The use of chicken cages to raise chickens is a popular chicken raising method in the chicken industry. The chicken cages are raised in a multi-layer cage, and the breeding density is large, which is very popular among farmers. Using chicken cages to raise chickens, what are the precautions for raising chickens that need to be valued by farmers? Only by paying attention to the breeding points in all aspects, scientific and reasonable breeding can bring the chickens to a higher yield. The following authors will tell the majority of farmers about the use of chicken battery cages to raise chickens.
1. Forbidden to mix with ducks and geese. It is unscientific for some farmers to raise the breeding grounds and keep chickens, ducks and geese together. First, polyculture is easy to cause mutual spread of diseases. Second, chickens, ducks, and geese are mixed together, which will reduce the feed utilization rate because they have different requirements for feed. If the same feed is used, the feed utilization rate will be reduced. Third, ducks and geese are loud, and chickens like to be quiet. If they are mixed together, the chickens are scared and affect the amount of eggs. Therefore, the three should not be mixed.
2. Chicken houses avoid using red light. Red light will inhibit the growth of chicks and young chickens, delaying their sexual maturity, leading to late production; red light will also inhibit the sexual function of the cock and reduce the fertilization rate of the eggs.
3. The breeder should avoid changing the coat frequently. The breeder insists on wearing a certain color of clothes, which will make the chicken feel intimate. As soon as the breeder enters the chicken house, it can cause the chicken to be refreshed, the appetite is enhanced, and the feed intake is increased. If the color of the breeder’s clothing is frequently changed, the flock will be frightened, turbulent, loss of appetite, and reduced intake. In addition, you should try not to let outsiders enter the house.
4. The egg production peak should avoid vaccination. When the chicken enters the peak of laying eggs, if the chicken is vaccinated or vaccine, it will disrupt the normal physiological laws of the chicken and reduce the laying of eggs. In addition, chickens suffer from stress syndrome due to fear, resulting in decreased appetite and reduced egg production. Therefore, it is better to give the chicken a vaccination needle before or after the start of production.
5. Disinfectant is prohibited during the immunization period. Some chicken farmers use disinfectant medicine to drink water and mix during the immunization, and the result is that the immune failure. Therefore, disinfectants should be discontinued 2 days before and after chicken immunization.
6. Circle the shed wood ash. The main component of the plant ash is potassium carbonate, which is easily mixed with chicken manure to produce a chemical reaction, which produces ammonia gas and directly stimulates the chicken’s respiratory tract, which is unfavorable for the growth of the chicken.