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Here is a lower linoleic acid commercial feed amendment recipe if you are eating le eggs and also have a few extra roosters you might need to consume.

(Protein)[Fat]

1700g Gamebird Finisher (.22)[.03]
40g Flax Seeds (.155)[.422]
5g Hemp Seeds (.30)[.50]
15g Dehydrated Pilchards (.709)[.043]
15g Dehydrated Grass-Fed Beef Liver (.621)[.179]
15g Paprika (.141)[.129]
10g Dehydrated Bull Kelp/Durvillaea potatorum (.1)[0]
18g Grass-Fed Butter (.006)[.814]

Protein = 22.25%
Fat = 4.97%

I try to keep the fat in the higher range (closer to 5% for Japanese quail) as the slower gastrointestinal transit time due to the higher fat percentage seems to give them more opportunity to absorb nutrients.

Moreover, my crew smash a lot of greens which lowers the overall percentage of fat and protein in their diet, so I feel that sitting a little higher on both (16–24% being a typical protein range, 3–5% being a typical fat range) is nutritional insurance.

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Welcome back to the #eggprogramming note series.

This note is for those who want to add some ingredients to their commercial poultry feed to improve the health of their birds and the quality of their eggs.

In this instance I am feeding adult Japanese quail gamebird finisher which is 22% protein and 3% fat, but my additions change those percentages.

Here is the recipe:

N.B., (Protein) [Fat]

1700g Gamebird Finisher (.22)[.03]
55g Flax Seeds (.155)[.422]
25g Hemp Seeds (.30)[.50]
15g Dehydrated Pilchards (.709)[.043]
15g Dehydrated Grass-Fed Beef Liver (.621)[.179]
15g Paprika (.141)[.129]
10g Dehydrated Bull Kelp/Durvillaea potatorum (.1)[0]

Total Protein = 22.6%.
Total Fat = 5.01%.

I have gone into depth about a lot of these ingredients, but the TLDR is:

Flax Seeds: Improve bird health, disease resilience, and fatty acid profile of eggs so they are more anti-inflammatory.
Hemp Seeds: Further increase gastrointestinal enzymatic activity alongside flax seeds.
Pilchards: Improve overall bird health and increase EPA and DHA in yolks (anti-inflammatory). (Gamebird feed might often have fish it it already, but the fats have probably been removed to make fish oil supplements.)
Liver: Micronutrient supplement, especially copper, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9, vitamin B12, and choline.
Paprika: Micronutrient supplement, especially iron, copper, manganese, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin E, and vitamin K, as well as a pigment additive for darker/oranger yolks.
Bull Kelp: Micronutrient supplement, especially for iodide.

I suspect most poultry would respond well to these additions to their diets, although I only have experience with Japanese quail.

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