Daily management of chicks

1. Pay attention

During the brooding period, the chicks should be carefully cared for, keep abreast of the situation of the chicks, find out the causes of problems in time, and take countermeasures to improve the survival rate of the chicks.

Frequently check whether the number of feed troughs and drinkers is sufficient, whether the placement is appropriate, and whether the specifications need to be replaced, so as to ensure that the chickens have good conditions to obtain sufficient feed and drinking water.

When feeding and changing water every day, pay attention to the mental state, activity, appetite, feces, etc. of the chicks.

Sick and weak chicks are depressed, eyes closed, necks slumped, feathers are disheveled, wings are drooping, feces near the anus, abnormal breathing, etc., they should be picked out in time after discovery, and fed and treated separately.

Take care to maintain a suitable house temperature. Judging whether the temperature of the chicken house is appropriate by the behavior of the chickens, adjust it at any time.

Pay attention to the breathing sound of chickens at night. If there are abnormal manifestations such as nose fling, coughing, snoring, etc., they may suffer from respiratory diseases and take timely measures.

Pay attention to the color and shape of the chicken feces every morning to judge the health of the chicken. Chicken manure is the end product of chicken digestion, and many diseases have characteristic changes in the color and shape of chicken manure.

By mastering the normal and abnormal state of chicken manure, the breeders can observe the abnormality of the flock in time and take measures as soon as possible to prevent and treat diseases.

Chicken feces have a certain shape in normal times, are relatively dry, and have a thin layer of white urate on the surface.

The meconium excreted by chicks that have just hatched and have not eaten is white and dark green thin liquid. The excrement after eating is columnar or strip-shaped, brown-green, and white urate is attached to the surface of the excrement.

The contents of the cecum can be excreted as a yellow-brown paste, which is normal stool. Excretion of yellow-white, yellow-green mucus and other foul-smelling loose stools may cause enteritis, diarrhea, Newcastle disease, cholera, etc.

Such as the discharge of white paste, lime slurry-like thin feces, suggesting that chickens may suffer from pullorum, bursa, infectious bronchitis and so on.

Row brown red, brown loose stool or bloody stool, may have chicken coccidiosis. Residual feed in the feces, undigested grain particles, etc. can be seen, indicating that the chicken is indigestion.

2. Grouping

During the brooding process, the development and growth of the same group of chicks will be different, and there will be strong chicks, weak chicks or sick chicks.

The chickens will appear to bully the weak by the strong and the small by the big, which will affect the uniformity and growth and development of the chickens. Usually, it is necessary to pay attention to picking out sick and weak chicks at any time, strengthen feeding, and facilitate management.

When raising chicks in cages, place the chicks on 1-2 layers of chicken cages with higher temperature, and gradually group them into lower chicken cages as the age increases.

Care should be taken to keep strong and weak chicks in separate cages, and the selected weak chicks should be placed in the top cage. As the age increases, gradually adjust the size of the grid gap and the position of the feed trough in the chicken cage, so that the chicken can easily eat the feed without burrowing out of the cage.

If the chicks found out of the cage are found, they should be brought back to the cage in time to prevent the cold and damp ground from making the chicks sick.

3. All in and all out

Chickens of the same age are raised in the same house, and unified feeds, unified immunization procedures and management measures are adopted, and groups are transferred at the same time to avoid cross-infection of chickens of different ages in the chicken farm and ensure the safe production of chickens.

4. Ensure that the chick house is quiet and prevent noise

Sudden noise can cause chicks to flock, crush, and die.

5. Record

Chicken health, temperature, humidity, light, ventilation, feed intake, drinking water, manure, medication, vaccination, etc. should be recorded truthfully. If there is any abnormality, find the reason in time.

6. Disinfection

Generally 1 to 2 times a week with chicken disinfection. Can be disinfected by spray. Brooding utensils should also be cleaned and disinfected regularly.