Posts tagged "chickens"

How to make do-it-yourself brooders for raising chickens? Previously, we always had chickens raised by brood hens, but now they have changed the breed, and the chickens all go "to failure", already ...

With the first rays of spring, not only summer residents strive to leave the premises and go out into the street, but also the animals and birds in their subsidiary plots. Due to ...

At poultry farms, you can buy both day-old and three-week-old chicks. Three-week-old chicks raised in the hatchery have been vaccinated against Newcastle disease and other viral diseases. For three weeks they ...

Day-old chicks are susceptible to many viral diseases. The immunity of chicks depends on the conditions of detention in the first week after birth. Young animals are vaccinated at incubation stations, where you can ...

Broilers are hybrid poultry specially bred to produce large volumes of meat. There are two types of hybrid broilers "Cobb-500" and "Ross 308". There are also meat breeds of chickens, such ...

Broilers are specially bred meat breeds of chickens. They can be purchased at poultry farms. It is best to raise one-day-old chicks as broilers need to eat well to gain weight ...

Raising chicks is not easy. Vitamins for broiler chickens play an essential role in the diet. In micro doses, they stimulate biochemical processes in the body. Lack of catalysts leads to growth retardation, ...

Broiler chicks hatch, leave their sterile home and find themselves in a world where it is not as cozy as in an incubator or under the wing of a broiler. A new one will come to their aid ...

The odds of hatching from eggs in an incubator - chickens or roosters - is approximately 50/50, with a slight advantage towards males. As a rule, most are interested in ...

A crossed or scissor beak is a type of deformity that sometimes occurs in chickens. Instead of normal development, the upper and lower parts of the beak begin to grow in opposite directions, which ...

The incubation period is a crucial time, you need to control the temperature and humidity on a daily basis, as well as air and turn the eggs in a timely manner. Beginners are intimidated by this responsibility, so we present a set of rules describing ...

You can make a do-it-yourself feeder for chickens at home, especially since almost any materials are suitable for its creation: plastic bottles, buckets, PVC pipes, plywood, ...

An increasing number of backyard owners are convinced that keeping chickens for eggs or meat is profitable and not as troublesome as it seems. The most responsible and ...

Having a home incubator is a real opportunity to get a strong healthy livestock of poultry. However, the quality and quantity of hatched chicks is largely determined by the correct laying of eggs in the incubator ...

At the time of the arrival of spring, the owners of household plots want to receive young growth and renew the population of chickens, using a special device for this - an incubator. An important parameter is the temperature in the incubator ...