Product Form: Meal

Product Size: Available by the kg

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude protein not less than Crude fat not less than Crude fiber not more than Calcium not more than Phosphorus not more than

45.0% 22.0% 2.0% 1.4% 0.90%

Product Sheet:5S90

When using this product and feeding chicks, use good sanitation practices and good quality water. Use all formula within 6 hours of mixing. Formula that is not being fed during this time period should be refrigerated, then allowed to come to room temperature prior to feeding. Reheating is not advised.

Begin mixing with room temperature or cool water, then use hot water to bring to desired temperature. A suggested mixing ratio is 1 part dry meal : 1.5 parts water by volume, or 1 part dry meal : 4 parts water by weight. This ratio should be modified to fit the nutritional and hydration needs of the birds you are feeding, and to ensure that the product will flow through the syringe you are using. Do not dilute the formula excessively as this will reduce calories fed to the chick and will impair growth and development.

Feed until the crop is full using the appropriate hand-feeding syringe. Do not overfeed. Chicks may consume up to 10% of their body weight per feeding, but daily monitoring of weights is the most accurate way to ensure proper growth and feeding rates for a particular species. Some species, such as house finches, house sparrows, and grackles, will often continue to gape and beg, even when their crops are full. Be careful to feed only until the crop is full; but, not overdistended as this may lead to crop stasis. For more information, see Hand-Rearing Birds by Gage and Duerr 2007 John Wiley and Sons.

As soon as chicks are able, begin introducing species-appropriate whole food items (e.g., insects, seeds).

Product Sheet:5S90

Hydrolyzed soy protein concentrate, dried whole egg, spray dried cooked chicken, menhaden fishmeal, cornstarch, soybean oil, brewers dried yeast, DL-methionine, calcium carbonate, menadione dimethylpyrimidinol bisulfite (vit. K), lecithin, xanthan gum, taurine, choline chloride, pyridoxine hydrochloride, l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (vit. C), dried aspergillus niger fermentation extract, irradiated dried yeast, dried enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, primilac (lactobacillus culture), biotin, mixed tocopherols, dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate, folic acid, glycine, manganese sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, zinc sulfate, nicotinic acid, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, tagetes extract, copper sulfate, beta carotene, vit. A acetate, cholecalciferol (vit. D3), vit. B12 supplement, potassium iodate, sodium selenite.

Product Sheet:5S90