How old can chicks be free range? Can chicks be stocked for 20 days

In our countryside chickens, most of them are led by hens, so that the chicks can be led by the hens to avoid loss, and can also avoid other animals from harming the chicks this afternoon, because the hens are particularly motherly when leading the chicks, in order to protect the chicks can duel with other animals, if it catches up with the rainy day, the hens can also lead the chicks to shelter from the rain, and at night the chicks can hide under the wings and belly to keep warm, so that the chicks led by the hens can be led by the hens to move around as soon as possible; Of course, there are also chickens that are not led by hens and are directly managed by humans, and it takes a long time for such chickens to be truly free-ranged.

On our side, the hen hatches the chicks after the Dragon Boat Festival, when the chicks hatch out, the weather is also quite warm, generally the chicks out of the shell two or three days to let the hens lead the activities outside, at this time the chicks can not go too far, so the hens are just leading them in the yard activities, we feed some millet or broken corn soaked in water, the hens will not call the chicks to eat, but also to provide clean drinking water, At night, it is sufficient to let the hen lead the chicks into the house or other warm and safe place. After the chicks gradually grow up, the hen can take them to increase the range of activity, the hen can help the chick to find some insects, insects and other food, the hen will not eat the food herself, but make a cry to summon the chick to eat, this method led by the hen can make us particularly worry-free, so sometimes, when the hen is incubating, we will artificially hatch some chicks, and then let the hen lead.

Sometimes, there is no hen to hatch, we have to artificially incubate, so that the hatched chicks have to be taken care of by us, so they are generally raised in the house for a week or so, before they are packed in cardboard boxes and put outdoors in good weather, but pay attention to the weather is particularly hot to shade or put the carton in a cool place to avoid heat stroke of the chicks, feed and drink water every day, and move them back to the house at night. As the chicks grow up, we also have to use the chicken net to maintain a certain range, and then put the chicks in the pen for stocking, because the chicks without the lead of the hen are particularly easy to lose, so it is necessary to wait for these chicks to grow to not be lost before they can be fully stocked, and it takes about a month to do. When stocking, you can first put a few chicks outside the fence, give them food, so that they will not go far, and then circle the fence at night, and release a few more the next day, so that they are familiar with the environment outside the fence, and can also find a place to rest at night can be completely stocked.

Nowadays, many people buy chicks directly at the market and raise them, most of them have been raised for a long time, and if the weather is warm, they can be fenced and then raised until they can not be lost.

Chicks are weak and ignorant of the living environment, so the prerequisite for stocking is that the chicks have the ability to fully adjust themselves to the environment. Generally, it can be stocked in about 2 to 3 months.

For small-scale rearing of chicks, you can choose to have good weather, a temperature of more than 20, and a day of age of more than 7 days can be stocked, but you should provide adequate feed and drinking water.

After two months of rearing the chick, it is time to release it, after all, it has already learned to protect itself.

Chicks can be released into the field after a month of growth, but breeders should pay attention to changes in temperature and sunlight. For the selection of chick stocking, the breeder must first choose a sunny weather with a temperature of more than 25, and then control the free-range time and the density of the flock. For the growth of chicks, breeders also need to do a good job of corresponding feed feeding and cleaning management.

Chicks <> 20 days out of the shell generally can not be stocked, usually the chick needs to be placed in the greenhouse when it is just out of the shell, and when it can adapt to the external environment (the time takes about 1-2 months) can be stocked. Chicken seedlings in the process of dewarming to ensure that the temperature in the greenhouse is about 35, after about 1 week of rearing, it needs to be reduced every 3 days 1, and after a period of time, it can be stocked.