In spring, the climate changes frequently, and the temperature is high and low, and chickens are very susceptible to infection. Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job in feeding management and disease prevention and control in advance according to climate change. Let’s learn 6 precautions for raising chickens on the poultry farm in spring together.
1.Pay attention to disinfection
Cleaning and disinfection is an important link in chicken production. Due to frequent temperature changes in spring, the resistance of chickens is generally weakened. Cleaning and disinfection can kill and inhibit the growth of pathogenic microorganisms, so as to control the number of microorganisms in the chicken house,prevent the spread or spread of pathogenic microorganisms. Cleaning and disinfection is essential to ensure the health of chickens and improve production performance.
2.Pay attention to keeping warm
The frequent cold air activities in spring can easily cause cold stress to the chickens. When the temperature of the chicken house is low, it is easy to cause the flock to catch a cold, resulting in a decline in growth performance. Therefore, the chicken house should be properly added with heating equipment, or covered with thermal straw curtains and other measures to ensure the house temperature.
3.Moderate ventilation
Ventilation is an important matter in raising chickens. Poor ventilation can easily lead to the accumulation of harmful gases and induce respiratory diseases in chickens. Excessive ventilation will cause the temperature in the chicken house to be too low and induce diseases such as colds. Therefore, the majority of farmers are ventilated. It must be strictly managed, and the time and frequency of ventilation should be controlled according to conditions such as temperature, light, and the health of the flock.
4.Improve feed nutrition
The spring climate is changeable, in addition to ensuring sufficient energy and protein in chicken feed, it is also necessary to appropriately increase the content of minerals and vitamins to improve the resistance and immunity of chickens.
5.Supplemental lighting
Light is an important environmental factor affecting the egg production rate of chickens. Appropriate light can stimulate the secretion of sex hormones in laying hens, enhance the activity of ovaries and fallopian tubes, and accelerate the formation of eggs, thereby improving the production capacity of laying hens. In early spring, the days are short and the nights are long, and the laying hens will reduce the egg production rate due to insufficient light. In order to solve this problem, the farm can take measures to supplement the light manually.
6.Disease control
Spring is a period of high incidence of diseases such as avian influenza. These diseases are closely related to the breeding environment, production conditions, age, etc. Therefore, each chicken farm should strengthen immunization, and carry out regular drug prevention, often observe the flock, and detect as soon as possible. Diseases and take effective measures to achieve the purpose of resisting various infectious diseases.
Combined with the characteristics of the environment in spring and the regularity of the occurrence of epidemic diseases, strengthen the feeding management and sanitation and epidemic prevention work of the farm to effectively resist the outbreak of various epidemic diseases, thereby reducing losses and obtaining maximum economic benefits.
