How to raise baby chicks with high survival rate? How to raise chicks for newbies?

1. Pick-up and transportation of chicks and quality selection
Transportation of chicks is the first step of chick rearing management. When receiving and transporting, make sure that the chicks are healthy and active, the yolk is well absorbed, the fluff is neat and clean, the umbilical cord is dry and free of hard knots and the umbilical cord is covered by the fluff. The received chicks should be held in the hands of the struggling and powerful, and the sound of the call is loud.

2. Drinking and changing water at the right time
After the chicks are transported to the chicken coop, after a short rest and adaptation in the brooder house, the first thing provided should be drinking water. Water temperature of 18-20 ℃ is appropriate. Generally, 5% brown sugar and 0.1% vitamin C can be added to the drinking water in the first two days, which can reduce the mortality rate of chicks. Each time you drink water with 0.05% potassium peroxide solution, with a finger into the water visible slightly red color.

3. Open food and water immunization
After all the chicks drink water, they can open food. Open food should be placed more food opener to avoid chicks compete for food, feed should be a small amount of hard to add, and timed, chick stage is generally 4-6 times / day to feed, characterized by morning and evening should be carried out. At the same time, it should be remembered that the leftover feed must be removed every day. In the pre-breeding stage, the drug is often given in the water, so that the chicks can drink freely. Can also be mixed with food to give medicine.

4. The temperature control
Chick insulation is the most important part of the brooding period, improper temperature control, directly affecting the growth and survival rate of chicks. Whether the brooder temperature is appropriate can be adjusted according to the behavior of the chick, the chick stretches out its wings, open mouth breathing, should reduce the brooder temperature.

5. Lighting
The purpose of broiler light is to extend the feeding time, to achieve the purpose of weight gain, the first three days require 24 hours of light per day, the intensity of 4 watts / m, 4 days of age from the intensity of light can be reduced, so that the chicken can see the trough and sink. Darker light makes the chickens quiet, reduces malaise and rapid growth.

6. Ventilation
Daily ventilation should be carried out regularly. The cold season should be carried out at noon. Ventilation can give the house temperature warming 1-2 ℃, to do both ventilation and not cooling. The measures are based on the good and bad smell in the chicken coop flexible opening and closing ventilation doors and windows.

7. The chickens of the diet
The nutritional requirements of chickens comprehensive, a variety of egg varieties 1-8 weeks old, the requirements of the feed nutrition level is similar, metabolizable energy 2850 kcal / kg, crude protein is 19%, calcium is 1%, phosphorus is 0.4%.

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