HOW TO BE A GOOD POULTRY FARMER

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The first thing you should do when you enter your poultry house is to observe your birds before feeding them. The observation should entail:

Their activeness:
Are they moving towards your side or do not show any sign of recognizing you’re present? If they are active, there should be sign of excitement among the flock.
Check their faeces for abnormality:
Check if the birds’ faeces are different from the normal, which should be grayish faeces with a white cap. If you suspect anything different from normal, like blood-stained faeces, yellowish, whitish or greenish faeces, then something is definitely wrong with those birds.
Check for weak birds and/or dead:
Remove weak and dead birds from the pen. Observe the weak or sick birds in order to know if the weakness was due to an accident.
Check for cannibalized birds
Check for any birds that might have been pecked, thereby having wounds on the skin. If you detect any, isolate such from the flock immediately.
You need to contact your animal health officer if your observations are not favorable.

Read also;
Preparation of poultry brooding house
Feeding broilers with PKC
How to control flies in poultry house
How to prevent or reduce mortality in poultry production

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