18/08/2024
*SOME RANDOM, PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE I HAVE EXPERIENCED AND LEARNT AS A POULTRY FARMER.*
* Give vaccines at interval of 1 week.
* Starve birds water,1-2 hours before vaccination to enable them consume more.
* Never you vaccinate when birds are sick.
* Ensure daily washing of feeders and drinkers especially drinkers.
* Ensure clean water is often given to the birds. water you too can consume.
* Adequate feed should be given to your birds.
* Never you enter your pen with an outdoor footwear to avoid disease introduction.
* Provide foot dip for your pen,if you must allow visitors in.
* Ensure heat source is provided during brooding so as to regulate the body temperature of birds. At this stage birds are too tender to regulate heat themselves due to less feathers.
* Ensure birds have good ventilation and space.
* Ensure proper sanitation to encourage good health of birds.
* Pay proper attention to bird's droppings.
* Ensure adequate light in the pen.
* Milk should be added to vaccines for it's effectiveness.
* Please postpone vaccination if your poultry droppings indicates signs of sickness.
* The female broiler have small comb and larger feather coverage.
* The male broiler have larger comb and fewer feather coverage.
* Feed should not exceed three months from the day of manufacturing. Feed above 3 months given to birds is poisonous.
* Ensure day old chick has uniform colour before purchasing.
* Ensure water with Glucose or other anti stress supplements are given to day old stock immediately they arrive the brooding unit before introduction of feed.
* Avoid multivitamins to your birds when they show signs of illness.
* Isolate from others as soon as possible birds which displays signs of illness to avoid infecting others.
This and many more to observe for a successful poultry farming. I will keep updating us.
