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Poultry Range

The Layer Range

Barastoc Pullet Starter
Barastoc Pullet Grower
Barastoc Pullet Finisher
Barastoc Golden Yolk
Barastoc Darling Down
Barastoc Top Layer Mash
Barastoc Poultry Grain Mix
Barastoc Layer Mash
Barastoc Top Layer Crumble
Layer Feed Range Timeline

The Meat Game and Ornamental Poultry Range

Turkey
Meat Chicken
Duck and Goose
Quail, Pheasant and Guinea Fowl

Barastoc Turkey Pre-starter
Barastoc Turkey and Meat Chicken Starter
Barastoc Turkey and Meat Chicken Grower
Barastoc Poultry Finisher
Barastoc Poultry Breeder
Barastoc Game Bird Starter
Barastoc Game Bird Grower
Barastoc Game Bird Finisher
Barastoc Game Bird Breeder

The Layer Range

The keeping of poultry dates back over 5,000 years. Since then the crooning and warbling of chooks pottering about the place has been a pleasurable feature of life for millions of people throughout the world.

Today, keeping hens in the backyard can be a very rewarding experience.

There are the deliciously nutritious eggs that are laid fresh each day, which can also help with the family grocery budget.

There is the pleasure of keeping and breeding poultry and the rewards that come from showing and selling them.

There is the charming and lovely companionship that comes from keeping poultry as family pets and the important education they give to children. And keeping hens also supply a terrific fertiliser for the garden.

At Barastoc, we’ve been supplying proven and trusted quality feeds to the poultry market for over 30 years. We continue to cater for the changing needs of poultry enthusiasts, developing feeds that are ideally suited to them.

As the country’s leading supplier of poultry feed, we know how important the correct rearing and keeping of poultry is for their welfare, their health and the production of fresh eggs.

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The Meat Game and Ornamental Poultry Range

Barastoc Quality Poultry Feeds – A Proud History

Barastoc boasts a proud history of supplying a wide variety of nutritionally balanced, quality poultry feeds. Our customers range from the smallest home flock to the largest poultry producers both in Australia and the South Pacific.

As a business, Barastoc has grown up with an Australian poultry industry that now boasts production systems among the world’s best. Meanwhile, Barastoc is a household brand for home flock owners and bird fanciers – poultry’s contribution to the great Aussie backyard dream.

Barastoc has developed these feeding programmes for Meat, Game and Ornamental Poultry with health, performance and practicality in mind. Attention to detail has been applied to every aspect of ingredient selection, nutritional balance and feed presentation. In fact, we’ve taken care of the details to make using this innovative range simple for you.

Technical Excellence
To design diets and feeding programmes fit for purpose, Barastoc’s team of nutritionists stay in constant contact with industry researchers, both locally and internationally. Innovation is key to our success.
Co-ordination between our technical, purchasing and manufacturing staff is essential to delivery of rations that perform consistently and as intended.

Quality Assurance
A quality endorsed company (ISO9002, Standards Australia) products are manufactured according to strict specifications prescribed by qualified Animal Nutritionists. Protein content and a range of other quality indicators are regularly determined using accredited analytical laboratories.

Should you have any queries concerning the quality of any of our products, please forward a sample plus the appropriate invoice or label details (for batch identification) to one of our offices or Territory Managers.

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Turkey

Barastoc’s turkey feeding programme is designed to deliver health and performance with maximum simplicity. The programme is suited to a wide range of turkeys including traditional pure-breeds and commercial hybrids such as the Nicholas.

Particular attention has applied to selection of appropriate feed size at all stages.

For best results, it is important to offer your flock the complete Barastoc turkey feeding programme. Turkeys require a high plane of nutrition, particularly during the first four weeks to get them off to a great start. To help prevent coccidiosis (a parasite) we have selected the premium anti-coccidial product, Avatec for standard inclusion in diets offered up to around eight weeks post hatch.

Whilst the requirement for protein and amino acids declines during the grower stage, energy requirement remains high.

