Many people are now using automated or semi-automated broiler breeding equipment to raise chickens. But do you know the precautions when using broiler battery cages to raise chickens?
① Enter the door and change shoes for disinfection, pay attention to check whether the disinfection drugs in the disinfection tank are effective, and whether they should be replaced or added.
② Observe the movement of the chickens, check the thermometer in the house, and check whether the temperature is appropriate.
③ Observe the health status of the chickens, whether there are chicks with low spirits, slack necks and drooping wings. Are there any chicks with legs that can’t stand up? Are there chicks with big necks?
④ Carefully observe whether the stool is normal, whether there is diarrhea, green stool or bloody stool. Generally speaking, young chicks that have just come out of their shells and have not been fed have white and dark green thin liquid. The feces discharged after feeding are in the form of cylinders and strips, and the color is brownish green. The surface of the feces has white urate sedimentation. Diarrhea may be caused by enteritis, green feces may be eating spoiled feed, or poisoned by copper sulfate, zinc sulfate, or suffering from Newcastle disease, cholera, typhoid and other diseases. The stools are brownish red, brown, or even bloody stools, and coccidiosis may have occurred. Yellow, watery stools may be some infectious diseases, such as bursal disease and Marek’s disease. When abnormal phenomena are found, the reasons should be analyzed in time and corresponding measures should be taken.
⑤ Check whether there is water in the drinking fountain or sink, and whether the drinking water is clean and sanitary.
⑥Check whether the litter is dry, whether it needs to be added or replaced, and whether the litter is wet or clumpy.
⑦ Whether the air in the house is fresh, whether there is a pungent odor, and whether it is necessary to open the window to ventilate.
⑧ Whether the height of the food trough is appropriate, whether each chicken trough occupies enough space, and whether the feed waste is serious.
⑨Whether the density of the flock is appropriate, whether to adjust the flock or not.
⑩ Whether there are chickens running in cages, and find out the reasons for running chickens, catch them in time, and repair the cage door or loopholes.
⑪Check whether the cage door is suitable and whether there is a jam neck phenomenon, and replace the cage door in time.
⑫Separate young cocks in time for elimination or fattening.
⑬ Check whether the light time and intensity are appropriate.
⑭ Check for the occurrence of pecking.
In addition to the above phenomena, there are many precautions that need to be carefully observed by farmers in their daily management. Although the use of broiler cages to raise chickens has saved farmers a lot of things. However, farmers should still pay attention to the selection of high-quality poultry farming equipment suppliers when purchasing chicken battery cages. Avoid rusting of chicken cages.