What should I pay attention to when raising chickens?

(1) The secret of saving materials in raising chickens. Egg yolk and protein are formed in the daytime, while eggshells are formed in the afternoon and evening. Feeding layers twice a day, with high protein, high energy and low calcium in the morning and low protein, low energy and high calcium in the evening, can not only adjust the laying period, increase the egg production, but also save feed.

(2) the best feeding secret. Chickens have two feeding peaks a day, one is 2-3 hours after sunrise, and the feed intake in the morning is 1/3. At this time, the egg laying rate can be greatly improved by feeding. It can be seen that feeding laying hens twice at 9: 00 am and 3: 00 pm is the best.

(3) The secret of keeping chicken high yield. For example, the weight of chickens has not increased normally. Even though the current egg production and feed reward are high, the egg production has a potential downward trend. Before the egg production decreases, the weight problem can be corrected by increasing the consumption. If the feed consumption is obviously at a high level, it can only show that the feed consumption is high or at least the feed reward is low. If the feed is obviously at a low level, the chickens will grow normally and maintain a high egg production, they can maintain it and make a lot of money.

(4) The secret of increasing eggs in summer. In summer, the feed intake of chickens decreases, and the laying of eggs decreases or even stops. In order to restore normal egg laying, in addition to heatstroke prevention and cooling, chicken feathers are also an effective method, that is, feathers on the breast, legs, left and right wings of chicken are cut off, and feathers on the neck, back and tail are reserved. The length of shearing is based on the principle of no damage to chicken skin and no liquid flow in coarse wool pipe section. Cut less in early summer and cut more in midsummer.

(5) The secret of egg coloring. Adding 0.3% red pepper powder, 6% sun-dried chopped alfalfa leaves or 5% pine needle powder to the diet can deepen the color of egg yolk.

(6) the secret of storing eggs. When storing the eggs, the tips of the eggs should face upwards, so that the yolk can be located in the center of the eggs, preventing embryo adhesion and improving the hatching rate of the eggs.

(7) The secret of hatching hens. The egg is short oval, with a large head, a small head, an inverted triangle and a delicate surface. Most hatched chicks are hens. Eggs are rectangular, head and tail are difficult to separate, and the surface is rough. Most hatched chicks are roosters.

(8) Distinguish the secrets of male and female chickens. When the chicken's wings are pulled apart, if the feathers of the wings are long or short (that is, the feathers are alternating in length), it is a hen, and if all the feathers are basically the same in length, it is a rooster, with an accuracy rate of over 90%.

(9) The secret of preventing chicken plague. When the chicks reach the age of 10- 14 days, the chicken plague in the virus strain vaccine is dripped into the nose, and 0.3 ml of inactivated chicken plague vaccine (available in all veterinary stations) is injected into the muscle at the same time. The protection rate can reach 100% by intramuscular injection of 70-day-old strain I vaccine, then 120-day-old strain I vaccine and 1 ml inactivated vaccine.