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2022.02.22

Nine Key Points of Daily Management of Broiler Breeding

Nine Key Points of Daily Management of Broiler Breeding

Nine Key Points of Daily Management of Broiler Breeding Due to the rapid growth rate of commercial broilers, broiler chickens’ adaptability to the environment and resistance to disease are reduced. At the same time, they are susceptible to many factors such as feed quality, resulting in reduced feed returns and high deadpanning rates for broilers, which ultimately leads to economic loss. Therefore, to raise broilers in Winter and Spring, it is very important to master the following broiler feeding and management links. Daily hygiene management mainly includes disinfection, feed, drinking water, bedding, sports ground cleaning, ventilation, temperature control, and chicken manure cleaning. 1. Disinfection 1.1 Chicken house cleaning and disinfection procedures Clean the chicken manure on the ground of the chicken house→Clean the chicken house→Disinfect with disinfectant king spray→Disinfect the ground and walls with caustic soda + quicky apply lime water after drying→Open the window to ventilate→Disinfect the inside and outside of the disinfection king spray house after drying→vacate pending seedlings → spray once with disinfectant a week before seedlings. 1.2 Sports ground disinfection Sports field cleaning → spray with caustic soda 1.3 Disinfection of utensils (including films, food trays, buckets, buckets, automatic drinking fountains, etc.) The equipment in the chicken house is soaked with a disinfectant solution for 1 day, washed with water and dried, then put into the disinfected chicken house. 1.4 Disinfection and anti-epidemic work after selling chickens After the chickens are sold, the person who touches the chickens must wash their hair and take a bath. After changing the clothes and shoes, put them in disinfectant and soak them before washing. 1.5 Disinfection tank There is a sterilization pond at the door of the chicken coop. Iron appliances cannot be used. According to the regulations, the disinfectant should be replaced once a day to maintain the effective concentration. 1.6 Disinfection with chickens Sterilization of chickens is one of the important measures for the prevention of disease in medium and large chickens. One day before the vaccine and one day (a total of 3 days) can not be disinfected. Take the chickens to be disinfected no less than once a day, and the surrounding environment of the chicken house should be disinfected no less than two times a week. Winter and Spring disinfection times can be carried out when the temperature is highest at noon (the actual situation is flexible). 2. Feed hygiene management 2.1 Feed must be kept fresh The storage time should not be too long, preferably 10-20 days. 2.2 Feed preservation Stacked overhead in a ventilated, dry, cool place, not against the wall. 2.3 Open plate hygiene The food tray should be used within 1-3 days after entering the chicken, and the chicken manure and other debris should be cleaned before each feeding. 2.4 Small bucket hygiene Use the small bucket for 4-21 days, gradually add the bucket on the 3rd day, and gradually remove the food tray. Lift the small bucket on the 6th day. The height of the small bucket edge and the size of the chicken back should be high and level. Clean the sanitation of the bucket before each feeding. 2.5 Large bucket hygiene From 18 days to the harvest period, use large buckets. Gradually add large buckets on the 18th day, and gradually reduce the number of small buckets. Lift the large bucket on the 25th day. The bucket edge height and medium-sized chickens should have a back height that is equal, and the hygiene of the bucket is cleaned before each feeding. 26 Refilling method – refer to this procedure for each refilling. Day 1 chicken feed 23. Middle chicken 1/3: Day 2 chicken feed 12. Medium chicken feed 1/2: Day 3 chicken feed 13. Middle chicken feed 23. Mixed feeding: all the chicken feed on day 4. 2.6 Refueling method Refer to this procedure for each refill. Day 1 chicken feed 2/3, medium chicken feed 1/3; Day 2 chicken feed 1/2, medium chicken feed 1/2; Day 3 chicken feed 1 /3, medium chicken feed 2/3, mixed feeding; on the 4th day all medium chicken feed is used. 2.7 Chick feed management After the chicks are purchased, they must be adapted for 3 to 5 days. They are to be fed 4 times a day and 2 times in the evening. The temperature is controlled and set at 28to 30 degrees. The feeding conditions of the chicks should be carefully observed every day when feeding. Anorexia is the result of chicks that do not like to eat, and other phenomena should be paid attention to. Adjust the feed formula in time, add a small number of digestive drugs to the feed to help the chicks increase their appetite, put a small amount of sugar in the drinking water every day, increase the chick’s physique and let the chicks as soon as possible so that they can adapt to the new environment. 3. Drinking water hygiene management The best water for chicken breeding is tap water or dee

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