The breeding of chicks is very important. The quality of breeding by the farmers during the chicken period is directly related to the production performance and disease resistance of the chickens in adulthood. Therefore, farmers should pay attention to the management of the chickens. The author will tell you about the management details of using baby chicken cages to raise chicks.
1. Drinking water in time: chicks should first drink water and then start eating. Be sure to eat the chickens after drinking for 1-2 hours. Drinking fountains should be cleaned and disinfected regularly. Add appropriate amount of sugar and vitamin C to the drinking water of the chick; it can significantly increase the survival rate; in addition, the addition of antibiotics in water can prevent the occurrence of diseases such as ferrets.
2. Open and supplement feeding: chicks should be eaten at 24-36h after birth. When the food is opened, the light intensity should be increased so that the chicks can easily find the feed. In order to prevent the occurrence of chicken white peony, 0.20% oxytetracycline can be added to the feed. The feed should be fed less and filled for 1-2 weeks. 5-6 times, 4-5 times a day for 3-4 weeks, 3-4 times a day after 5 weeks. The chicks need fresh food, moderate grain size, easy to forage, nutritious and digestible, and commonly used broken corn chips, millet, broken rice and so on. After 1-3d, it was changed to match the diet.
3. The first debeaking should be performed at the age of 6 to 9 days, and the accurate and correct debeaking should be ensured when debeaking.
4. The debeaked chickens were staked at the same time, which were too large and too small to be separately fed, which was beneficial to the control of evenness in the future.
5. The second break is completed at 10 to 12 weeks of age. The purpose is to individually trim the defects that were unsuccessful or re-grown for the first time. Poorly broken, affecting the feeding of chicks, and some even can not eat, which also affects the normal growth of chicks.
6. Create environmental conditions suitable for chick growth. Keep the temperature of the house at 18~24°C and humidity between 50% and 55%, to prevent high temperature, high humidity, low temperature and high humidity.
7. Provide scientific and reasonable nutrition level, suitable feeding density, pay attention to ventilation, and create a good growth and development environment for chickens.
8. Do a good job in disease prevention. At the same time, according to the requirements of the chicken feeding management procedures and the actual situation of the field, a reasonable immunization program is established and vaccination is carried out to ensure that the vaccination effect is reliable.
9. Disinfect the chicken once a week, and set the disinfection tank at the door of the chicken farm and chicken house.
The above is the key points of raising chicks, hoping to attract the attention of farmers, and better use poultry farming equipment to raise chickens.