A Detailed Guide to Capon Farming Techniques: Master Scientific Feeding and Management Methods

First, select a good breed, such as Sanhuanxi, Ma chicken, etc.; second, the rearing site should mainly be orchards and woodland, with stocking density controlled at 8 birds per sq m; third, strengthen brooding management and carry out caponization at the right time; fourth, after caponization, administer medication, manage carefully, and finally, do a good job of daily management, such as grazing, feed feeding and immunization.

When farming capons, also pay attention to the following points:

1. Caponization has high technical requirements. Before caponization, observe the condition of the whole flock to see whether there are respiratory symptoms and intestinal coccidiosis. If so, postpone the procedure and first treat the respiratory or intestinal disease before performing surgery. At the same time, caponization should be carried out in clear weather, generally in the morning;

2. Before caponization, be sure to feed multivitamins two or three days in advance to prevent stress, feed anti-inflammatory drugs to resist infection, and give enough water the night before surgery; prepare disinfected cages in advance to hold the caponized chicks;

3. The operator must be skilled in the procedure, requiring speed, accuracy and clean, neat movements; after caponization, the chicken house should be about 1 degree warmer than before, maintained for one or two days and then returned to normal;

4. After surgery, there will also be chickens with bloating in the flock. This is a normal phenomenon. Generally, a culling is carried out three or four days after surgery, and after one week this situation will gradually decrease and return to normal;

5. If there are chickens with severe wounds and bleeding, they must be raised separately. Chickens are very sensitive to red and like to peck at red parts. If such chickens continue to be kept in the large flock, they are easily attacked by the flock and pecked to death;

6. After surgery, feed vitamin K to stop bleeding; multivitamins and VC to prevent stress; anti-inflammatory drugs to prevent wound infection; the number of doses should be flexibly controlled according to the condition of the flock. After caponization, it is easiest to secondary cause respiratory disease---airsacculitis. At this time, extra care is needed. If chickens stretching their necks and panting are found in the flock, be sure to promptly use the airsacculitis drug---Qinangqing.

Since capons are 4-5 jin heavier than normal roosters and have a short growth cycle, they are very good in both market benefit and capital return, so friends who raise chickens may wish to consider it.