Pearson Square Practice Worksheet #1

2020-2021

Use the steps in the lecture to help you complete the worksheet below. Please show all work including your drawn pearson square.

Example of feedstuffs and crude protein (CP) levels:

Feed Ingredient

Crude Protein (%)

Corn

8.8

Fishmeal

53.6

Meat & Bone Meal

50.4

Soybean Meal

44.0

Bakery Wastes

9.8

Poultry Feeds

Scratch

8.0

Starter

22.0

Layer

18.0

Finisher

14.0

1. Using corn and soybean meal, blend to formulate an 18% crude protein ration for your laying hens.

1. Using finisher and soybean meal blend to formulate an 18% crude protein ration.

1. You are feeding your 15 broilers a 15lb ration of finisher and bakery waste. If you want a 12% crude protein diet, how many pounds of finisher and bakery waste must you feed each day?

1. Calculate a layer ration fed at 2lbs per day with a total of 20% CP. Your feed ingredients will include scratch and meat & bone meal. How many lbs of each feedstuff will you need to feed each day?

1. You are feeding your broiler chicks a 7lb ration of starter and soybean meal. If you want a 35% crude protein diet, how many pounds of starter and soybean meal must you feed each day?

1. You are feeding your replacement layer hens a 20llb ration of layer and fishmeal. If you want a 40% crude protein diet, how many pounds of layer and fishmeal must you feed each day?