How to choose chicken when cage raises chicken

Farmers want to get obvious economic benefits by raising chickens. Selecting good quality and healthy chicks is the most critical step. Removing diseased chicks and improving the breeding rate is the key to cultivating excellent flocks and raising the egg production rate.

(1) check pedigree, see parents layer varieties of many, production performance is different, must be based on the house equipment, feed and local climate conditions such as the selection of suitable varieties, and find out the pedigree of the young. The selected primary chicks should come from the healthy, reliable and reasonable commercial hybrid or breeding chickens.

 

Shell (2) find out time and weight of the chicks out of their shells is differ, there have after the first point generally to 21 days out of their shells is better, and later the chicks hatching bad development, physical weakness, yolk absorption is not good, big belly, Mao Jiao, umbilical cord healing is not good, especially the last out of their shells "sweep out chicken" is congenitally deficient, disease, more difficult to survive. Layer chicken gives birth to the weight of young is in commonly about 40 grams, differ slightly because of breed.

 

(3) the method is "a look, two listen, three touch".

 

A look, is to see the chick's mental state. Observe the dynamic of chick by naked eye namely, feather is neat degree, beak, leg, toe, eye wait without abnormal, anus has adhesion of fecal matter without, umbilical hole heals whether good wait, distinguish healthy, weak young. Health young is general and lively good move, the eye has a mind greatly, feather is neat and lustrous, anus cleanness does not have dirt, navel hole closes normal, abdomen is soft, vitelline absorbs good, bill, wing is normal. Weak cheatling eye is small have no god or shrink a head to close an eye, do not love activity or stay stand immobile, even stand not steady, feather unbridled and lackluster, not clean, adhesion around anus white, abdomen flabby, umbilical hole heals bad, take blood, xu yi, leg is soft, toe curl.

 

Two listen, is to listen to the cry of the chicken. Healthy squawk loud and clear; Weak chick calls weak and hoarse, or call endlessly, panting difficult.

 

Three touch, is to touch the chicken body condition and body temperature. Hold the chick in your hand, feel its body condition, skeleton development, belly size and fluidity, and feel whether the yolk is well absorbed and the vitality of the chick. Healthy baby weight is suitable, feel warm, fat, full, well-proportioned, elastic, strong struggle, soft abdomen, moderate size, umbilical healing well, dry, covered with villi; Weak cheatin light, feel cool, flabby, soft, struggling, abdominal expansion, umbilical healing, umbilical hole is large, there is mucus and blood or yolk attachment, no villi coverage.