How to feed chickens scientifically to improve feed intake

With the high temperature in summer, the feed intake of chickens is reduced, the nutrition is insufficient, and the egg production of chickens is also reduced correspondingly. How to feed chickens scientifically and increase their feed intake?

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First, do not mix the feed with water into gruel to feed the chicken. Dilute material is easy to dilute digestive juice, reduce the activity of various digestive enzymes, resulting in incomplete feed digestion, poor nutrition absorption, and even indigestion, which greatly reduces the feed utilization rate. If the number of times of feeding is not increased, the nutritional needs of chickens will not be met and weight gain will also be affected. Chicken feeding thinner is also easy to deposit fat, subcutaneous fat is too thick to cater to consumer preferences.

Second, try to use free drinking fountains, or plastic covered drinking fountains, such as the use of plastic covered drinking fountains, it is best to hang up, it is appropriate for chickens to drink water, to ensure that chickens have sufficient and clean drinking water. Do not use plastic pots to hold water, because the wide mouth design, dust, pathogens are very easy to pollute the water source.

Third, when the weather is hot, it can be fed when it is cool in the morning and evening, which can increase the feed intake of chickens. Wet material can be used at noon, and the ratio of feed to water is 0.5-2. The ratio of feed to water can be adjusted to a better degree that it can be pinched into a ball by hand and can be dispersed. Generally, dry feed in the morning and wet feed at noon can stimulate the chicken to eat more. The combination of dry and wet can make the chicken eat fully, secrete more digestive fluid, and digest and absorb the feed well.

Fourth, when encountering high temperature, glucose and vitamin C can be added to drinking water, which can not only increase the energy lost due to insufficient intake, but also enhance the physique and anti-stress ability of chickens, and play an auxiliary role in the treatment of high fever.

Fifth, the chicken trough, water tank, sink should be washed frequently, water frequently changed, so as not to breed bacteria.