When is the best time to raise chickens?

Question 1: When is the best time to raise chickens? Raising chickens is the key link. Although brooding can be carried out all year round, there are significant differences in reproductive efficiency and adult productivity due to different brooding seasons. Therefore, choosing the right brooding time is the premise of raising chickens well. Generally speaking, the choice of brooding opportunity should mainly consider the brooding conditions and productivity of adults. Poor equipment conditions and extensive management are mainly based on natural climatic conditions; Those with good brooding conditions and fine management should take the pursuit of adult productivity as the main goal. In order to choose the appropriate brooding time, the advantages and disadvantages of each brooding period are introduced below.

First of all, the chicken in spring. Chickens that hatch from March to mid-April are called spring chickens. The warmer climate in this period is very conducive to brooding, and the survival rate of chicks is high; New chickens can start production in August and September, which is the season for old chickens to stop production and molt, which can make up for the shortage of fresh eggs in the off-season market and has high economic value; Moreover, it takes a long time for the first biological egg-laying year to stop until September of the following year, and considerable breeding benefits can be obtained. However, the climate is still low in March, which requires heating and moisturizing, and the cost of brooding is also high.

Second, late spring chicks. Chickens that hatch from late April to May are called late spring chickens. During this period, the climate was warm, the management was easy, the survival rate of chicks was high, the price of chicks was cheap, it was easy to select excellent individuals, and the feeding cost of chicks was low. The new chickens began to give birth in late September to 10, which is still in the molting season of the old chickens, and the first biological laying year is also long.

Third, the moldy rainy chicken. High temperature and humidity in June are very unfavorable for brooding, and the incidence of coccidiosis is high, which seriously affects the survival rate of chicks. In the middle age, when it is hot summer, mosquito bites are extremely unfavorable to growth and development; After winter, the climate is cold and the sunshine time is short, so it is difficult for new chickens to lay eggs in time. Generally, you can't lay eggs until the next spring. The first biological egg laying year is only about half a year, and the egg laying period coincides with the peak season of fresh eggs in the market, which has low economic value.

Fourth, chicks in summer. Chickens hatched in July and August are called summer chickens. The summer temperature is high, the breeder's physique is weak, and the hatched chicks have poor viability. At this time, mosquitoes are seriously harmful, which is not conducive to the growth of chicks and is easy to develop into stiff chickens. New chickens can't lay eggs until the next spring. The first creature has a short laying year and poor breeding efficiency, so it is generally not used.

Fifth, autumn chicken. Chickens hatched from September to165438+1October become autumn chickens. In autumn, the air is fresh and the climate is dry, which is suitable for the growth of chicks and has a high survival rate. New chickens can lay eggs next spring, and the laying rate is high. However, because chickens start laying eggs before they are fully developed, it will take a long time to reach the standard egg weight, and the molting will be stopped in autumn, so the first biological egg laying year is very short.

Sixth, the chicken in winter. Chickens hatched from February 65438 to February of the following year are called winter chickens. The winter climate is cold, the temperature supply time is long, and the cost of brooding is high; Chickens are raised indoors, lacking sunshine and exercise, and need long-term brooding conditions and careful management. However, new chickens lay eggs early, and they can start laying eggs in May-July. Under the good feeding and management conditions, the first creature lays eggs for a long time and has high economic value without molting in that year.

Based on the above situation, it is better for laying hens to raise spring chickens; For chicken farmers with poor brooding conditions and lack of experience, it is advisable to raise chickens in late spring; When brooding fails in spring, brooding can be carried out in autumn; Experienced chicken farmers can also raise winter chicks with good brooding conditions; In rainy season and summer, it is generally not suitable for brooding.

Question 2: When do you start raising chickens? If it is a henhouse, you can start raising it at any time. If it is free-range, March and April are the best.

Feeding technique

First, choose improved varieties. Excellent breeds are the basis for raising high-quality broilers. We should choose local famous breeds with thin skin, plump muscles, delicious meat, strong stress resistance and small and medium-sized colorful feathers, such as Sanhuang Chicken or Twist Green Foot Chicken, such as Gongting Yellow Chicken, Henan Gushi Chicken, Guangxi Cenxi Sanhuang Chicken, Zhejiang Xianju Chicken, etc., or choose excellent broiler breeds suitable for local feeding according to local feeding habits and market consumption demand.

Second, pay attention to grazing. Grazing is one of the important measures to improve the meat quality of broilers. The technical requirements for brooding of high-quality free-range chickens are the same as those for fast-growing broilers. After brooding in the brooding room for about 30 days, it will be transferred to the greenhouse for breeding. Generally, grazing begins in 30 days in summer, 45 days in spring and autumn and 50-60 days in winter. It is best to choose bamboo gardens, orchards, tea gardens, mulberry gardens and other places with high and dry terrain, sheltered from the wind and sunny, quiet environment, convenient drinking, no pollution and no animal harm. Chickens can not only eat pests and weeds in the above four gardens, but also accumulate them for the four gardens.

Fertilize. A sandpit can be set up in the grazing land for chickens to bathe in the sand. It is also necessary to build a straw shed or plastic shed to shelter from rain, sun and cold. Broilers come out early and come back late, and the grazing density is 50 ~ 70/mu, and the size of each group is about 500. In order to prevent chickens from getting lost or hurting nearby crops, fences can be set up in the pasture until they are sold. Strengthening grazing can improve the compactness of chickens and promote their physique and feathers to be tight and bright; You can also eat grass, grass seeds, dead leaves, flies and so on. Save feed and improve meat quality. Conditional can put a batch of chickens in different places, which is not only conducive to disease prevention, but also conducive to chicken foraging.

