How to raise and select healthy chicks after breaking their shells

Chick

When raising chicks, we should choose strong chicks, mainly through seeing, touching, listening, and the so-called "seeing", that is, to see whether the shape and size are uniform and meet the breed standards, and whether the feathers are clean and neat and full of luster. To "touch" is to touch whether the body is plump and elastic. "listen" is whether the cry is clear and loud. Strong chicks are generally manifested as: eyes are bright, legs are strong, fluff is neat, lively and active, abdomen contracts well, hands touch soft and flexible, navel has no preparation point, holding it in hand feels full and warm, struggle forcefully. On the contrary, the spirit is dispirited, the villi is dishevelled, the umbilical part has the bleeding trace and so on all belongs to the weak chick.

When the temperature of the chick to the first day should reach 37-38 ℃, the chicken flock should be evenly distributed to the chicken cage, and the heat source should not be concentrated or far away, then it will drop 2 ℃-3 ℃ per week, until it reaches room temperature in summer, and it will be stable at 20 ℃-22 ℃ in winter, and the lowest is no less than 18 ℃. By observing the dynamics of the flock, the temperature is high or low, the temperature is too high, the flock is far away from the heat source, breathe with open mouth, and lie on the ground with two wings. When the temperature is low, the chicken flock appears close to the heat source, and the chicken flock is evenly distributed at the right temperature. The activity is normal and the cry is clear and loud.

The chicks start drinking water immediately after they are shipped back. It is best to drink 5% glucose water first, and at the same time, cooperate with electrolytic multi-micro concentrated drinking water for 5 times for 7 days, so as to alleviate the stress reaction caused by transportation and improve the survival rate of chicks. Install the water to the 1ram 3 of the drinking fountain, keep the drinking water hygienic, change it 3-4 times a day, use cold boiled water if possible, and avoid drinking unboiled water

The chicks begin to feed after drinking water, and newspapers can be spread at the bottom of the cage for 1-2 days, and the full price pellet feed can be sprinkled on the newspaper. With the increase of age, you can remove the newspaper, replace the material trough, feed during the breeding period, a small amount, add frequently, can be added every 2 hours.

The feeding density of chicks should be adjusted according to their age, breed, feeding mode, season and ventilation conditions. The feeding density of chicks at the age of 1-2 weeks was 60 / square meter, 30 / square meter, 40 / square meter and 25 / square meter, 3-4 weeks old. Whether the feeding density is appropriate or not is related to the development of chicks and the full utilization of henhouse density. Slightly denser in winter and spring, thinner in summer, dense in net cultivation, and sparse in flat cultivation on the ground.

The relative humidity of the nursery must be close to 75% within a week, generally 70-75% in the first week and about 65% in the second to seventh week. In order to maintain the normal metabolic activity, yolk absorption, avoid dehydration, promote feather growth and so on. High humidity is easy to induce pneumocystitis, mold, mycoplasma and other infections; low humidity is not conducive to yolk absorption, easy to make the growth of chicks poor.

Light not only has an effect on the sexual maturity of chickens, but also has the effect of sterilization and disinfection. Chicks at the age of 1-3 days can use artificial light up to 23 hours per day, 4-14 days old to 18 hours per day, and then shorten 1-2 hours per week to natural light, lighting 5-15W/ lighting.

The nestling period is a period of high incidence of colibacillosis and respiratory diseases. in addition to doing a good job in daily work, preventive administration should be carried out according to the previous morbidity, and the dosage should be accurate and stirred evenly when adding drugs in drinking water or feed.

In daily work, the mental state, distribution, feeding, drinking water and feces of chickens should be observed, and the temperature, humidity and ventilation in the house should be checked. The weak chickens will be singled out and raised separately, so that they can be restored as soon as possible, and those with no feeding value should be eliminated in time.