Recently, the weather has gradually turned cooler, so farmers should pay attention to the precautions in autumn and winter.

 

1. Daily management of the flock

There are different precautions in the daily management of autumn and winter. For example, chicken farmers should pay attention to the weather conditions every day and arrange the work of keeping the chickens warm according to the conditions of the cold; The stress is stronger.

 

2. Inspect and repair the chicken coop

The chicken farmers need to inspect and repair the chicken coop, fill up the cracks on the wall, prepare the doors and windows for autumn and winter, prepare things such as grass curtains to keep out the cold, prepare the heating facilities and check Does the chimney flue have any leakage of smoke, etc.?

 

3. Pay attention to add light to the chickens

For laying hens, to maintain normal egg production in the fall and winter, it is essential to supplement the laying hens with moderate light. Generally, the lights are turned on from 4 am to 5 am every day, from dark to about 8 pm. Especially in some rainy and snowy weather, the light is insufficient, and the lights should be turned on to supplement the light during the day.

 

4. Adjust the chicken group

Raise chickens in autumn and winter. Those chickens with lower yields or weaker chickens in the flock should be eliminated in time. For laying hens, those hens that have completed moulting and are healthy should be selected for focus feeding.

 

5. Disinfection work

In autumn and winter, various chicken diseases occur frequently, especially some chicken respiratory virus diseases, which cannot be prevented, and once the morbidity and mortality are high, it is difficult to cure, which often causes greater losses to chicken farmers. Therefore, for closed chicken houses, chicken farmers must perform air disinfection once a week. In addition, the environment outside the chicken house, the drinking fountains, feeders, etc. in the chicken house should also be disinfected.

The above words are about the things that farmers should pay attention to in autumn and winter. I hope chicken farmers should take precautionary measures.