In this article, EL-Diasti for Poultry Production is interested in providing important information about the basics of poultry farming and how to choose a good chick with good father and mother origins that enjoy strong immunity for customers from mother breeders or companies interested in poultry farming.
Dear followers, there is a rule in poultry farming that says:
A good start with a good chick and a good breeder equals a happy ending with high weights and good profit.
We are here to mention the specifications of a good chick, so we will explain in the following what are the specifications of a good chick, which are represented in the following points:
- Homogeneity in sizes, as the group of chicks is of uniform and equal sizes, and there is no difference in sizes between chicks. It is preferable that its weight ranges between 40 grams and 45 grams.
- The chick should be alert and active, and its feathers should be bright yellow.
- The largest number of chicks should be gathered around the incubation dishes and eat fodder and water continuously.
- There should be no gatherings of chicks around each other in the barn, despite the presence of a moderate, balanced and appropriate temperature.
- There are no white feathers on the wing, as if there are white feathers on the edges of the wing, this indicates that the chick is not a day old or is left over from yesterday, and the price of these chicks is always lower than the usual market price, and since the price is low, it is tempting for some breeders to buy it and then raise it, and after a short period of time, problems occur in low weights and frequent viral infections in the breeding pen, which in turn leads to huge losses, and accordingly, the EL-Diasti for Poultry Production Foundation strongly advises breeders not to receive this type of chicks.
- A good chick is free of umbilical inflammation or rumen.
- The chick is free of salmonella and E. coli.
- The chick is free of respiratory diseases and does not have symptoms of respiratory diseases such as the sound of suffocation of breathing or the neck extending to breathe.
- The chick is free of blood clots or tumors at the joints of the legs.
- The chick’s belly should be smooth and its skin should be moist and not dry.
- The mortality rate should not exceed 1% in the first week and not exceed 1.5% on the fourteenth day.
