What are the methods for disease prevention in chicken flocks in spring? These 4 management tips will help you make big money!
Spring has large temperature differences. If management is neglected, the mortality rate of the chicken flock will rise, causing problems in breeding and ultimately leading to losses. So what are the methods for disease prevention in chicken flocks in spring? These 4 tips in breeding management will help you make big money!
Methods for disease prevention in chicken flocks in spring
Tip one: keep warm and prevent dampness
Under normal circumstances, you can appropriately increase the breeding density, close the doors and windows, and add insulating bedding as well as use a stove for heating. All of these methods can help the chicken flock resist the cold and keep warm. Next, the air humidity inside the breeding farm in spring is relatively high. In order to avoid excessive dampness in the chicken house, it is also necessary to keep the chicken house dry and clean, and repair the chicken house and water troughs in time. When adding water for drinking, do not add too much, and it is best not to splash water on the ground for cleaning.
Tip two: supplement light and ventilate
Insufficient light will affect the laying rate of laying hens and affect the growth of broilers. When light is insufficient, artificial lighting should be used, and the daily lighting time should be guaranteed to be 16 hours or more. Because the temperature in spring is still relatively low and ventilation is reduced, harmful gases will form, making the chicken flock prone to respiratory diseases. Therefore, even though the temperature is low, reasonable ventilation is still needed every day. The ventilation time should not be too long, and cold air must not blow directly onto the chicken flock.
Tip three: disinfect and prevent disease
In order to avoid disease infection, a comprehensive and thorough disinfection should generally be carried out about once every half month. In addition, the resistance of the chicken flock in spring is relatively weak, so adequate preparations for disease prevention and control should be made, regular preventive vaccination should be carried out, and according to specific conditions, it is very necessary to scientifically feed medicines and feed that can improve the immunity of the chicken flock.
Tip four: supplement energy
Increasing energy and reducing stress is very important in the spring management of chicken flocks. In plain terms, it means supplementing energy and reducing stress responses. During the feeding process, it is necessary to ensure balanced nutrition in the feed, and reasonably supplement protein feed, starch and sugar, etc., to meet the growth needs of the chicken flock as much as possible. When the temperature is low, appropriately increase high-energy feed, and before the temperature drops, give the chicken flock medicine to prevent cold stress; next, before vaccination, it is necessary to make preparations against stress in advance, such as improving the immunity of the chicken flock, in order to achieve the best feeding management effect and complete the maximum utilization of feeding input.
Only by investing full patience and care when raising chicken flocks can you obtain high-quality chicken meat output and egg supply later. It is recommended that farmers must do a good job in spring management to avoid causing greater losses.