Crack open a carton of day-old chicks and you can feel the heat on your cheeks, hear that bright, hungry peeping, and catch the faint whiff of cardboard, fluff and disinfectant. I love that moment: new flock, new possibilities. But here’s the hard truth many farmers learn the expensive way: some day old chicks arrive … Read more
Worms are a great menace in poultry production; chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other poultry species are highly susceptible to worm infestations. Worms can reduce the productivity of the birds, such as a drastic drop in egg production, and if the infestation is severe, it can result in the bird’s death. Worm infestation is most … Read more
Brooding is the maximum attention and care given to chicks from a day old to about 4- 5 weeks of age. This is the most delicate period of a chicken’s life and also the most tedious and cautious aspect of poultry production. Any mismanagement during the first 4 weeks of a chick’s life can ruin … Read more
Bedding material, also known as litter material, is one of the important equipment in poultry farming. Litter material has several benefits in poultry production, irrespective of the age of the chickens. They serve as a mop that takes up all waste, especially the liquid waste passed out by the chickens. There are several materials that … Read more
There is no poultry drug to treat Newcastle disease but I would share with you effective management practices to control and prevent Newcastle disease either in commercial poultry farm or in organic poultry farm.
The health of poultry birds is maintained through routine medication and vaccination. Poultry birds are prone to several diseases; to maintain a healthy flock, it is best to prevent these diseases through vaccination. One of the important vaccines that must be administered to chickens at different ages is the Lasota Vaccine. The Lasota vaccine is … Read more
Poultry business is a very promising and lucrative business; it is one of the fastest ways to make money from agriculture. However, as lucrative as the business is, it has just one cog in its wheel, it is the poultry birds’ diseases. When poultry birds are down on any disease, the productivity of the birds … Read more
Oral nystatin is an antifungal medication that treats infections caused by Candida albicans, a fungus that causes thrush in chickens. Nystatin for chickens comes in the form of a tablet or oral liquid suspension. Oral nystatin should be given to your chickens only when they have yeast infections such as thrush, which is indicated by … Read more
Day-old chicks are newly hatched chicks produced from hatcheries like Amo, Chi, Olam, Agrited, Zartech, Fidan, and others; they are small, frail, and weak. We have the recent prices of the day-old chicks of different poultry birds, such as: In addition to the day old chicks prices, we will provide specific breed information about each … Read more
The deep litter system is a traditional poultry housing design where a thick layer of bedding material, like wood shavings, sawdust, or rice hulls, is spread on the floor of the poultry house for the purpose of moisture absorption and temperature regulation. The deep litter system can be used to raise broilers (meat) and layers … Read more