HOME GROWN Chicken Nutrition
Aug 17, 2018
4 minutes
By Jody Padgham, Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service
As a poultry nutrition specialist, Jeff Mattocks talks to a lot of farmers about how to best meet the nutritional needs of their birds. “When I talk to people, I first have to determine if they are raising birds for personal use, or if they are trying to make money; if they are raising Cornish Cross, or some other species.” Their answers, Jeff says, dictate the advice he gives.
Poultry will eat many different things, and live. But, to grow efficiently and be cost-effective for egg or meat production, specific nutritional needs must be met. Cornish
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