Silkie feeding techniques
The chicken has poor digestive function, so be sure to feed easy-to-digest feeds, such as half-cooked millet and cooked egg yolk (18 chicks mix 1 egg yolk every day); after 10 days of age, you can add 10%-20 to the feed. % of cornmeal, 8% -10% chopped green feed, 1% - 1.5% of bone meal, 1% - 1.5% of fish meal and 0.5% of fine grain washed with water; can be fed with powder mix after 30 days of age Chopped green vegetables, and add bone meal, fish meal, shell powder, etc., while also feeding 1-2 times a day pellets (such as barley, millet, etc.). In the first and second weeks after chicks were hatched, 0.04% of furazolid was added to the feed each day to control paratyphoid fever and P. berghei. After 15 days of age, feed containing 0.01% of furazolid was fed daily. After 45 days of age, we must pay attention to the prevention and treatment of chicken tsutsugamushi disease. Newcastle disease vaccines can be vaccinated at 8 days, 25 days and 66 days. Chicks should be based on different growth and development period, pay attention to insulation and moisture, and keep the living environment fresh air and light. Food troughs and drinking fountains should be washed every day and every two weeks should be disinfected with sodium hydroxide hot solution. The hens are supplemented with light during the winter. According to the experiment, extending the daily illumination time to 13-14 hours in winter and supplying nutrient-rich feed can increase the egg production rate. The specific method is: From November to January, use 15-60 watt light bulbs, and give light and supplement every morning from 5 to 6.30 in the morning, from 5 to 8 in the evening and from 11 to 2 in the evening. feed. Timely to Baowo chicken "wake up." Silky chickens tend to hug nests for a long period of time, so it is important to pay attention to them in time. The easiest method of waking up is to feed Yan Dan: Chickens that find broods should feed about 15 rendan each morning and evening, and feed them for 3-5 days. Then, supply sufficient quality feed. This will normally resume egg production in 7-12 days.