A Detailed Guide to Free-Range Chicken Farming Techniques and Disease Prevention Methods

Nowadays people are increasingly particular about what they eat, and compared with feedlot chickens, free-range chickens are now more popular. Free-range chickens are a hot farming project in the current livestock industry, and many farmers are very concerned about issues related to free-range chicken farming techniques.

Specialists in free-range chicken farming have given some suggestions for free-range chicken farming. The first is that when free-range chickens are still chicks, they should not be kept free-range. Chicks are very fragile, especially in the first month, so they must be kept indoors, and a certain temperature must be maintained indoors; in the first two weeks, a temperature of 28-32°C is suitable. If the temperature is not suitable, it may trigger some diseases in the chicks.

Also, when the chicks have just been bought back, be sure to let them drink warm boiled water first, which helps them absorb the yolk and promptly pass meconium, thereby stimulating the chicks' appetite. After 60 days, free-range chickens mainly rely on finding food outside for themselves, but it is still recommended to feed them a little, though not too much, which helps the free-range chickens grow and develop.

After they grow up, because free-range chickens often run around in the wild, preventing pests and diseases becomes especially important, so it is best to deworm and disinfect the flock once every month.

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