14 steps to reduce chick mortality in your poultry farm

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07:13:00

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2022

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Agribusiness Insider
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Chicks are delicate during the first weeks thus need for proper measures to keep the flock healthy, this may as well involve implementing strategies that prevent infection and diseases outbreak. Additionally, it is always advisable to buy chicks from reputable suppliers. Furthermore, always and inspect chick health to avoid purchasing sick, unhealthy, and poor-quality birds. Also, ensure to provide chicks with the requires adequate brooding temperatures.

General management measures

Always keep drinkers and feeders clean as well as maintain good poultry house ventilation to minimize the risk of disease outbreak and suffocation respectively. Also, serve birds water before feeds to allow birds to feed easily. Furthermore, protect the farm against predators, clean poultry houses regularly and supply sufficient water and feeds to birds.

Health management strategies

Always follow and give chicks the right medicine as well as maintain vaccination schedules. Additionally, contact a veterinary in case of a disease outbreak on the farm. Furthermore, provide adequate brooding temperatures and protect the flock from cold weather. Also, do not feed birds on moldy feeds as these are poisonous to birds.
Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0000:41Chicks are delicate during the first weeks thus need for proper measures to keep flock healthy.
00:4201:15Measure to implement: source chicks from reputable suppliers and inspect chick health.
01:1601:50Provide adequate brooding temperatures and protect flock from cold weather.
01:5103:07Keep drinkers and feeders clean as well as minimizing the risk of suffocation.
03:0803:59Prevent farm against infection and diseases and avoid feeding birds on moldy feeds.
04:0004:59Serve birds water before feeds, protect farm against predators and constantly monitor the farm.
05:0006:04Clean poultry houses regularly and supply sufficient water and feeds to birds.
06:0507:13Follow medicine and vaccination schedules and contact a veterinary to regularly check birds.

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