Table 1. Formula and composition of the basal diet fed to laying hens

Item Basal diet Amount
Ingredients (%)
 Corn 41.25
 Wheat ground 15.00
 Soybean meal (44% CP) 25.00
 DDGS*  5.00
 Canola meal  2.00
 Animal fat  0.50
 Molasses  0.50
 Granular ark shell  1.00
 Dicalcium phosphate  0.70
 Limestone  8.70
 Sodium chloride  0.20
 Vitamin - mineral premix1  0.15
Calculated chemical composition
 Metabolizable energy (kcal/kg) 2,750
 Crude protein (%) 16.50
 Ether extract (%)  2.90
 Crude ash (%) 13.00
 Calcium (%)  3.90
 Available phosphorous (%)  0.33
 Lysine (%)  0.90
 Methionine (%)  0.45
Contained per kg: vit A, 7,000,000 IU; vit D3, 1,500,000 IU; vit E, 10,000 IU; vit K, 1,000 mg; thiamin, 1,000 mg; riboflavin, 3,000 mg; pyridoxine, 6,000 mg; vitamin B12, 18 mg; biotin, 40 mg; folic acid, 400 mg; Mg, 150 mg; Cu, 8,000 mg; Fe, 40,000 mg; Zn, 60,000 mg; Co, 100 mg; I, 1,000 mg; Co, 100 mg; Se, 250 mg; Mn, 90,000 mg.