Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

[df909]

Ok, so here's your trivia question for the day...

I have a 50lb bag of chicken food that's 15% protein. I also have a bucket of grubs that are 45% protein. I need to raise the bag of chicken food from 15% to 22% protein using the grubs.

So, how many lbs of 45% protein grubs to I need to add to a 50lb bag of 15% protein chicken food to bring it up to 22% protein???

Ok, get ready, set, GO!

 

[Kohrah]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

if i've done my math correctly here

grubs (a) 45% ========= (x) 7
\ /
(c) 22%
/ \
feed (b) 15%========== 23

y=a-c (y=45-22)
x=c-b (x=22-15)

so you need 23 parts feed and 7 parts grub to get your 22% protein

so you have 50lbs/23parts = 2.17

thus giving you 2.17*7 = 15.19lbs of grubs

providing I did my math right at 620am

 

[Cofe]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

It won't work....Raising chicken feed to that high of a protein content will give them the squirts. Then you end up with scrawny or dead birds... Sometimes math does not apply.

 

[Kohrah]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

true cofe and i'd agree with ya but now he has the math equation and can substitute any % he wants to get a specific blend.

Also what I used is called the dairyman's square which is a variation of the pearson's square.

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

What's that green dot in chicken poop?










It's chicken poop too!

 

[royal0014]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Three words come to mind:

Free-range chickens....




<<)))(((>>

 

[Fireman431]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

We used to raise 3-legged chickens. Not sure how they taste...couldn't catch the stupid things...:facepalm:

 

[62 ROYAL SCOTT]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

There is no way to get the correct amount because we don't have weight of the bucket of grubs. Now just a guess 7%

 

[df909]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

22% protein will work...I've been using it for a long time and have raised at least 1,000 meat birds on it. I wouldn't use 22% for laying hens, but I'm not raising laying hens.

If I can figure out how many lbs of grubs to use & switch feeds, I'd save about $10,000 a year in feed costs.

You can't really free-range the breed I'm raising as they need a lot of protein and a lot of them would be taken by predators. I raise them in chicken tractors which is as close to free-range as you can get while still protecting the birds.

Last, I'm not sure what a bucket of them weighs. I know 1 lb of wet grubs is 255 grubs, but I'm using dry- so I don't know how many dry grubs = 1 lb.

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

There is no way to get the correct amount because we don't have weight of the bucket of grubs. Now just a guess 7%

Correcto on the weight of the grubs ..

But how many lbs can you add to a 50lb bag is the question .. if the 50 lb bag is full.. then you cant Add more ( unless you account for settling of the chicken feed). Then there is the question of how dense the grubs are..and are they alive ( will the grubs eat the chicken feed) ?

I think that the question in simple nature is adding lbs to a lb bag. You cant add lbs in a 50lb bag. If you add one more oz then the bag is comprimised (sp ) .

YD.

 

[45Auto]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

50 lbs @ 15% + X lbs at 45% = (50 + X)lbs @ 22%

50(.15) + X(.45) = (50 + X)(.22)

7.5 + .45X = 11 + .22X

.23X = 3.5

X = 15.22

You need to add 15.22 lbs of 45% protein grubs to the 50lb bag. You'll end up with 65.22 lbs of 45% protein chicken food.

Looks like my math works out the same as Kohrah's.

 

[Cofe]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

50 lbs @ 15% + X lbs at 45% = (50 + X)lbs @ 22%

50(.15) + X(.45) = (50 + X)(.22)

7.5 + .45X = 11 + .22X

.23X = 3.5

X = 15.22

You need to add 15.22 lbs of 45% protein grubs to the 50lb bag. You'll end up with 65.22 lbs of 45% protein chicken food.

Looks like my math works out the same as Kohrah's.

I agree with the math.
Just wondering if the chickens would have selective eating habits with such a feed. They may pick out and eat only the grubs first, and then the grain. Or vise a versa......They may refuse to eat certain parts of the mix after awhile. Some more experimentation is needed.

 

[southkogs]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Are those African or European Chickens?

 

[Brewman61]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Just put the whole mess into a large blender, like a concrete mixer and smoosh everything together so the chickens cant' pick at the mix.

Love the Monty Python reference, southkogs!

 

[jasoutside]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Are those African or European Chickens?

Well...

It's really a simple matter of weight ratios...

(you asked for "smarty pants" in your thread title)

 

[idonthaveaname]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

We used to raise 3-legged chickens. Not sure how they taste...couldn't catch the stupid things...:facepalm:

I caught a three legged chicken once...only once. It bit the carp outta me with its double beak.

 

[idonthaveaname]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Are those African or European Chickens?

Aw come on southkogs... ever body knows they are African chickens. Euro chickens won't eat grubs.

 

[southkogs]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Love the Monty Python reference, southkogs!

Low hanging fruit ... couldn't resist.

 

[southkogs]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Aw come on southkogs... ever body knows they are African chickens. Euro chickens won't eat grubs.

"Escargot," my brother. People eat snails over there ... I would think the chickens are slightly less picky

 

[Yacht Dr.]

Re: Attn all mathermiticians, educated people, & smarty pants:

Oh.. now I get it.. DF909 ..

I was gona sugest anoder opinon but your only 12 now.. erm.. on da list ( of do not respond to user ). Funny your retired too I see..

L8R ( later ).

YD.

PS. good luck in life m8 ( mate )

PSS. Spelling was appropriate ..