Broiler grower feed: the middle block that sets the contract size
Broiler grower feed covers roughly days 11 to 24 and is normally the second-largest tonnage in the cycle. Because volume is meaningful and specification is stable, this is the stage where pellet quality, durability and delivery reliability decide whether a supply agreement works.
Who buys at this stage
- Farms moving from bagged spot purchases to a contracted monthly volume
- Integrators comparing two mills on pellet durability rather than price alone
- Buyers sizing silo capacity around grower deliveries
Form and packaging
- Pellet diameter and a minimum pellet durability expectation stated in the RFQ
- Bulk delivery for sites with silos; big bags or 50 kg bags where handling is manual
- Tipping or blowing requirements and vehicle access at the farm
Commercial feed types
Pelleted grower
The standard commercial form; pellet diameter and durability are the specification points that matter.
Crumbled grower
Used in the transition days after starter where feeder management requires it.
Mash
Where a mill or farm system has no pelleting capacity; intake behaviour differs and should be planned for.
What the RFQ must specify
- Birds on feed, days on grower and tonnes per cycle
- Pellet diameter, durability expectation and acceptable fines
- Protein, energy and additive requirements from your nutritionist
- Quantity per shipment and committed annual volume
- Delivery point, port and preferred Incoterm
- Delivery schedule and acceptable lead time
- Packaging and pallet or bulk handling constraints
- Certifications and documents required with each shipment
- Currency, price basis and how long the price must hold
What moves the cost
- Raw-material market for maize, wheat and soybean meal
- Pelleting energy and die wear at the mill
- Distance to farm and back-haul availability
- Bulk versus bagged, which can move landed cost materially
- Contract length and whether the price is indexed
Storage and shelf life
- Silo capacity sized around delivery size plus a buffer, not around monthly volume
- Fines build up at the bottom of a silo — plan cleaning between cycles
- Bulk feed is normally used within weeks; avoid holding long in hot, humid climates
Certifications and documents to ask for
- GMP+ B1 / FAMI-QS or an equivalent feed safety scheme
- HACCP plan and the mill's own quality manual
- Certificate of analysis per batch (proximate analysis, moisture)
- Mycotoxin, salmonella and heavy-metal testing regime
- Traceability of raw materials and batch numbering
- Non-GMO, halal or organic certification where your market requires it
- Country-specific feed registration and import documentation
Supplier evaluation checklist
- Installed capacity against your monthly tonnage, not just the annual total
- Evidence of supplying the same stage and pellet form commercially
- Batch consistency record and how out-of-spec batches are handled
- Lead time from order to delivery, and behaviour during raw-material volatility
- Price basis: fixed, indexed to a named raw material, or reviewed periodically
- Delivery capability to your point, Incoterm and vehicle or vessel constraints
- Technical support available on-site and the escalation route when results slip
Size the volume first
Other broilers stages
Questions buyers ask
What should a broiler grower RFQ contain?
Bulk or bagged grower feed?
How is a grower offer normalised?
How the request is handled
You submit the requirement, a person at FeedMatch reviews it, and only then are qualified suppliers approached on your behalf. Offers come back normalised to the same delivered basis so they can actually be compared. No supplier receives your details automatically and no introduction happens without that review.
Submit a feed project requestFeedMatch Group is an independent, supplier-neutral procurement platform. We are not a feed manufacturer, trader, nutritionist, veterinarian or lender, and we do not guarantee prices, supply, FCR or animal performance. Figures on this page are indicative commercial planning ranges, not specifications. Every requirement is reviewed by a person before any supplier is approached, and no supplier receives your details automatically. Last reviewed 16 September 2026.