Optimal insect-based feed for layer chicken production: Are farmers making profits by substituting plant-based proteins?

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Dataset comprises on growth (daily weight gain), feed intake (daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio), laying (egg production i.e number of eggs and laying percentage) and economic performance (cost of feed formulation, cost benefit analysis and marginal analysis) of Isa brown chicks, growers and layers (n= 210) fed diets integrated with various inclusion levels of full- fat black soldier fly larvae meals in Kenya. The data was collected between April 2020 and July 2021.

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