Matters needing attention in raising chickens under the forest

With the improvement of living standards, people are more and more pursuing pollution-free food, and raising chickens under the forest is a traditional method of raising chickens in China, which is more popular in recent years. The chicken raised under the forest is more delicate, delicious and the market price is higher. Many people have the idea of going home to raise chickens. But the model of raising chickens under the forest has strict considerations in order to maximize the economy. Let's take a look at it.

1. Heat preservation and light supplement

The mode of raising chickens under the forest does not need a complex chicken house environment, only a simple chicken house condition, but the chicken coop should be surrounded by wind barriers and rest shelves, as well as to ensure that the floor of the chicken house is clean and clean, and at the same time, heat preservation measures should be taken at night. keep the temperature above 10 degrees so as not to affect the growth and development of native chickens. Artificial light replenishment measures should be carried out at night, one is to drive away dangerous animals, and the other is to absorb some insects to become food for chickens, killing two birds with one stone.

2. Pay attention to the use of pesticides

When raising chickens under the forest, because seedlings or fruit trees will be disturbed by diseases and insect pests, and the environment is more complex, it is easy to breed bacteria and microorganisms, and some seedlings or fruit trees grow. At this time, pesticides are generally sprayed for prevention and control, this behavior is actually the destruction of the model of raising chickens under the forest, chickens may accidentally eat pesticide-contaminated plant stems and leaves or insects, causing death. Therefore, when raising chickens under the forest, we should pay attention to the selection of seedlings, choose varieties with strong disease resistance, and pay attention to the dosage and concentration of pesticides.

3. Supplementary feed

The advantage of raising chickens under the forest is that allowing the flocks to find food on their own can reduce the breeding cost, but it still needs feed, because the wild resources can not meet the needs of the flocks, and the flocks grow slowly. According to the richness of forest resources, selective supplementary feeding should be carried out, for example, if there are enough insect resources under the forest, less feed can be replenished at night; on the contrary, if there are few insect resources, more supplementary feeding should be done.

4. Pay attention to dangerous animals

Raising chickens under the forest is often disturbed by rats and snakes, which do great harm to chickens, especially weasels and other animals. Therefore, fences or protective nets should be set up when raising, light sources should be strengthened at night, and dogs can be trained to protect them.

5. Protect the seedlings

The remarkable characteristic of raising chickens under the forest is the seedlings. When raising chickens, the claws and mouths of the chickens will cause losses to the seedlings, and they also have a certain flying ability. Especially in the stage of lack of feed, the chickens will eat the branches and leaves of the seedlings clean, thus destroying the breeding environment, so the protection of trees is essential.

The above are the matters needing attention in raising chickens under the forest. I hope I can help you. If you want to know more about raising chickens, please follow us.