Finisher and Breeder diets are designed to finish large turkeys, prepare breeders and support breeding by providing dietary balance without oversupplying nutrients.

The diets are complete, however, your flock can be given access to pasture provided this does not replace intake of Barastoc feed to the detriment of dietary balance. Ensure continuous access to feed and sufficient feeding space for all turkeys to eat at the same time. The only case for limiting the allocation of feed is for very heavy breeds at maturity.

Clean water must be available to all birds at all times.

When feeding advanced genotypes such as the Nicholas it is important to be guided by body weight targets rather than age. Do not skip diets in the feeding programme. However, it is appropriate to advance to the next diet in the programme if body weight-for-age exceeds the standard weight guidelines provided by your hatchery.

Please see your poultry supplier for information on turkey management.

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Meat chickens

Meat chickens are sometimes referred to as ‘broilers’.

Barastoc’s feeding programme for meat chickens is designed to deliver health and performance with maximum simplicity. Particular attention has been taken in selecting appropriate feed size at all stages.

This programme is suited to a wide range of traditional pure-breeds including meat and multi-purpose breeds as well as commercial hybrid broilers: Cobb, Ross and Arbor Acre.

For best results, it is important to offer your flock the complete Barastoc meat chicken feeding programme. A high plane of nutrition is required to support growth and breast meat deposition. To help prevent coccidiosis (a parasite) we have selected the premium anti-coccidial product, Avatec for standard inclusion in diets offered up to around four weeks post hatch.

During the grower stage, the requirement for protein and amino acids declines. Depending on genetic potential and conditions, the flock may reach target body weight early in the Finisher stage. However, some breeds and individuals may require several more weeks of feeding. Finisher and Breeder diets are suitable for preparation of breeders and to support breeding by providing dietary balance without oversupplying nutrients.

The diets are complete, however, your flock can be given access to pasture provided this does not replace intake of Barastoc feed to the detriment of dietary balance. Whole of life, ensure continuous access to feed, and sufficient feeding space for all chickens in the flock to eat at the same time.

Clean water must be available to all birds at all times.

When feeding advanced genotypes such as the Cobb, Ross and Arbor Acre it is important to be guided by body weight targets rather than age. Do not skip diets in the feeding programme. However, it is appropriate to advance to the next diet in the programme if body weight-for-age exceeds the standard weight guidelines provided by your hatchery.

Please see the Barastoc Chook Book for useful information about management of laying chickens. Meat chickens do, however, have special management requirements. Please see your hatchery for more information.

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Duck and Goose

At last – a simple solution to feeding waterfowl!

Many species, sub-species, breeds and strains of birds populate this category. Despite their differences, they have many shared needs that set them apart from chickens and other species of birds. For example, in comparison to chickens:

Water fowl do not deposit breast meat to the same extent.
Their water intake relative to feed intake is much greater.
Some characteristics of their digestive processes differ.
Feed texture is especially important because waterfowl have bills not beaks.
Anti-coccidials are not registered for in-feed application in ducks.

Barastoc expertise and technology combines to produce a feeding programme with these special needs in minds.

Depending on genetic potential and conditions, the flock may reach target body weight early in the Finisher phase. However, some breeds and individuals may require several more weeks of feeding. Finisher and Breeder diets are suitable for preparation of breeders and to support breeding by
providing dietary balance without oversupplying nutrients.

For advice on management of your flock, please see your hatchery.

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Quail, Pheasant, Peafowl and Guinea Fowl

Many species, sub-species, breeds and strains of birds populate this category.

Whilst the Barastoc diets prepared for these species are the same, the feeding programmes are designed to cater for their differing developmental stages.

Depending on genetic potential and conditions, the flock may reach target body weight early in the Finisher stage.

However, some breeds and individuals may require several more weeks of feeding. Finisher and Breeder diets are suitable for preparation of breeders and to support breeding by providing dietary balance without oversupplying nutrients.

Anti-coccidial medications are not registered for in-feed application in these species.

For advice on management of your flock, please see your hatchery.

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