Causes of low feed intake of chicks and its solutions

Chicks are physically weak after birth, and there are often a lot of problems. Recently, many farmers are responding to the problem of low feed intake of chicks. If the feed intake of chicks is too low, they will not get sufficient nutrition to promote their growth, which will affect their growth in the future. It will also lead to its low resistance and susceptibility to disease. So what is the reason for the low feed intake of chicks? How to solve the problem? Let's take a look at the pro-farm network.

1. Brooding temperature

Chicks are sensitive to temperature. if the temperature and humidity are not properly regulated in the early stage of brooding, the chicks are in a muggy environment with high temperature and humidity, resulting in weak body, inhibition of nervous system, decrease of feed intake and death in severe cases. In addition, in a high-temperature environment, feathers are not plump, dry, glossy, uneven distribution, and toes shriveled, slow growth and development, so the temperature of brooding must be well controlled, not too high, not too low.

2. Causes of water quality

The physique of the chicken is weak, and its resistance to diseases and parasites is low, and drinking water is the main way to attack the disease. Generally, the drinking water of the chicken has to go through waterline cleaning, but the conventional cleaning method can not completely remove the waterline biofilm in the drinking water, so it is easy to breed bacteria in drinking water, resulting in diarrhea and diarrhea in the chicks, and the food intake will continue to decrease. Therefore, the water quality must be cleaned up to ensure that there is no breeding of bacteria.

3. Improper feeding

In order to save time and effort, many farmers fill the trough at one time and can eat for several days at a time, so that the feed will agglomerate in a high-temperature and humid environment, and then slowly ferment and deteriorate, eventually leading to mildew. After eating, the chicks will cause inflammation of the gastrointestinal system, resulting in a gradual decline in food intake. Be patient in feeding, do not be lazy for a while, and put in more feed, be sure to feed regularly and quantitatively, ensure the freshness of the feed, and regularly clean drinking water, troughs and other feeding tools.

4. Lighting reasons

The nature of chickens is to grow in dim light, and chicks are no exception. Uneven light distribution, weak or strong light intensity in the chicken house will cause uneven distribution of chickens and lead to low feed intake of chicks. The light distribution of chicks must be uniform, not too strong and too weak, to maintain the necessary conditions for the growth of chicks, in order to make their rapid growth and increase economic income.

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