I'm looking for the best pellethardness and pelletsize for the best productive broiler chickens. I allready found a lot information about what feed should be the best for broilers but it is really hard to find information about what kind of pellet size and pellethardness broilers prefer.
C.A. (Kees) Kan
Young broilers will need around 3 mm pelletsize (see eg attachment). Very soft pellets will desintegrate more rapidly and broilers will generally consume less of a meal than of a pellet diet
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Johan van Meerveld
Thank you Kees, But I am really looking voor the WHY answer. Why do broilers prefer a 3mm pellet?
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C.A. (Kees) Kan
The limiting factor will be the size of their beak and the first part of the gastro-intestinal tract,
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