Why is chicken feed so expensive this year?

Hello, in view of the high cost of feed, it should be noted that raising chickens scientifically can reduce your cost! The feed cost of raising chickens usually accounts for about 70% of the total expenditure, and saving feed can obviously improve the economic benefits of raising chickens.

1. Broken beak. When chicks are 6-9 days old, beak breaking can not only effectively prevent pecking, but also save 3.5 grams of feed per chicken every day during the growing period and 5.5 grams during the laying period. Save feed per egg 12g.

2.cage. Because of the stable environment, small activity and high feeding density, cage culture reduces heat dissipation, so the food consumption is also reduced accordingly. According to estimates, cage culture can generally save 20% ~ 30% of feed than free-range culture.

3. insect repellent. If there are parasites on chickens, the nutrients transformed from the feed they eat will be absorbed by parasites, resulting in the evil consequences of seemingly raising chickens but actually raising insects. Therefore, it is generally necessary to deworm chickens every 30 to 60 days.

4. Turn off the signal. Don't feed moldy and deteriorated feed.

Ensure the complete nutrition of feed, because incomplete nutrition in feed is the biggest waste. Feed grinding should not be too fine, otherwise it will easily lead to difficulties in feeding.

5. Use alternative materials. The feed price in protein, especially fish meal, is relatively high. Use some cheap insects, earthworms, local fish and shrimp, by-products of meat processing, fish leftovers, powder residue, sugar residue, bean curd residue, etc. After proper processing and modulation, it can greatly reduce the feed cost to feed chickens instead of part of protein feed.

6. Improve the chute structure. The trough for feeding chickens should have a sharp bottom, a big belly and a small mouth. Such a trough is filled with a lot of materials, and it is not easy for chickens to peck out feed, so they can eat leftovers. The height of the trough should be based on the fact that chickens can eat freely. The feeding amount of the tank should not be too full, and it should be generally controlled at the tank height of 1/3, otherwise it is easy to waste bulk materials; It is reported that when feed is added to 2/3 of the tank, it wastes 12%, 5% when it is added to 1/2, and 2% when it is added to 1/3.

7. Add zinc bacitracin. Adding 100 mg/kg zinc bacitracin to egg diet in summer can obviously increase egg production by 20%, feed conversion rate by 10% and eggshell thickness.

8. Feed methionine. Adding 0. 1% methionine to common feed can improve the utilization ratio of feed protein by 2% ~ 3%.

9. Adding vitamin C, adding 50g of vitamin C to one ton of chicken feed can improve the laying rate by more than 10% and save feed by more than 15%.

10. Eliminate low-yield hens. There are often 10% ~ 30% low-yield chickens in the flock. If the low-yield chickens are eliminated, the egg production of the chickens will not be significantly reduced, but the feed can be greatly saved.