It is fastidious to feed water to chickens

Chickens should be fed water according to the optimum amount of water.

1-6 week old chicks, 20-100 ml/day;7-12 week old young chickens, 100-200 ml/day; non-laying hens, 200-230 ml/day; laying hens, 230-300 ml/day.

■ According to the proportion of feed intake, at normal temperature (20℃), the water intake of chickens should be 2 times the feed intake; at high temperature (above 33℃), the water intake should be 5 times the feed intake.

■ When the egg production rate is 50%, the water requirement of each laying hen is 170 ml per chicken per day; after that, the water consumption will increase by 12 ml for every 10% increase in egg production rate.