Detailed explanation of feed-saving rearing methods for chickens, helping you reduce the cost of chicken feed

@#@230@#@The cost of feed accounts for about 70% of the total rearing cost, so saving feed to reduce costs is the main way to improve the economic benefits of chicken rearing. The following methods can be used to save feed:

1. Raise excellent breeds. Choose excellent breeds of chickens to raise; at the same age and with the same amount of feed consumption, the production performance of excellent breeds is much higher than that of other breeds. There are more than a dozen high-yielding layer and broiler breeds in the world today, and most of them have already been introduced into China. The laying hens suitable for raising in the north mainly include excellent breeds such as Lohmann, Hysex, and Hy-Line.

2. Cull roosters in time. Cull male chicks before 21 days of age or immediately after sexing. If they are not culled in time, they will not only consume more feed, but also occupy more feeding space, use more manpower and material resources, and disturb the normal life of female chicks, affecting their growth and development. The ratio of males to females in breeding flocks should be appropriate. Generally, the male-to-female ratio for laying hens is 1:15-20, and for meat chickens 1:9-14. If artificial insemination technology is used, the male-to-female ratio can be increased to 1:30-50, thereby reducing a large amount of feed consumption.

3. Scientific feeding. ① Feed a complete formula feed. A complete formula feed has a reasonable formula, can fully meet the needs of chicken growth and development and egg production, and has high utilization rate. ② Scientific feeding. Although wet feed has good palatability, it easily spoils in summer and causes waste, and in winter it is too cold and affects digestion. The best method is to change wet feed to dry feed and then provide enough drinking water. ③ Adjust the feed. According to the chicken's production environment and egg production, adjust the various nutritional components in the diet. When the weather is hot and the house temperature is high, the content of energy, protein, and limiting amino acids in the diet should be increased; when the weather is cold, energy should be appropriately increased. Practice has proved that adjusting feed is one of the ways to improve production performance and reduce costs. ④ Strengthen daily management and maintain a suitable temperature in the chicken house. The optimal temperature for laying hens is 24°C-27°C. In summer, attention should be paid to heat prevention and cooling, and in winter, work should be done well to prevent cold and keep warm; restricted feeding should be carried out in combination with light control, and the feeding amount should be adjusted in time according to the rise and fall of temperature and the increase or decrease of body weight, so as to achieve the best economic benefits.

4. Improve the level of feeding management. Raisers should study feeding knowledge, sum up experience, continuously improve the level of feeding management, reasonably use feeding equipment, ensure uniform feeding, prevent feed leakage from troughs, take feed in fixed amounts, and reduce unnecessary waste of feed.

5. Beak trimming at the right time. Generally, beak trimming is carried out at 6-9 days of age and 10-12 weeks of age, respectively removing 1/2 and 1/3 of the upper and lower beaks, so that the chickens can both eat feed and avoid scattering feed.

6. Pay attention to preventing birds and eliminating rodents. Attention should be paid to stealing or biting by rodents, birds, insects, and so on. Strengthen feeding management and take effective measures to prevent birds and eliminate rodents. This not only prevents feed waste, but also reduces the spread of diseases.

7. Cull non-laying hens in time. Promptly cull sick, weak, and disabled chickens as well as low-producing and non-laying hens, improve the production performance of the flock, and obtain higher benefits.

8. Pay attention to feed storage. Scientific storage of feed will not cause phenomena such as feed mildew and deterioration, increased fat oxidation, insect damage, and rodent damage. Storage should be protected from light, clean, ventilated, and protected against insects and rodents. Once problems are found, deal with them in time.