We study broiler diseases and methods of control

Broilers are excellent meat hybrids of chickens that can be grown even in the country. During the summer cottage season, broilers gain weight up to 5.5 kg. It is necessary to beat broilers on the 40th day of life, since then they do not gain weight at all, but a lot of feed travels. It is quite rare to grow a broiler up to 5.5 kg, since certain conditions for keeping broilers must be observed.

Conditions of detention

If you keep broilers in brooders, do not overpopulate the aviary. Up to 20 chickens can be raised in one brooder, as broilers have to constantly move. Due to lack of movement, broilers weaken and begin to fall to their feet, eat less and gain weight more slowly. The room where you keep broilers must be exposed to sunlight, as rickets can be the cause of the death of chickens on their legs, which is caused by a lack of vitamin D. place her away from the rest of the livestock in a cramped cage so that she only gets food and water, and give the broiler antibiotics.

Dropsy

If the chicken is breathing heavily and wheezing, make a ventilation system in the chicken coop. Due to stagnant air, the lungs and thyroid gland of the broiler suffer. If you open a dead chicken, you will find a yellow, jelly-like liquid in its lungs. In a few days, up to 100 broilers can die from dropsy.

Give your chickens a mild iodine solution (2-3 drops per liter of water) and provide good air circulation in the enclosure. Install several fans in the coop and keep them on at all times. To prevent chickens from breathing ammonia, change bedding frequently and clean trays.

White diarrhea

Approximately on the 42nd day of keeping, before slaughter, the chickens begin to vilify. Their diarrhea is white and the faeces are not formed. During the day with this disease, broilers lose up to 500g of weight, and after five days, if no measures are taken, they die. If you open the chicken, you will find that the stomach lining is greenish-black in color. This disease occurs in chickens from drinking hard or contaminated water. Most often, chickens begin to vilify if they are given water from a shallow well. To prevent this disease, purify the water with oxidants or filters.

Buy distilled water for day-old and week-old chicks.