Broiler Prestarters

This is certainly not a new theme, but it keeps coming up in discussions about practical feed management at the farm level. With ‘prestarters’ I mean the special feed often provided to broilers in the first couple days post-hatching. There are two types of prestarters. One comes in the form of paste. This is usually supplied in a limited amount in the boxes during transportation from the hatchery to the broiler house. It aims mainly to keep birds hydrated, but it also offers a good