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How To Achieve Excellent Broiler Weight
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Every broiler farmer wants to achieve very good weights, with low mortality and raise birds in the shortest period possible. This helps them to get a better return on investment (ROI).
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Every broiler farmer wants to achieve very good weights, with low mortality and raise birds in the shortest period possible. This helps them to get a better return on investment (ROI).
1. Brooder Temp Mangment;
Chicks do not thermoregulate.
The first 5 days are very critical. You must preheat the house for 24 hrs before receiving new chicks. Temp should be 31c - 33c at chick level.
Chicks do not thermoregulate.
The first 5 days are very critical. You must preheat the house for 24 hrs before receiving new chicks. Temp should be 31c - 33c at chick level.
If you do not have a thermter, hold up the chicks feet to your cheeks to measure the temp. If you do this right, effects will be - high weight gain, lower FCR (Feed conversation ratio), lower cull rate, lower mortality and reduced bird growing costs.
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Vaccines are extremely important during the poultry production cycle. A good vaccine schedule will determine how successful your poultry project will be.
Here is what our basic vaccine schedule looks like.
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Here is what our basic vaccine schedule looks like.
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When the day-old chicks arrive, they are given the Lasota strain of the Newcastle disease vaccine.
Then on the 10th day after they arrive on a poultry farm, we administer the gumboro vaccine to fight the Infectious bursal disease.
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Then on the 10th day after they arrive on a poultry farm, we administer the gumboro vaccine to fight the Infectious bursal disease.
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We follow this up with another Newcastle disease vaccine between the 14-16th day.
Finally, another set of Gumboro and Newcastle vaccines are administered between 17-19th days and 20-22 days respectively.
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Finally, another set of Gumboro and Newcastle vaccines are administered between 17-19th days and 20-22 days respectively.
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