1. Raise chickens without looking at the market
If the price of eggs is high, they will be raised more, and if the price of eggs is low, they will not be raised or raised less. In recent years, the market cycle has been difficult to grasp, resulting in the "invalidation" of old experience. According to the equipment conditions of the farm, the chicken flock should be reasonably turned around and the breeding plan should be formulated.
2. Do not ignore the breeding of chickens
It is wrong to think that the body weight and uniformity of the breeding chickens are not enough to catch up before the start of production. If the nutrient level of the feed is low at this stage, it will cause poor bone development, prolapse of the anus, low egg weight, and high mortality during the egg-laying period.
3. Don’t pay attention to feeding at the expected date of delivery
The transition from the breeding chicken feed to the laying hen feed too early or too late will lead to diarrhea in the first-born chickens, and even the phenomenon of paralyzed chickens, thin-skinned eggs, sand-preserved eggs, and soft-shelled eggs will increase. Pre-produced feed should be used from 16 weeks of age to 5% egg production.
4. Judging feed quality only from appearance
Just because the white stone particles in the feed are obvious, it is wrong to think that the feed is poor. Generally, the stone powder in the concentrated feed accounts for about 1/4 of the total amount, and 2/3 of the coarse stone powder and 1/3 of the fine stone powder in the egg-laying period is beneficial to calcium. absorb. Crude protein content is apparent, and the key depends on the essential amino acid content. With the same crude protein content but different raw materials, the absorption and utilization rate varies greatly.
5. Don’t pay attention to drinking water
Common trough water supply, the number of water additions is the same as the number of feedings; or sometimes the chickens are artificially limited in water due to thin manure when they are sick, which is tantamount to worsening the situation for the chickens. Lack of water seriously affects the digestion and absorption of other nutrients. Water is the cheapest among all nutrients, but it is also the source of life and must not be less. Generally, the water-material ratio is 5-6:1 in summer, and 2-3:1 in other seasons.
6. Abuse of antibiotics
Medication should be based on the principle of finding out the pathogen, first sulfonamides, then antibiotics, and first narrow-spectrum and then broad-spectrum. To prevent drug resistance due to "half dose" administration not reaching an effective bactericidal concentration in the blood. When there is a little effect in the treatment, the drug is stopped, and the residual bacteria cause the disease to recur, prolonging the course of the disease and increasing the cost of medication.
7. Incomplete analysis of costs
Farmers often only look at the surface unit price of feed and veterinary drugs and ignore the real cost of breeding. The survival rate, uniformity, feed, chicken seedlings, medicine, vaccines, water and electricity, fuel costs, etc. should be calculated at the stage of chicks and laying hens; the cost of eggs per kilogram should be calculated specifically for laying hens. Feeding high-priced feeds has high actual nutrient concentration, good egg weight, strong disease resistance, and good color and weight.
8. Don’t pay attention to the elimination of chickens
Implementing "humanitarianism" on inferior chickens, sick and weak chickens, and low-yielding chickens will only increase the chance of the spread of infectious diseases, become the fuse of the disease or eat chickens for nothing, and increase the cost.
9. Copy the epidemic prevention procedures bluntly
It is not wrong to prevent epidemics according to the requirements of chicken seedling manufacturers, but it is best to scientifically formulate epidemic prevention procedures based on the actual situation and the current local epidemic situation. Conditional best is based on the results of detecting antibody levels.
10. Focus on treatment and light on prevention
In recent years, the frequent occurrence of encephalomyelitis, renal bronchitis, egg drop syndrome and other diseases are related to the lack of comprehensive information sharing in villages and towns, and the abuse of drugs at the onset. As the saying goes: there is no income in epidemic prevention, more and less in management.