
14 |
27 |
15 |
31 |
| shell - schalk |
2 |
1,1 |
4.7 |
6.25 |
4.5 |
7 |
| bone tankage |
0.75 |
2.25 |
1.5 |
2.75 |
1.75 |
3.25 |
| kitchen salt |
0.5 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
1 |
1.5 |
| Totals |
153 |
208 |
192 |
222 |
188 |
232 |
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Ration of hens 
