Precautions for Feeding Epidemic Prevention and Rodent Control Density in Orchard Chicken

Raise chickens in orchard

First, choose a good variety:

Chicken breed is the key to raising chickens in the orchard. Raising chickens in the orchard is dominated by grazing and supplemented by house feeding, so local chicken breeds with strong adaptability, strong disease resistance, tolerance to rough feeding and diligent foraging should be selected. At the same time, appropriate varieties should be selected according to market demand, generally small varieties should be selected, such as Guangdong Sanhuang Chicken, Guangxi Ma Yellow Chicken, etc.; if the Spring Festival market is supplied, large varieties such as Xingza 882 should be selected.

Second, adjust the temperature:

After the chicks are out of temperature, they are directly transferred to the orchard for breeding, and the ambient temperature is unstable, so when raising chicks, the temperature should be adjusted to adapt to the orchard environment. The body temperature of newborn chicken is 3 ℃ lower than that of adult chicken, and the ability of cold resistance and heat preservation is poor. Brooding should be carried out in the brooding room, and the temperature should be adjusted reasonably according to season, feeding quantity, rearing room, feeding density, heat preservation mode and so on. It was kept at 33 ℃ in the first week, 31 ℃ in the second week and 28 ℃ in the third week. After the gradual transition to the natural temperature, it was raised for a week and moved to the orchard.

Third, set up a canopy:

According to the size of the flock and the area of the orchard, build some felt sheds to protect the chickens from the rain and rest. The quality of the shed requires shelter from rain, summer, replenishment and rest, which is a necessary facility, which is very important and indispensable to prevent chickens from being hit by rain, hot sun, accident and so on.

Pay attention to the weather:

Pay attention to strong cold air in winter, sudden change of wind and cloud in summer, beware of strong wind and heavy rain, especially in the first week or two of stocking, always pay attention to the weather forecast, always observe the changes of wind and clouds in the sky, and keep in captivity or grazing in time according to the weather. Of course, after three weeks of stocking, the stress resistance is strong, so it can be managed extensively.

Fifth, do a good job in epidemic prevention:

To raise chickens in the orchard, epidemic prevention and disease control is the key. Chicken has a wide range of activities, and it is difficult to prevent diseases. Therefore, strict epidemic prevention should be carried out in strict accordance with the epidemic prevention procedures designed and formulated by the animal husbandry and veterinary department in accordance with the epidemic characteristics of the local epidemic. Strictly control the time and dose of epidemic prevention. In particular, Marek, Newcastle disease, bursa of Fabricius, renal transmission and other infectious diseases are not relaxed. At the same time, to do a good job of regular disinfection, idle disinfection, enter the field disinfection, find sick chickens, isolation breeding, to avoid cross-infection.

6. Control density:

At the first week after coming out of the warm house, about 15OO-2000 feathers were stocked per mu of orchards, and at the second week of age, the density could be reduced appropriately. To limit the range of activities of the flock, you can use wire mesh and other fences for rotational grazing, and put one piece a week. The stocking period of the orchard is about one month, so that chicken manure feeds the orchard grass, earthworms, insects, etc., giving them a period of rest, and when the next batch of chickens arrive, there will be more grass and earthworms for the chickens to feed, and so on and so on, forming an ecological food chain to achieve a bumper harvest of chickens and fruits.

Cluster supplementary feeding

7. Do a good job of supplementary feeding:

The chickens were fed an appropriate amount of compound feed before grazing every morning, and then replenished once after the chicken was recalled in the evening. The supplementary feeding amount should vary according to the season. If there are few weeds and insects in the orchard in autumn and winter, the supplementary feeding amount can be increased appropriately, and the supplementary feeding amount can be reduced in spring and summer.

8. Beware of poisoning:

As chickens are sensitive to pesticides, we should pay attention to the safety of chickens when controlling diseases and insect pests in orchards. The prevention and control of diseases and insect pests should be skillfully arranged and interspersed with idle. First, we should choose low-toxic pesticides; second, divide the orchard into regions and use pesticides and rotational grazing. Third, it should be stocked during the safe period, that is, after the pesticide toxicity, it should be stocked to strictly prevent chicken poisoning.

9. Strictly guard against rodent damage:

There are many rodents and insects in the orchard, so we can breed an appropriate number of cats and kill rodents regularly to eliminate rodent damage, reduce unnecessary losses and save breeding costs.