The chickens aged between two to four months is called growing chickens. During this time the chickens should keep very carefully.
Because, the egg and meat production of chickens when they become adult depends on proper care and management in this period.
如果可以在生长期间正确饲养鸡,那么它们将产生更多的鸡蛋和肉。一些高鸡蛋生产性母鸡描述了波纹管。这些鸡通常称为商业层家禽。
- High-sex Brown
- 高性别白
- 明星十字棕色
- Lehman
- Isa Brown
- High Line
- Star Cross-579
- Harvard
By applying developed process and modern farming methods this types of chickens can lays up-to 280 eggs per year and per egg weights between 60 to 65 grams.
The Proper growth of chickens is mostly depends on proper food management. The farmer should have to be more consciousfeeding the chicken。良好的增长chickens feed chart described below.
Ingredients |
Percentage |
Broken Wheat |
40 |
Wheat Chaff |
10 |
Triticum aestivus谷壳 |
10 |
Kipper Fish Powder |
10 |
Mustard or Soya-bin Cake |
10 |
Cattle Tripe |
10 |
Mussel Powder |
2.5 |
Salt |
0.5 |
蔬菜 |
7.0 |
全部的 |
100 |
Every growing chicken should provide 200 to 300 grams food daily. The food should not served once. Feed the chicken twice a day. Vitamin mineral premix can also feed to fulfill the food demand.
Some Essential Tips for Growing Chickens
To be success in commercial poultry farming the farmer should follow some rule. Some essential tips for keeping growing chickens are described below.
- Make the liter clean before keeping the growing chickens.
- 通过在水中混合酿酒剂来清洗鸡舍。
- New liter, bran or wood powder should spread in the floor after drying it.
- Always keep the food and water pot neat and clean and keep them in a row.
- Always ensure balanced diet food and clean water.
- The area of the house should increase according to the number of growing chickens.
- 小鸡不应与成长中的鸡保持联系。
- The hen starts laying egg when they reach five month age but it takes one month more for full production.
- 在喂养,住房和水管理方面要更加谨慎。
- Vaccinate your chicken to keep them free from fatal poultry diseases.
- Provide them the facilities of laying egg when they reach five month of age by keeping egg laying boxes in the house.
- Give them the proper medicine which they need to remain healthy.
I learnt alot during this hour of reading. I am a beginner poultry farmer, who wants to start a small scale commercial farming. As times goes my production should increase.
I do raise about 20 birds Blue Holland chickens in my back yard as free range. However I want to raise at least 100 birds for meat production (Broilers). I will choose the best birds that can be ready for the market 4 weeks or so.