Choosing the right fry is the key to raising good chickens

　　I. Pre-preparation

　　1、Market survey

　　Raising laying hens is ultimately to provide eggs to the market. Eggs only be received by the market, and consumers need, may become a commodity. Therefore, in the purchase of chicks must be conducted before the market survey. Such as consumers like brown eggs, white eggs, pink eggs or green eggs. Purchase market demand for products, only then, chicken products have a market. In addition, there must be a certain market forecasting ability.

　　2, the adaptability of chicken species

　　Different breeds have different requirements for environmental conditions. No matter how high a breed's production performance is, if it cannot survive healthily in the local area, the productivity can not be played out even if it is high. In other words, the local area is not suitable for raising such varieties. For example, some lightweight laying hens have high productivity, but are sensitive and easily frightened, so they cannot be kept in noisy places and should be kept in sluggish breeds. In short, before raising chickens, chicken farmers should know some varieties of environmental requirements, as well as some other technical information.

　　3. Production performance of chicken breeds

　　The production performance of chicken breeds directly affects the economic benefits of chicken farms, so only by choosing high-yielding breeds, coupled with scientific feeding management and strict sanitary and epidemic prevention system, can we obtain a high yield of possible. The breed of laying hens, annual egg production of 280 or more; but there are many varieties do not reach this level, and, the same variety of different strains between the production performance is also different. If the production performance of the breed itself is not high, feeding management and environmental conditions are good, there will not be a high level of production. Therefore, before introducing the breed, we must carry out a survey on the production performance of the breed. The method is to go to the nearby chicken farms to understand which varieties of high production performance, adaptability, these can be used as the basis for the purchase of chicks, to prevent blind purchase of seedlings. In addition, we should also understand that some foreign introduced varieties, due to poor adaptability, it is difficult to achieve high production performance in China, should pay attention to the purchase of seedlings. Although the purebred is a high-yield varieties, due to long rearing time, do not choose will also appear degradation phenomenon, the production performance is reduced, so the purchase of seedlings must be careful, to keep the credibility of the large chicken farm to buy seedlings.

　　4、Investigate the feeding management and disease prevention of the purchased chicken farms

　　Years of practice has proved that the purchase of chickens in the farm breeder's production performance is good, high level of feeding management, less disease, the future survival rate of the chickens is high, the production performance of adult chickens is good, so, before you buy the seedling, be sure to investigate the level of production of the purchased chickens in the farm, the prevention of disease and so on. Especially important for the first time chicken farms. A disease - once brought into the chicken farm, it is difficult to survive. This is the reason why the mortality rate of the older farms is higher.

　　Second, choose high-quality varieties

　　The price of chickens is different for different breeds of indigenous chickens. Like some high-quality native chicken breeds, unique appearance, meat and egg quality have obvious advantages, sales time selling price is high, good sales, breeding benefits will be significantly better than ordinary varieties, so the price of chickens is also reasonable.

　　Third, how to pick male and female chicks?

　　There will be a difference in the price of male and female fry. You buy female chicks at a high price, male and female half and half, but the black hearted manufacturers send you 90% of the male chicks, the price is cheap, but at a big loss is the farmers.

　　Male and female chicks have the following significant differences in reproductive augmentation appearance:

　　Appearance: compared to male chicks, female chicks have an inconspicuous outline of the genital bulge, atrophy, the surrounding tissues are lined with powerlessness, there is no correlation, the feel is soft; while male chicks have an obvious outline of the genital bulge, full, and their surrounding tissues are solidly connected.

　　Glossy: In comparison, the genital bulge of female chicks is soft and transparent; the surface of male chicks' genital bulge is tense and glossy.

　　Elasticity: female chicks have almost no elasticity in their genitalia, and are easily deformed by external pressure or a little stretching; while male chicks have elasticity in their genitalia, and a certain amount of pressure and stretching will not deform it.

　　Congestion: female chicks genital bulge blood vessels are not developed, also does not reach the surface, even if the stimulation is not easy to congestion; while male chicks genital bulge blood vessels are developed, there are fine blood vessels on the surface, the slightest stimulation will be very easy to congestion.

　　Protrusion: female chicks have a pointed genital bulge; male chicks have a rounded genital bulge.

　　General experience tells us that we can judge the male and female chicks according to the difference in the shape of their genital bulge. If you do not have enough experience, it is difficult to distinguish by eye, you can use your fingers to touch the method, check the chick's genital bulge, and observe the degree of congestion and elasticity. The combination of these methods can basically identify the male and female chicks, and also prepare for the grouping plan formulated by the farmers. Emphasize that, for the chick, the appropriate identification time is 2-12 hours after the chick is born, not more than 24 hours.

　　Fourth, the selection method of chicken chicks

　　1, look at the appearance of the individual; broiler weak chicks individual is not neat, most of the thin and dry, eyes do not love to open or blind, feathers disheveled, no luster, such can not be.

　　2, look at the abdomen; yolk absorption is incomplete, and the presentation of abdominal expansion, umbilical contraction is not good, the umbilical cord or umbilical hole is very large, there is mucus or with a bloodstained, yolk exposed, such can not be.

　　3, touch and listen; touch flimsy and feeble, hoarse or screaming, in the hands of the inelastic, weak, such can not be;;.

　　4, look at the anus; anus more dirt or feces sticking, such can not be.

　　5, look at the spirit; lack of spirit, shrinking head, do not like to move, two feet to stand unsteady, slow reaction, fear of cold, can not be.