Poultry Plan Overview

UNIQUE LINE OF POULTRY VITAMIN MINERAL PRODUCTS AND SPECIALIZED FEED ADDITIVES

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Unique line of Poultry Vitamin Mineral Products and Specialized Feed Additives.
Production of modern types of poultry with advanced genetic developments requires feed supplemented with vitamins, minerals and essential amino acids to meet their requirements to improve productivity and health of flocks.

ISF POULTRY supplements are a blend of Vitamins A, D, E, and K, Minerals, B-Vitamins, and essential amino acids to produce feed for broilers, laying hens, and turkeys. Natural herbs and spices are added to help enhance the palatability of feed. Natural probiotics are also added to help improve intestinal health which may help increase body weight gain, improve of feed efficiency, potentially help reduce carcass contamination at the slaughter of broilers and turkeys, and increase eggs laid in hens.

Product	Description
ISF Broiler Specific	ISF Broiler Specific is designed to formulate a complete feed for broilers and roasters from day 1 to the market. Chickens reared both in pens or free range can be fed diets supplemented with ISF Broiler Specific.
ISF Layer Specific	Formulation of feed supplemented with ISF Layer Specific has been carefully designed to meet the nutrient requirements of layer hens during the whole production cycle. Feed either brown or white hens diets formulated with ISF Layer Specific if they are housed in pens or free-range.
ISF Turkey Specific 75	ISF Turkey Specific 75 is a special supplemental premix designed to formulate a complete feed for starting and growing turkeys from day 1 to 8 weeks of age. Feed formulated with ISF Turkey Specific 75 contains all essential nutrients for starting, and growing turkeys, including both those reared in a pen or free-range.
ISF Turkey Specific 50	ISF Turkey Specific 50 is a supplemental premix designed to formulate a balanced feed for optimal growth and feed conversion in developer and finisher turkeys from 8 weeks of age to the market. ISF Turkey Specific 50 complete feed can be fed to turkeys in a pen or free-range.

Recommended Particle Size of Grains (Mash Feed)

When manufacturing feeds for poultry in a MASH FORM the particle size of the processed grain is typically kept coarser than feeds that are pelleted. Below are charts that show examples of the micron (particle) size most poultry nutritionists would suggest.

BROILERS AND ROASTERS

Age (Weeks)	Particle Size (microns)
Day 1 to the market	1,000 – 1,200 with antibiotics
Day 1 to the market	1,500 without antibiotics

LAYERS

Age (Weeks)	Particle Size (microns)
0 – 5	850 – 1,000
6 weeks and older	1,000 – 3,200 microns
Use of oyster shell or grit (coarse limestone)	Oyster shell, or grit (coarse limestone) can be added to the layer complete feed especially if egg shell quality declines. Another way of improving the hens bone strength and egg shell strength is to provide one feeder with oyster shell or grit (coarse limestone) per every 10 feed feeders in the pen.

TURKEYS

Age (Weeks)	Particle Size (microns)
0 – 5	1,000 – 1,200
6 weeks and older	1,200 – 1,500

Offer free choice grit (coarse limestone) with mash diets to turkeys 6 weeks and older to help improve digestibility of feed. Provide 1 feeder with grit per every 10 feed feeders in the pen.

ISF Poultry Supplemental Premixes can also be combined with the ISF Specialty Products to address specific situations. Below are examples of the common use of these combinations.

Product Combination	Description
Turkey Specific 75/50 + ISF Yeastpro	This combination is recommended when birds are in any stress situation such as vaccinations. Yeastpro is an excellent source of Yeast, Organic Zinc, Niacin and Vitamin E.
ISF Layer Specific + ISF Vitapac	Vitapac is a packed with B-vitamins, fat soluble vitamins and trace minerals. Layers would benefit most from Vitapac when their feed intake is reduced.
ISF Broiler Specific + Vit A, D, E Pak	The combination of Vit A, D, E Pak with Broiler Specific could help if fed 3 days before and 4 days after vaccinations, or when birds are undergoing treatments for some illnesses to help reduce the stress associated with these challenges.

SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF POULTRY PRODUCTION

FEED
It is important to select reliable suppliers of raw materials. The production of feed of high quality depends on the quality of raw materials. Some protein sources of vegetable origin can contain one or more anti-nutritional factor. Soybean meal (48% protein) is an excellent source of protein. This ingredient is the most reliable source of vegetable protein for poultry. Full fat soybeans are an excellent source of protein as well as fat. This ingredient must be heat treated (cooked) typically by machines called roasters or extruders to destroy the anti nutritional factors that it contains. Heat treated soybeans can be included in the ration up to 20 % by weight in hens feed and its addition may help increase eggs size. Most nutritionists would not recommend more than 15% for broilers, 10% for grower turkeys and 15% for finisher turkeys.

MANAGEMENT GUIDE FOR POULTRY
Poultry species are highly productive. Birds require special care to prevent the outbreak of illnesses and maintain health. It is very important to provide an adequate environment to reach the goals in production that modern poultry breeds offer in the market place.

BROODING
Temperature control is very critical in the wellbeing of birds. During the first week temperature on the floor brooding must be 33 -35º C. Reduce temperature by 2º C every week until 21 -23 ºC. Adjust brooder temperature 24 hours before the birds arrive to the brooder room, and also provide drinkers with water 24 hours before the birds arrive to the brooder room to acclimate water to room temperature. This is especially important in the winter season. Birds also require a constant range of relative humidity. Ideal relative humidity into the pen is 40 to 60%. If is below 40% birds will be dehydrated and will lose weight. If relative humidity is higher than 60% there will be more wet litter. It is very important to put a ring around the brooder to prevent the little birds from going too far away from the heat, water and feed source. The height of the brooder should be adjusted regularly to provide the proper zone heating for these little birds. If the temperature is too high birds will spread out away of the heat source. If the temperature is too low birds will huddle below the heat source. If there are drafts, birds will crowd to one side of the circle. When the temperature is well adjusted birds are evenly distributed into the ring.
WATER

	Age	Water Requirements
All Chickens & Turkeys	1 to 7 days	2 four litre jug drinkers / 100 birds
Pullets (Young Hens)	2 to 17 weeks of age	1 bell drinker / 100 birds
Layers	After 17 weeks and during production	1 bell drinker / 75 birds
Broilers and Roasters	Day 8 to market	1 bell drinker / 100 birds
Turkeys	Day 8 to 10 weeks of age 10 weeks to market	1 bell drinker / 100 birds 1 bell drinker / 80 birds

FEEDERS
Typically one feeder tray is provided per every 100 birds during the first week. As shown in the chart below the feeder requirements change as birds get older.

	Age (weeks)	# Birds / Feeder
Pullets (Young Hens)	1 to 6 7 to 16	50 40
Layers	17 to over	30
Broilers	2 to market	30
Turkeys	2 to 8 8 to market	30 25

ISF Poultry Supplemental Premixes can fit the need of all sizes of poultry farms, big or small, to meet your goals of making your own feed in the farm from your own grains. ISF specialty products can compliment ISF Poultry Supplemental Premixes to enhance the options available to maximize your returns.