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Barastoc Golden Yolk Layer Pellets - 10
Barastoc Golden Yolk Layer Pellets are a premium, nutritionally balanced poultry feed specially formulated for laying hens to support consistent egg production, strong eggshells and rich, golden egg yolks.
Designed to provide the essential nutrients required by productive laying hens, Barastoc Golden Yolk Layer Pellets combine quality grains, protein, vitamins and minerals to help maintain healthy birds and excellent egg quality.
The convenient pellet formulation encourages consistent nutrient intake while reducing selective feeding and unnecessary wastage.
Ideal for backyard chicken keepers, hobby farms and small poultry flocks, Barastoc Golden Yolk Layer Pellets provide an easy and reliable way to keep your hens healthy, productive and laying quality eggs.
Key Benefits
- Rich golden egg yolks: Contains ingredients designed to promote attractive, golden yolk colour.
- Supports consistent egg production: Provides balanced nutrition for laying hens.
- Strong eggshell development: Contains calcium and essential minerals to support eggshell quality.
- High-quality protein: Supports egg formation, muscle maintenance and general health.
- Essential vitamins and minerals: Helps maintain overall poultry health and wellbeing.
- Convenient pellet form: Reduces selective feeding and helps minimise feed wastage.
- Suitable for backyard and farm flocks: Ideal for laying hens in a variety of poultry management systems.
- Complete daily nutrition: Formulated to meet the nutritional requirements of laying hens when fed as directed.
Nutritional Analysis
Barastoc Golden Yolk Layer Pellets provide the following typical nutritional levels, as fed.
| Nutrient |
Level |
|---|---|
| Crude Protein |
Minimum 15.0% |
| Crude Fat |
Minimum 2.5% |
| Crude Fibre |
Maximum 10.0% |
| Calcium |
Minimum 4.0% |
| Available Phosphorus |
Minimum 0.4% |
| Added Salt |
Maximum 0.3% |
| Added Copper |
Minimum 6.5 mg/kg |
| Added Selenium |
Minimum 0.1 mg/kg |
| Vitamin D3 |
Minimum 2,000 IU/kg |
| Vitamin E |
Minimum 10 mg/kg |
Ingredients
Ingredients are selected from cereal grains and their by-products, legumes and their by-products, vegetable protein meals, fats and oils, calcium carbonate, mono-dicalcium phosphate, vitamin and mineral premix, essential amino acids, enzymes and PoultryStar® probiotics.
PoultryStar® is a poultry-specific probiotic and prebiotic blend formulated to help maintain healthy gut flora and digestive function.
Feeding Directions & Daily Feeding Rate
Recommended daily intake: 120–130 grams per adult laying hen.
| Number of hens |
Approximate daily feed |
|---|---|
| 2 hens |
240–260 g |
| 5 hens |
600–650 g |
| 10 hens |
1.2–1.3 kg |
| 20 hens |
2.4–2.6 kg |
| 50 hens |
6–6.5 kg |
Feeding instructions:
- Provide unrestricted access to Barastoc Golden Yolk Layer Pellets.
- Introduce from point of lay, generally around 18–20 weeks, depending on breed and maturity.
- Ensure fresh, clean drinking water is always available.
- Use a suitable poultry feeder to minimise feed wastage.
- Keep kitchen scraps, pasture and other supplementary foods to small amounts so the pellets remain the majority of the diet.
- Store feed in a cool, dry location away from moisture, rodents and pests.
Suitable For
Barastoc Golden Yolk Layer Pellets are suitable for backyard laying hens, free-range laying flocks, hobby farms and small-scale egg producers.
They are formulated for laying birds from point of lay onwards, rather than young growing chicks.
Why Choose Barastoc Golden Yolk?
With a balanced combination of protein, calcium, essential vitamins, minerals and digestive support ingredients, Barastoc Golden Yolk is designed to help hens maintain good condition while producing quality eggs.
