Basic information
The main poultry genetic potential of the modern broiler rearing is nothing less than extraordinary. Maximizing that genetic potential during grow out is a worthy goal. It is vital to provide all the nutrients, water, fresh air and other inputs that will allow the bird to grow to its potential, but it is also important to think about pacing the bird to finish the race strong and efficiently
Feeding broilers an extremely high energy diet to maximize growth throughout the bird’s life is known to make them more susceptible to ascites, sudden death syndrome, chick mortality and leg problems. Most poultry nutritionists think it is wiser to feed a little bit lower energy diet (balanced with all essential nutrients) to keep birds growing at a steady, comfortable and profitable rate. The same can be said for lighting programs
It was commonly recommended that broilers be grown in almost continuous light to stimulate feed intake and maximize growth. Due to the rate at which broilers grow, most producers now provide their birds intermittent light. Lighting programs have been shown to improve health and efficiency of the modern broiler
Features
1. Prevent diseases from causing mortality in your poultry farm
Some diseases have the potential to wipe out your entire flock at the same time. There are diseases that may not cause the death of any birds but may affect feed conversion ratio of the birds. It may get as bad as affecting the weight of the chicken at harvest, the carcass quality and also egg production. As part of your planning make sure to find out what diseases may present a risk to the birds in your farm and learn the key symptoms
2. Buy quality chicks from trusted suppliers
This is usually the beginning of problems for most farmers. When you buy poor quality and unhealthy chicks, you risk having a high mortality rate in your poultry farm. Most of the health problems that affect birds are as a result of a poor genetic background or early life. A lot of unhealthy and poor quality chickens are the product of poor parents. Some egg hatcheries are not reputable as they raise poor parent stocks to produce fertile eggs. Many buy eggs from bad and problematic parent stock farms at giveaway prices, mostly to make more profit. There are some poultry farmers who never make any attempts to know the source of eggs of a particular hatchery
3. Protect the flock from extreme cold
Do whatever you can to avoid exposing your birds to extreme cold conditions. Extreme cold can wreak havoc in your poultry farm. You can wake up one morning to find a lot of your chickens dead overnight. The best way to protect chickens from extreme cold is to supply heat during very cold weather. You can also design the pens in such a way that you do not expose your birds to extremely cold conditions
4. Reduce the risk of suffocating the chicks to death
Birds can easily suffocate and die when something triggers them to move to a tight corner, forming a heap. The birds at the bottom of the heap can suffocate or suffer a fatal injury. Death of chickens a result of suffocation can occur at any age in the bird’s life. When the heat source is in the middle, the birds will not need to heap up in one corner of the pen and suffocate
5. Always wash drinkers and replace the leftover water
Make sure you always wash the drinkers or drinking trough of your birds every morning. It is also essential to discard leftover water and replace with clean, fresh water. Never use water from a stream or river that you don’t know its source. Also, avoid filling your drinkers with chlorinated water. Ensure that you rinse off the drinkers properly to avoid re-contaminating the freshwater with soaps or detergents
6. Avoid serving poultry bird’s mouldy feeds
In trying to cut cost, your risk the life of your birds by feeding them mouldy feeds, mouldy feeds can be dangerous and poisonous to your chickens. Feeding your birds with this kind of feed is really risky. The birds can easily fall sick or even contract a disease from the bad feed. Mouldy feeds are what they are, bad and dangerous, and you must dispose of them immediately. To prevent yourself from having mouldy feeds in your farm, always keep the feeds away from water
7. Sort the broilers according to their body size and weight
The first thing you need to do is that you should sort your broilers that have similar body size or weight together, and keep them in the same growing pen. This will eliminate the factor of inequality. In addition, they will be able to feed well without being intimidated or cheated by the bigger or weightier broilers
8. Formulate and give them an excellent broiler feed
Another way to make your broilers grow bigger or have a higher weight is by producing and feeding them with an excellent feed
9. Avoid starving the broiler chicken
If you feed your chickens well, they will grow bigger and attract more market prices. Though, there are cases where broilers don’t grow well, irrespective of the quality and quantity of feed given to them. The major reason for this is related to the broilers’ genetic foundation. So ensure you purchase a good broiler breed from a reputable farm or hatchery if you want to raise broilers for commercial purposes
10. Procure quality broiler chicks from reputable sources
No matter what you do or give broilers that came from a poorly performing parent stock or hatchery, they may never do well in terms of adding more weight or grow bigger. Genes have a lot to do with animals’ growth and performing. This is the reason why you must procure your broiler chicks from a reputable hatchery with excellent records
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Frequently ask questions
Q: Is broiler cage really necessary in rearing of broilers?
A: Using a broiler cage is necessary because it helps in the prevention of disease spread among the chickens
Q: What is the benefit broiler cage to rear broilers?
A: The broiler cage poultry helps in better controlling of the environment in the chicken house, such as temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide and lighting
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