5 Lucrative Tips for Broiler Farming

 

There are two types of farming- one is layer farming and the other is broiler farming. Many people do broiler farming business for meat. Generally, broilers are sold between 1.5 to 3 kg live weight relying on customers’ preferences and market demands.  At first, you have to find out the market outlets before investing in broiler production. You have to seek for marketing in local hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, groceries, and other regular customers before going to sell your boilers. This will increase your selling without any interruption for your business.

Consumers always want broilers having large breasts and thighs without skin imperfections or broken wing feathers. After dressing place them in seal bags and only show the broilers that look perfect. You have to keep records of your expenses. In this article, I would provide you 5 lucrative tips to do broiler farming. The tips are as follows-

Preparation for Chicken House

If you want to bring the chicks in a chicken coop, you have to disinfect the house and place brooder rings in the house. These rings will make a microclimate that will prevent drafts and keep the birds warm. You have to keep the feed and water near. You can spread feed on paper placed on the floor for encouraging young chickens to eat. Never give perches to boilers because perches can cause deformities in the legs and breast.

Feeding in Broiler Farming

Feeding is the most expensive element in commercial poultry farming. Generally, people do three common mistakes in feeding – inconsistent feeding, overfeeding, and underfeeding. As a poultry farmer, you have to buy feed from the reputable millers who can assure the quality of the feed. You can provide readily mixed feeds for growing lots of meat. You should give your chick’s chicken starter as it contains more protein. You can also use separate-sex feeding for accomplishing your goals.

Providing Water, Modest Temperature and Ventilation

You have to provide about. 2 liters to 3. 5 liters of water for every kilogram of chicken grew. You have to use water sanitizer as chlorine to control disease-causing organisms in the water. You have to fill the jars with fresh water after washing and never keep the jars dry.

Chickens require a lot of air circulation. So, you have to keep the doors and windows open for providing natural ventilation. You have to keep room temperature of about 18 to 24 degrees centigrade. In case of overheating, you can use fans and other types of ventilation for cooling the chickens.

Use of Lights

Lighting is very important for the improvement of broilers because a broiler’s feather is developed when it gets proper lighting. Moreover, lighting has a great impact on broilers’ health. You can use one or two 40-watt bulbs in your home projects.

Aware of Diseases and vaccinations

Broilers have the greatest risk to infectious diseases. You can judge the risk of diseases from the behavior of the birds, droppings, feed intake, and death rates. Broilers are much vulnerable to metabolic diseases such as ascites, sudden death syndrome, fatty liver and kidney syndrome, and tibial dyschondroplasia (TD.)

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A vaccination program is a must for the health management of broiler farming. If you see your chickens are sick, you can go to an experienced veterinarian for taking help. When you would vaccinate in drinking water, the water supply system must be totally free from chlorine, medication and other chemical agents for 48 hours prior to and 24 hours after vaccination. Your chickens should have the vaccine within 2 hours after mixing it with water.

Under the light of above discussion, I can suggest you follow these tips to improve your broiler farming.