Feedstuff Discovery - Feather Meal (Hydrolyzed)

Feather Meal (Hydrolyzed)

• By-product from poultry slaughtering industry that is produced by grinding the cleaned, dried, and hydrolyzed feathers.
• Very high in protein, but very low in most other nutrients.
• Palatability can be a problem.
• Primarily used in diets for mature ruminants, and will rarely exceed more than 5% of the diets for monogastrics.

Average Nutrient Content

• Crude Protein = 85%
• Lysine = 1.0%
• Ruminant TDN = 63%
• Monogastric ME = 1050 Kcal/lb

Physical Description - brown color with flecks of white and a granular to powdery texture.