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- Five vaccine errors that will kill your chicken
Vaccination is a prevention strategy for some poultry diseases, yes it’s only effective if ts done effectively. 1. Vaccinating Sick or Stressed Chickens: Vaccinating sick birds is like adding to the sickness. When a chicken is sick, the immune system is compromised. At such times, vaccines will only do more harm – instead of preventing… Read more: Five vaccine errors that will kill your chicken - Benefits Of Raising Chicken Feeders
Raising chicken feeders is something you must have come across but maybe not the hidden benefits of raising feeders. Interestingly, people advise to do this but many farmers still can’t figure exactly why. So, today I decide to make ends meet with a polite article. For Exercise and Leg Strength What does this have to… Read more: Benefits Of Raising Chicken Feeders - Photos: Conversion Feeds Clients visiting our Intraco Suppliers in Belgium
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“A place for everything and everything in its place,” is a familiar quote that farmers must keep in mind. It is a quote that says that everything should have a place to be stored and when not in use it should be returned to that place. Are you a believer in this type of cleanliness? Well, if… Read more: How To Clean Your Chicken Coop - Local Chicken: Rearing Tips on Success In This Venture
Local chicken is a bit easy to rear now days compared to the past since they can now reproduce with less management and can survive on their own. There are many things that one can do in order to start rearing local chicken and we all have many questions like how do I start, what… Read more: Local Chicken: Rearing Tips on Success In This Venture - Predator Proof Ways In Poultry Farming
One of the hardest things in keeping chickens is keeping those chickens out of the reach of chicken predators. It seems that everything wants to eat chickens: But you’re smarter than they are. Here’s how to keep your hens safe. Most common chicken predators include; Neighborhood dogs Chicken hawks Feral and domestic cats Bobcats Owls … Read more: Predator Proof Ways In Poultry Farming - Waste management and water quality assurance, key challenges in cage systems
Yes, removal of wastes from cages is yet another hectic activity, many fear the stinch or smell from the droppings and the tiresome ness especially when birds are many. Am happy many planned earlier and earlier and made deep trenches where the droppings can land such that the distance from the droppings to the lower… Read more: Waste management and water quality assurance, key challenges in cage systems - Keep It Fresh: How To Store Your Eggs Well
Always Keep Eggs In Their Carton Statistically it is a proven habit that most poultry farmers in Uganda are used to storing their eggs in an egg carton. We know a lot of people like to throw away the egg carton when they get home and store their eggs in the little egg caddy that comes with your… Read more: Keep It Fresh: How To Store Your Eggs Well - Good Management Skills: Essential Tips For Layer Chicken
Layer chicken are prized for their egg production and therefore a farmer must be prepared to apply management skills to ensure that the health of his chicken is not compromised. Getting fresh eggs from the backyard farm of layers depends on good management skills so one must keep their layer chicken healthy in the process.… Read more: Good Management Skills: Essential Tips For Layer Chicken - Record Keeping: An Important Poultry Farming Tool
Record maintenance is a crucial activity in any business. It serves as an important source for monitoring and evaluation as well as to analyze the profit or loss made. A business can be efficiently managed, only if proper recording of data is carried out periodically. So, we should keep farming records as also a business tool;… Read more: Record Keeping: An Important Poultry Farming Tool - Poultry Farming: Handy Task Tips For Happy And Healthy Chicken
Having a flock of chicken requires some tasks that you need to tend to daily and monthly. These chores will keep your hens happy, healthy, and safe. Chicken care doesn’t have to be hard, and these tips can help you make sure you’re giving your chickens everything they need. Daily Tasks Check water and clean/refill… Read more: Poultry Farming: Handy Task Tips For Happy And Healthy Chicken - Good Storage of Chicken Feeds: Must Do’s
All types of ingredient, as well as completed compound feeds, require special care during storage to prevent deterioration in quality, and loss. Additionally, they are very valuable commodities and need to be subjected to careful stock control to prevent theft. Here at Conversion Feeds we value the quality of our feeds and take optimum care to provide… Read more: Good Storage of Chicken Feeds: Must Do’s