Growing broilers from day one
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 from the first hours of life to gain weight. In a poultry farm, the number of chickens can reach several thousand, and not all broilers get the same amount of feed. Factory-raised weekly chicks will not grow evenly. Due to the large overcrowding of the brooder, the risk of the spread of infectious diseases is high. Raising large, healthy broilers from day old chicks is easy. To do this, you need to observe the temperature regime and cleanliness in the room, it is also important to give broilers balanced feed.
Cleanliness and temperature conditions in the aviary
The aviary should always be clean. Whitewash the walls with lime before introducing new chicks into the enclosure. It will disinfect the room and destroy pathogenic bacteria. You also need to put a mat on the floor. Sawdust with a layer of at least 5 cm can be used as bedding. Sawdust must be changed every week.
Comfortable temperature for chickens from 27ABOUTFrom to 32ABOUTC. An oil heater can be used to maintain this temperature. In the cold broilers they gain weight more slowly, if the chicken freezes, then his immunity will decrease, and he may get sick. For direct heating of the chickens, a lamp is installed in the aviary. It is placed in a three-liter jar. It turns out a kind of heater.
This heater should only be kept in the enclosure until the chicks are two weeks old. As the chicks grow, the room temperature decreases and the heater is no longer required.
Formation of immunity in broilers
It is very important not to feed broilers with compound feed in the first two hours. Place drinkers with a weak sugar solution in the aviary. It is necessary to dissolve a teaspoon of sugar in a liter of water. The glucose will calm the chicks, and they will quickly become accustomed to the new environment. Then you can add compound feed.
On the second day, chickens should be drunk with an antibiotic solution in order to exclude infection. You can use a drug called "Kinokol". Add one ampoule to 1.5 liters of water. Every 7 days, chickens should be soldered with a slightly pink solution of potassium permanganate. Feed greens to chickens to build muscle. Nettle and green onions can be used as an herbal supplement. Chickens are also very fond of mustard. At first, the grass must be soaked in water and cut into small pieces.