Mchere ndi wofunikira pakukula ndi kukula kwa nkhuku. Zikasowa, nkhuku zimafooka komanso kudwala matenda mosavuta, makamaka ngati nkhuku zoikira sizingasowe kashiamu, zimakhala zosavuta kudwala ma rickets ndipo zimaikira mazira a zipolopolo zofewa. Pakati pa mchere, calcium, phosphorous, sodium ndi zinthu zina zimakhudza kwambiri, kotero muyenera kulabadira zowonjezera mchere chakudya. Common mineralNkhukuchakudyandi:


(1) Chakudya cha chipolopolo: chimakhala ndi calcium yochulukirapo ndipo chimatengedwa mosavuta ndikugwiritsidwa ntchito ndi nkhuku, zomwe nthawi zambiri zimakhala 2% mpaka 4% yazakudya.
(2) Chakudya cha mafupa: Chimakhala ndi phosphorous yambiri, ndipo kuchuluka kwa chakudya kumatengera 1% mpaka 3% yazakudya.
(3) Ufa wa chipolopolo: wofanana ndi ufa wa chipolopolo, koma uyenera kutsekedwa musanadye.
(4) ufa wa laimu: makamaka uli ndi calcium, ndipo kuchuluka kwa chakudya ndi 2% -4% ya zakudya
(5) Ufa wamakala: Ukhoza kuyamwa zinthu zina zoipa ndi mpweya m’matumbo a nkhuku.
Nkhuku wamba zikamatsekula m'mimba, onjezerani 2% ya chakudya ku njere, ndipo siyani kudyetsa zitabwerera mwakale.
(6) Mchenga: makamaka kuthandiza nkhuku kugaya chakudya. Zochepa zimayenera kugawidwa mu chakudya, kapena kuwaza pansi kuti adzidyetse.
(7) Phulusa ladzala: Limakhudza kukula kwa mafupa a anapiye, koma silingadyedwe ndi phulusa la zomera zatsopano. Itha kudyetsedwa pokhapokha mutakumana ndi mpweya kwa mwezi umodzi. Mlingo ndi 4% mpaka 8%.
(8) Mchere: Ukhoza kuwonjezera chilakolako cha chakudya ndipo umapindulitsa pa thanzi la nkhuku. Komabe, kuchuluka kwa kudyetsa kuyenera kukhala koyenera, ndipo kuchuluka kwake ndi 0,3% mpaka 0,5% yazakudya, apo ayi kuchuluka kwake ndi kwakukulu komanso kosavuta kupha poizoni.