Third, feed the feed skillfully. Feed is an important factor affecting meat quality. High-quality native chickens should be fed with digestible and nutritious full-price feed for chicks during the brooding period. Because of its slow growth rate, the crude protein content in the feed is 2% lower than that in the complete feed for fast-growing broilers, so it is necessary to eat more meals in small quantities to promote the growth and development of chicks. In order to improve the meat quality and reduce the feed cost, more green feed, agricultural and sideline products and coarse grains should be fed during breeding and grazing, and the compound feed should be supplemented after returning home at night. 0 ~ 2 weeks before 65438+ slaughter, if the chicken is thin, the feeding amount of compound feed can be increased and grazing can be restricted for moderate fattening. Animal feed such as silkworm chrysalis, fish meal and meat meal should not be added to the compound feed in the middle and late stage. * * Use rapeseed meal, cottonseed meal and other feeds that have adverse effects on meat quality and meat color, and do not add artificial synthetic pigments, chemically synthesized non-nutritional additives and drugs. Natural substances such as orange peel powder, pine needle powder, garlic, ginger, fennel, cinnamon and tea powder should be properly added to change the meat color, improve the meat quality and increase the umami flavor.

Fourth, strict epidemic prevention. Doing a good job in epidemic prevention and disease elimination is an important guarantee for raising high-quality free-range chickens. In general, free-range chickens have strong disease resistance, and the incidence rate is less than that of large-scale broilers in captivity. However, due to the long feeding cycle and the exposure of pathogens by grazing in the wild, it is necessary to do a good job in sanitation, disinfection and epidemic prevention in strict accordance with the requirements of raising chickens, and do the following epidemic prevention work according to local actual priorities. The recommended immunization program is shown in table 1.

In addition, special attention should be paid to the prevention and treatment of coccidiosis, polycythemia carinii and parasitic diseases of digestive tract. Check regularly, and if it happens, drive it out in time. In order to reduce and control the drug residues in chicken, we should try not to use synthetic drugs in the middle and late stage of disease prevention and control of broilers, and use traditional Chinese medicine instead of biological control.

Fifth, timely sales. Suitable feeding period is an important link to improve meat quality. When the feeding period is too short, the chicken has too much water content, insufficient accumulation of nutrients, less umami and aromatic substances, poor meat quality and poor taste, which can not meet the standards of high-quality chicken; The feeding cycle is too long, the muscle fiber is too old, and the feeding cost is too high and uneconomical. According to the growth physiology and nutrient accumulation characteristics of native chickens, and the characteristics of cock growing faster than hen and early sexual maturity, it is determined that small broilers/kloc-will be listed on 0/00 days and hens/kloc-will be listed on 0/20 days; Medium-sized broilers 1 10 day, hens 130 day. At this time, the weight of listed chickens, the accumulation of nutrients, umami and aromatic substances in chicken meat basically reached the content standard of adult chickens, and the meat was fresh and tender, which was a good combination of weight, quality and cost.

Question 3: What season is good for raising chickens? Spring and autumn are the best breeding seasons with appropriate temperature and humidity, but we must pay attention to epidemic prevention.

Actually, the season is not important. Scientific chicken raising needs technical support, which can be started from the following aspects:

First, from the construction of the henhouse, choose some open and bright places with convenient drying and water supply and drainage.

Second, the choice of chicken breeds, it is best to have some varieties that are easy to manage, such as native chicken. Third, the preparation of feed should be thick and thin.

Four, disinfection work should be normalized, so that there is a daily record and a monthly summary.

Question 4: How long does it take to disinfect chickens periodically?

It won't affect each other too much.

If a single batch of Chai chicken is raised, the cycle is about ten months.

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Question 5: What season is suitable for raising chickens? It is best to hatch chickens in spring or autumn. Chickens are not easy to survive when it is too cold in winter and too hot in summer, so it is more suitable to start in spring or autumn, with mild climate and suitable air humidity.

Question 6: When is the best season for free-range chickens and why? Do you mean the best season for selling or incubating eggs? If you sell broilers on August 15 and before the Spring Festival, the market will be the best. If you put off brooding for three months, it will be the best season for brooding. Free-range chickens can be kept for three months at the earliest, and you still have half a year's health. So you only sell two batches of chickens every year.

Question 7: When to sell chicken depends on what kind of chicken you have. If it is a carnivorous chicken, it will take about 45 days. If it is a laying hen, the eggs will be laid in about 18 weeks, and the production will start in 140 days and will be eliminated in 70 weeks.

Question 8: When can I raise chickens? How many times a year can I raise it? Chickens can be kept at any time. If you can raise several batches of broilers a year, you can slaughter them for more than 0 days. Take laying hens as an example. Generally, it takes 500 days as a cycle. Free-range chickens are judged by the quality of the market, generally not more than 300 days.

Question 9: How long does it usually take for free-range chickens to be released? . . Free-range chickens generally take 180 to 300 days.

Free-range chickens fed with compound feed have comprehensive nutrition and fast growth. /kloc-it can be slaughtered in 0/80 days.

Free-range chickens are not fed with compound feed, but rely on chickens to find food in the wild, and only add a small amount of single feed such as corn and sorghum, which grows slowly and takes about 300 days to reach 1.5 kg before they can be released.

Question 10: When is the best time to serve chickens in a chicken farm? spring