An Evaluation of Dried Distillers Feedstuffs Fed to Chickens Throughout Their Life Cycle

SYNOLD, Carrick, Roberts and Hauge (1943) and Schlamb and Winter (1948) and others have reviewed the literature on the feeding value of dried distillers feedstuffs in poultry rations. They reported that dried distillers solubles and distillers dried grains with solubles were good sources of water soluble vitamins, as well as supplying other nutrients and were of considerable economic importance as feedstuffs for poultry and livestock. Most of the feeding tests with dried distillers feedstuffs for poultry have been made with chick rations and covering only the first six to eight weeks of the growth period. A review of the literature has revealed only a few references in which dried distillers feedstuffs have been used in rations for egg production and hatchability. Sloan (1941) reported as good egg production and hatchability with a mash feed containing ten percent alfalfa leaf meal, 12.5 percent meat scraps and eight percent distillers dried grains . . .