Analysis of Silkie Chicken Farming Prospects in 2020 and Methods to Improve Benefits

The silkie chicken is a rare poultry breed used both as medicine and food, with a long history of farming in our country. It has a relatively beautiful appearance and a gentle temperament, and has won the favor of farmers. So how are silkie chicken farming prospects in 2020? How can farming benefits be improved?

1. How are silkie chicken farming prospects in 2020?

1. Silkie chickens are relatively easy to farm. They have strong disease resistance, wide adaptability, and simple management. They grow very quickly. For large-scale farming, they can be sold on the market in 70-100 days, and the profits are quite considerable.

2. Silkie chickens have high nutritional value and low cholesterol content. They are rich in unsaturated fatty acids, amino acids and other nutrients. Regular consumption can regulate physiological functions, enhance immunity and nourish the body, so the consumer market has always been large and will continue to grow in the future. The prospects are promising.

3. As people's lives get better and better, their requirements for poultry are also getting higher and higher. People have the ability and demand to consume some rare poultry, and silkie chickens are very suitable poultry. Future sales will be higher and higher.

2. How to improve farming efficiency?

1. Chicks have weak digestive function, so they must be fed easily digestible feed. Add half-cooked millet cakes mixed with cooked egg yolk (1 egg yolk per 18 chicks per day). After 10 days of age, 10%-20% cornmeal, 8%-10% chopped green feed, 1%-1.5% bone meal, 1%-1.5% fish meal and 0.5% fine sand grains washed with clean water can be added to the feed. After 30 days of age, they can be switched to powdered feed mixed with chopped green vegetables, with bone meal, fish meal, shell powder, etc. added. At the same time, they should also be fed granular feed (such as millet, barley, small millet, etc.) 1-2 times a day.

2. In the first and second weeks after chicks hatch, add 0.04% furazolidone to the feed every day to control paratyphoid and pullorum disease in silkie chickens. After 15 days of age, feed feed containing 0.01% furazolidone every day, then pause for 1-2 days before feeding again. After 45 days of age, pay attention to preventing and treating chicken roundworm disease. Newcastle disease vaccine can be administered at 8, 25 and 66 days of age. If sick chickens are found, they must be isolated immediately. Those with uneven growth rates and uneven body conditions should be raised in groups.

3. For chicks, attention should be paid to keeping warm and preventing moisture according to different growth and development stages. The ambient air should be kept fresh, with sufficient light and a dry coop. Drinking water should be clean and hygienic. Feed troughs and drinkers should be washed clean every day, and disinfected once every half month with a hot sodium hydroxide solution. Bedding straw should be dried and changed frequently.  

4. Hens need supplementary lighting in winter. At the same time, careful feeding and management are required so they can lay more eggs. According to experiments, extending the lighting time to 13-14 hours in winter while providing nutrient-rich feed can increase the egg-laying rate by 22%. The specific method is: from November to January of the following year, use 15-60 watt bulbs to provide light and supplementary feeding every day from 5:00 to 18:00, from 17:00 to 20:00, and from 24:00 to 2:00 in the latter half of the night. When supplementing light, do not suddenly switch between light and dark, to prevent causing stress in the chickens.  

5. Promptly help broody chickens “wake from broodiness”. Silkie chickens easily become broody, and for a long time, so attention should be paid to promptly “waking them from broodiness”. There are many methods to wake them from broodiness, and one of the simplest methods is feeding Rendan pills, which has a good effect. The specific method is: when a broody chicken is found, promptly feed about 15 Rendan pills each morning and evening, for 3-5 consecutive days. Then, provide sufficient high-quality feed. In this way, they can generally resume laying eggs after 7-12 days.