When farmers use chicken battery cages in Nigeria for cultivation, the initial investment is large. In particular, large-scale farmers require a lot of automation equipment, but these equipments are necessary and can be used for a very long period of time. The combination is still worth the money. In addition, the feed is a large expenditure, so how should farmers raise the cost of raising the chickens while keeping the chickens healthy? Now the author is talking about ways to reduce costs.
1. Adjust the feed formula: In actual production, the peak of egg production of high-yield chickens can last for more than 4 months, and high-level feed nutrition should be extended to maintain the time. Thereafter, the amount of high-protein feed should be reduced according to the decline in egg production rate to avoid nutrient waste. When the flock is vaccinated, divided, transferred, and broken, the vitamin content and protein level in the feed can be appropriately increased. Feed less when feeding. Each feeding does not exceed 1/3 of the feeding trough. Try to let the chicken feed the feed in the trough and then feed it to prevent the remaining feed from becoming moldy.
2. Avoid waste: feed should be less to the diligent, each feeding does not exceed 1/3 of the feeding trough, try to let the chicken feed the feed in the trough and then feed, to prevent the remaining feed from mold and deterioration. At the same time, pay attention to the storage of feed and raw materials, and avoid rats.
3. Timely and correct debeaking: the experiment shows that debeaking saves about 6% of the feed compared with the chickens with continuous debeaking, and the experienced workers can be arranged to debeaking the layers when they are 7-9 days old.
4. Eliminate bad individuals: pay attention to observe the chickens, and find that sick chickens, weak chickens, low-yield chickens, and stopped chickens should be eliminated in time. These chickens generally account for 3%-5% of the total flock, and each feed lasts for 100 days. Some chicken farmers often cannot decide to eliminate them, and the result is a waste of feed.
Breeders must have certain chicken raising experience in order to eliminate “useless chickens” accurately. The distance between the phalanges of the normal laying hens is more than 3 fingers, and the distance between the phalanges and the sternum is more than 3 fingers. When the peak of laying eggs is over, it is found that the distance of the chicken’s phalanges is less than 1.5 fingers, and the crossbow is less than 2 fingers, too fat or too thin. The hen should be eliminated in time. The abdomen is enlarged, the water in the abdominal cavity or the accumulation of more liquid, and the hens that are inconvenient to walk should be eliminated in time.
The above is the summary of the author’s summary of the method of reducing the cost of breeding in the process of breeding using poultry farming equipment. Thanks to the attention of the farmers, if you have other questions you want to know, you can consult the technical service staff of the poultry farming equipment manufacturers.