How to scientifically restrict-feed young chickens? Master these technical points

Under normal circumstances, young chickens should be given restricted feeding. In restricted feeding, some @#@230@#@ households believe that the less the chickens eat the better, and the poorer the feed quality the better; therefore, they provide young chickens with a single feed, with no regularity, no plan, and no standard, and manage them carelessly. In fact, this practice misunderstands the original meaning of restricted feeding.

The purpose of restricted feeding is to control the chicken's weight gain, prevent the chicken from reaching sexual maturity too early (laying too early), maintain the standard laying start time and body weight, slightly inhibit its growth, and prevent the chicken from increasing the accumulation of body fat due to eating too much feed, thereby ensuring the chicken's normal growth and reasonable requirements for nutrients. However, restricted feeding must not hinder the normal development of the chicken's other organs and tissues.

Correct restricted feeding is not poor feeding. It should be carried out from the following three aspects: first, quantity restriction, that is, restricting the amount fed so that it is reduced by 10%-20% compared with free feeding; second, feed restriction, that is, restricting the quality of the diet, appropriately increasing the amount of fiber and green juicy feed, and reducing the amount of concentrate feed; third, time restriction, that is, restricting feeding time, feeding at fixed times every day or adopting the feeding method of stopping feed but not water for 1 day each week.

After restricted feeding ends (after 15 weeks of age), the young chickens are switched to free feeding, thereby preparing for the start of laying.