The nutritive value of triticale and rye in broiler diets containing field beans (Vicia faba L.)

Abstract

1. Diets containing wheat and maize (control), 300 g or 500 g triticale per kg or 300 g rye per kg were fed to broiler chickens for 56 d.

2. Live‐weight at 56 d of age was not different on a diet containing 300 g triticale per kg to that on the control diet but was significantly reduced by diets containing 500 g triticale or 300 g rye per kg.

3. Food conversion efficiency was best with 300 g triticale per kg of diet.