It is available to them in a small amount and in a size that is suitable for the size of the chickens. A sudden increase in the amount of stones in the pen or in the ration may cause gastric stasis or gastric engorgement. It is important to understand that chickens can only digest a small amount of good quality fiber. The normal flora of an adult ostrich has not yet emerged in chickens and their digestive system is not very advanced.
Their diet should be prepared from good quality and highly digestible food.
Concentrated feed in the form of pellets, which provides a high-quality and balanced diet, has been successfully used in ostrich farms around the world for years. For reasons that are not yet known, if alfalfa is used as part of the diet or if chickens have access to alfalfa fields during the day, they will grow better in the first month of life, their mortality will be lower and their digestive system problems will be less. Was. Chopping hay longer than 0.5 cm or letting chickens cut hay stalks can create clumping. Another common disorder of the gastrointestinal tract is the decrease or increase in gastrointestinal tract motility, which occurs after eating too much sand, dirt, or other heavy litter material. Attempting to use sand or soft black gravel as bedding is associated with diarrhea or intestinal stasis and high mortality. Intestinal complications occur up to 50%. This disorder occurs in the form of herd conflict, when there are drastic changes in the ration from concentrate to beet leaves or preparing a ration based on stubble (a product that has high gross fiber). Therefore, the control of the ostrich diet is an important issue, or it should be followed continuously and seriously to give us maximum efficiency.
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