Chicken Farming Techniques and Scientific Feeding Management Methods

First, build a chicken coop. It can be established in a place with convenient transportation, shelter from the wind, sufficient sunlight, normal drainage and irrigation, and no water accumulation. Then comes feeding. You can free-range them and let the chickens go out to forage on their own, or you can keep them confined and feed them green fodder, corn, wheat, rice, sorghum, silkworm pupae, fish meal, meat meal, etc. Do a good job of hygiene, disinfection and disease prevention, and sell at the right time.

1. Build a chicken coop: The chicken coop should be built in a place with convenient transportation, shelter from the wind, sufficient sunlight, normal drainage and irrigation, and no water accumulation. Plan the resting area and exercise yard well, then prepare water troughs, feed troughs and temperature control facilities.

2. Feeding: You can free-range them and let the chickens go out to forage for green grass, grass seeds, dead leaves, insects and flies, etc., or you can keep them confined and feed them some green fodder, corn, wheat, rice, sorghum, silkworm pupae, fish meal, meat meal, etc. Generally, feed once after 10 a.m., once after 3 p.m., and once more before they go to sleep. If they are newly hatched chicks, you can feed them easily digestible, nutritionally complete feed, and feed small amounts more frequently.

3. Disease prevention and control: If the chickens are free-range, they have strong disease resistance and few illnesses, but they have more opportunities to come into contact with pathogens, so hygiene, disinfection and disease prevention work must be done well. Common chicken diseases include colibacillosis, trichomoniasis, etc. If an epidemic occurs, treat it promptly. Also remove chicken manure regularly every day, disinfect the chicken coop regularly, do not feed spoiled feed or drinking water, and control the stocking density well.

4. Sell at the right time: Chickens should be sold at the right time to maximize profits. If the rearing period is too short, the meat quality will be poor and the taste not fresh; if the rearing period is too long, the meat will be tougher and the rearing cost will increase, making it unprofitable.