Detailed Explanation of the Key Technical Points for Feeding and Management in Understory Chicken Farming

Understory chicken farming is a mode of raising chickens. Understory chicken farming can improve the quality of the chicken, and free-range native chickens and native chicken eggs raised through natural growth have a very high market. We can use the natural resources in rural areas to carry out understory chicken farming to expand our farming benefits. But how should we manage it when raising chickens under the forest? Below, the editor brings you the feeding and management techniques for understory chicken farming. Let's take a look!

1. Feeding and Management

During the breeding process, we must comprehensively inspect the fences to prevent any gaps. If there are gaps, they must be repaired in time. This can not only prevent the chickens from escaping, but also prevent enemies such as rats and snakes from invading and harming the chickens' growth. We should pay attention to controlling the breeding density. Breeding should not be too dense, and it should be reasonably adjusted according to the breeding scale and breeding environment. Usually, they can be raised about twice a year, and each time all of them should be sold off to prevent a decline in commercial value. Also, attention should be paid to feeding feed to avoid insufficient natural nutrition, which can lead to poor chicken growth.

2. Feeding and Disinfection

In the early stage of breeding, when we feed the chickens, we mainly use complete-price feed. Therefore, the amount of natural nutrition will decline over time, so the nutrients needed for chicken growth must be supplemented manually. When feeding, the feeding frequency should be controlled according to the chickens' age, weather, and site conditions. Then, during the breeding process, attention should be paid to doing a good job in hygiene and disinfection, and the chicken coop should be cleaned regularly every day. After each batch of chickens is sold, the chicken coop and the water and feed troughs must be comprehensively and thoroughly disinfected. Some sick chickens should be isolated for treatment, and dead chickens should be kept away from the chicken coop to ensure the breeding environment.

3. Chick Taming

In the early stage before the chicks are released, the chicks should be tamed. Let the chickens develop the habit of foraging freely and eating at fixed times. When taming, two people can do it together, one feeding the feed and the other driving the chickens nearby. It should be done once each time they are fed, about twice a day, and then train for about 1-2 weeks. Once most of the chickens have developed the habit, it is done. When the chickens grow to 1 month old, they enter the growing period. During the growing period, natural feed is mainly used during the day, and artificial feed should be appropriately supplemented at night.

4. Disease Prevention and Control

There are many infectious diseases in chickens, such as avian influenza and chicken plague. Disease prevention and control is the management task that we need to value most in feeding and management. We should regularly carry out immunization work for the flock to enhance the chickens' disease resistance. Then carry out regular deworming. When the date of an epidemic is approaching, management should be strengthened. In more serious cases, it is best not to let the chickens out of the coop, and then comprehensively spray disinfectant within several hundred meters around the chicken coop to inhibit the spread of pathogens. After pathogens appear, sick chickens should be isolated in time, the specific disease should be checked, and those with no treatment value should be taken from the chicken coop and burned.

The above is a brief introduction to the feeding and management techniques for understory chicken farming. Although the economic benefits of understory chicken farming are relatively high, there are also certain risks, so everyone must do a good job in feeding and management! That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can be helpful to everyone!