A Detailed Chicken-Raising Tutorial: From Beginner to Mastering Scientific Feeding Methods

SummarySelecting chicks: Chicks with a strong constitution, fast growth rate and good resistance should be selected for raising. Feeding management: Feeding should follow the principle of fixed times and fixed amounts, and the feed should be as nutritionally complete and easy to digest as possible. Daily management: Clean the chicken coop on a fixed schedule every day, disinfect regularly, and do a good job of vaccinations and other tasks. Disease prevention: Prevention comes first; when using medication, observe the efficacy in a timely manner. If the efficacy is good, it can be used for a long time; do not change medication frequently.

I. Selecting Chicks

1. If you want to raise chickens, selecting chicks is very important, because the quality of the chicks directly affects the chickens' growth, egg production and various other issues.

2. Many novice farmers, worrying about failure in their first attempt at raising chickens, will choose some relatively inferior and cheap chicks to raise.

3. Such chicks have a weaker constitution, slower growth rate and lower disease resistance, which will certainly lead to failure in raising them. In severe cases, all the chicks will die, resulting in a total loss of one's capital.

4. It is recommended that you must buy from a place with a legitimate business license, and you must not buy low-quality chicks just because you are tempted by a cheap price.

II. Feeding Management

1. Feed management is very important during the chickens' growth. About 2 hours after the chicks enter the brooding room, they need to be given water in a timely manner.

2. Keep the room temperature at about 30°C. An appropriate amount of potassium permanganate can be added, which has an anti-inflammatory and sterilizing effect, to prevent stress reactions.

3. When choosing feed, be sure to pay attention to the quality of the feed so as to ensure safety and health. Do not feed moldy or spoiled feed, and be sure to make the feed as nutritionally complete and easy to digest as possible.

4. When feeding, be sure to follow the principle of fixed times and fixed amounts. Do not let them eat too much, otherwise it can easily cause indigestion.

5. If feeding is insufficient, it will affect their growth and development and may even cause bad habits such as feather pecking.

III. Daily Management

1. When raising chickens, be sure to establish a reasonable and correct management workflow.

2. Generally, management is stricter during the brooding period, and once the chickens leave the brooding period, management begins to be relaxed. This is not conducive to the chickens' growth.

3. During raising, the water troughs, feed troughs, droppings and leftover feed must be cleaned thoroughly on a fixed schedule every day, and the chicken coop must be disinfected regularly, with vaccinations given to prevent disease, and so on.

IV. Disease Prevention

1. Disease prevention is an indispensable task in the process of raising chickens, and prevention should be the main focus.

2. If you wait until disease has already occurred before treating it, the treatment cost will be far higher than the prevention cost, and since chicken diseases spread quickly, the losses can be imagined.

3. When carrying out prevention work, pay attention to observing the efficacy when using medication. If the efficacy is good, it can be used for as long as possible. Do not change medication frequently, so as not to affect the preventive efficacy.