01/06/2022
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PROPER PRIMING OF BROODSTOCKS
Preparation starts (Oct.-Nov) when their molting is almost finished. The brood c**k should be fed with a well balanced ration of grains (70%) and pellets (30%) mixture. Brood hens should be fed with straight breeder pellets as early as October to give them the time to adjust to their new feeds. A sudden change in their feed ration is a form of digestive stress and this would disrupt their laying process. Giving lactobacilli, vitamins and mineral additives, mixed to their feeds is very beneficial and should be given on a maintenance basis. Trim the vent feathers of both brood c**k and brood hen, before they start mating in order for them to consummate their mating effectively.Vitamin B-complex is injected (.5cc) intramuscularly once a week, preferably at night for easy handling. Weekly administration of Vitamin A, D & E injectables (.5cc) is also given for 5 consecutive weeks. Provide electrolytes in their waterers daily for 5 consecutive days and repeated every other two weeks as part of their maintenance. Provide oyster shell grits at all times to prevent calcium deficiency especially among brood hens. The feed mixture for your brood stocks should have adequate nutrients and vitamins to produce quality off-springs. Many times, production is satisfactory among our brood hens, but their embryos or off-springs may show symptoms of vitamin deficiency. Breeder hens in poor health, for any reason, frequently fail to supply the embryo with some vital nutritional factor or perhaps pass some toxic material to the egg. Thus, the hatch is poor or chicks are of low quality and must be culled. Remember that a healthy brood stock is your best assurance for producing good quality off-springs. Our brood stocks must be kept healthy and provided with a diet, adequate to supply the fertile egg with all nutrients necessary, not only for normal embryonic development but to maintain healthy off-springs. An increased amount of vitamins and minerals is indicated during the entire breeding period because any deficiency would result to "poor hatchabilityβ. A breeder (ration) is more than a laying (ration). Laying (ration) mash sufficient to sustain egg production is not always adequate to sustain good hatchability and health of young offspring. The breeder ration must be adequate for performance of the breeder hen as well as the embryo and chick.
