1.Temperature: Keep the temperature at 34-37°C, and the temperature fluctuation should not be too large to avoid harm to the respiratory tract of the chicken.
2. Humidity: The relative humidity is generally 55-65%. The wet litter should be cleaned up in time during the rainy season.
3. Feeding and drinking: First let the chicks drink 0.01-0.02% potassium permanganate aqueous solution and 8% sucrose water, and then feed. Drinking water needs to drink warm water first, and then gradually change to fresh and clean cold water.
1. How to feed the newly hatched chicks
1. Temperature
(1) Chickens that have just emerged from their shells have sparse and short feathers, and do not have the ability to resist the cold. Therefore, heat preservation must be done. Generally, the temperature can be kept at 34-37°C to prevent the chickens from getting together due to the cold and increasing the chance of death.
(2) Caution: The temperature fluctuation should not be too large, which is easy to cause damage to the respiratory tract of the chicken.
2. Humidity
(1) The relative humidity of the brooding house is generally 55-65%. If the humidity is too low, it will consume the water in the chicken body, which is not conducive to growth. If the humidity is too high, it is easy to breed bacteria and cause the chicken to infect diseases.
(2) Note: Generally, during the rainy season when humidity is too high, thick dry litter and clean wet litter in time.
3. Feeding and drinking
(1) Before feeding, the chicks can drink 0.01-0.02% potassium permanganate aqueous solution to clean up the meconium and sterilize the intestines and stomach, then can be fed 8% sucrose water, and finally fed.
(2) In the young chicks stage, they can be allowed to eat freely, and then gradually reduce the number of feedings. After 20 days of age, it is generally enough to feed 4 times a day.
(3) Drinking water should use warm water first, and then gradually change to fresh and clean cold water. Note: It is necessary to avoid letting the chickens wet the feathers.
4. Light
Generally, chickens within 1 week of age can be exposed to 24 hours of light. After 1 week, they can choose to use natural light during the day when the weather is clear and the temperature is suitable. It is recommended that they can be exposed to the sun once a day. Expose for about 30 minutes in the second day, and then gradually extend.
2. How many days does it take for the incubator to incubate the chicks
1. Incubation time
It usually takes about 21 days to hatch chicks with an incubator. However, due to factors such as chicken breeds and types of incubators, the specific incubation time needs to be determined according to the actual situation.
2. Incubation method
(1) Taking the constant temperature incubation method as an example, the temperature can always be kept at 37.8°C.
(2) The humidity of 1-7 days of incubation is generally 60-65%, the humidity of 8-18 days is generally 50-55%, and the humidity of 19-21 days is generally 65-70%.
(3) Turn the eggs 1-18 days before, turn the eggs once every 2 hours, pay attention to ventilation, the carbon dioxide content in the air should generally not exceed 0.5%.
(4) Drying the eggs is usually carried out at the same time as turning the eggs. If the incubation conditions are suitable, it is not necessary to dry the eggs, but if the temperature exceeds 30 ℃ in the hot summer, the eggs need to be aired.
(5) During the incubation period, the eggs need to be illuminated 3 times. The white eggs are illuminated on the 5th day for the first time, the brown eggs are illuminated on the 7th day, the second illuminated on the 11th day, and the third illuminated on the 18th day. God, pick out infertile eggs, blood-ringed eggs, and dead sperm eggs in time.
(6) Generally, when the eggs start to peck their shells, they need to be placed in the hatcher basket and hatched in the basket.
Post time: Nov-04-2021