How to improve chick survival?

Six measures to reduce chick mortality

In chicken production, the survival rate of chicks has always been a key factor affecting the overall breeding efficiency. However, chicks are prone to death due to their fragility and low resistance.

So how to improve the survival rate of chicks? The editors will introduce six measures to reduce chick mortality as follows:
How to improve chick survival rate?

1. Strict disinfection to prevent infection. Formalin fumigation of hatching room, brooding room, breeding eggs and various utensils can prevent chicks from being infected with E. coli and staphylococcus.

2. Drug prevention. Chlamydia pallidum and coccidiosis are the main causes of chick death. Adding 0.2% oxytetracycline to the feed of chicks before 3 weeks of age has specific effects on the prevention of paeony. Adding an appropriate amount of prochloraz in the feed after 15 days Coccidiosis.

3. Add sugar water. Within 15 hours after hatching, allowing chicks to drink 8% sucrose water can reduce chick mortality by 50%.

4. Adjust the density to prevent squeezing. For indoor large-scale brooding, the flock density should be adjusted as the chicken grows to prevent the flocks from stacking and squeezing.

5. Careful management and balanced nutrition. Do not put feed and pesticide together, do not feed mouldy and deteriorated feed, do a good job of indoor ventilation. Supply full-price balanced feed during the brooding period to avoid nutritional imbalances or malnutrition.

6. Strict care and prevent enemy harm. Dogs and cats are strictly prohibited from stealing chicks. Block rat holes to prevent rat harm.