EcoTech Zeolite Is Of Great Help in the Poultry Industry in the Following Ways:
- Increased Number of Gradable Eggs
- Reduces Foot Pad Burns From Phosphorus
- Lowers Mortality
- Increases Food Efficiency Values / Lower Feed Conversion Rates
- Increased Shell Thickness
- Lesser or No Antibiotics
- Increased Pellet Durability for Feeds
- Flow Agent / Anti-caking Agent
- Healthier Birds
- Reduces Diarrhea
- Mycotoxin Binder
- The effectiveness of zeolites as mycotoxin binders is widely recognized throughout the world, but its use in the United States is not accepted by the USDA.
- Increases Solubility of Phosphate in Birds
- The zeolite exchanges the calcium from dicalcium phosphate and makes the phosphate more soluble and better utilized by the bird for bones. The dicalcium phosphate in the feed may be reduced by 50% after testing.
- Increased Nitrogen Content of Manure and Compost
- ECOTECH increases and fixes the nitrogen in the manure and compost so that it is plant accessible but not water-soluble. It stops the gassing of the nitrogen as ammonia. Good chicken compost should sell for $75.00 to $90.00 per ton. Many of the areas that have been repeatedly fertilized with chicken manure now have phosphate problems. This is a result of not enough nitrogen to balance the plant uptake of the phosphorous. The problem can be solved by increasing the nitrogen, by the addition of phytase to the feed, and by feeding ECOTECH to solubilize the phosphate in the bird.
- Ecotech Adds Value to Manure and Compost
- The introduction of ECOTECH with the manure or compost to the soil has the benefit of increasing water retention, holding the nitrogen and other nutrients in the growth zone, provides a medium for the future capture of nitrogen, increases the ion exchange capacity of the soil, provides potassium and calcium, and enhances infiltration and aeration of the soil. ECOTECH is a value added soil amendment that should be advertised as such.
- Odor Control
- Reduces the ammonia gas and odor in the coop and manure storage and compost areas.
- Fly Control
- Reduced ammonia gas and increased moisture absorption helps control flies.
- Increased Animal Welfare
- Greater animal health creates better animal welfare, better products, greater production, and less usage of antibiotics and medicines that may have lasting adverse effects to the human population.
- Groundwater Pollution Control
- Fixing the nitrogen and various heavy metals reduces the pollution of the groundwater with nitrates and nitrites.
- Recycle Egg Wash Water
- Egg wash water can be recycled after filtration through a bed of zeolite granules to remove suspended solids and bacteria (e.g. E. Coli, etc.)
Methods for Obtaining These Benefits Include:
Adding to Feed
This is the most effective point of addition. Many farms have eliminated most of their odor and realized greater animal health, welfare, and production by feeding between 1⁄2 to 2% of the total ration on a weight basis of ECOTECH zeolite. A -40 mesh product should be fed in mash or a -100 mesh should be used to pelletize supplements.
Applied to Bedding Area
A thin layer should be applied to the bedding area or to the area that receives the manure each time it is cleaned out
In Compost or Dry Stacked Manure
The compost or dry stacked manure should be “top dressed” with a thin layer of ECOTECH zeolite after it is turned or after the addition of a new layer of manure. Alternatively, a layer of ECOTECH zeolite should be placed in the area of the barn receiving the fresh manure. Composting is an important process that :
- Converts organically bound nitrogen that is not plant accessible to ammonium hydroxide, ammonium nitrate, and ammonia that then are plant accessible.
- Kills the pathogens.
- Reduces or eliminates the odor.
- Dries the manure.
- Reduces the flies.
- Kills weed seeds.
Composting should be conducted “in vessel” to prevent groundwater and air pollution. Wash down operations are no longer environmentally acceptable due to groundwater pollution of nitrates, nitrites, and hydrogen sulfide.
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