Do chicks need to drink water, chicks don t drink water

Updated on parenting 2024-07-28
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  1. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    Chicks need to drink water, if they are not provided with drinking water, it will cause chicks to die of thirst, and when feeding the chicks with water, an automatic water feeder needs to be used to avoid the chick's feathers being contaminated with water, and the chick's cold tolerance is poor, and the temperature of the chicken coop needs to be controlled at about 30 degrees, so that the chicks grow rapidly.

    1. You need to drink water

    Chicks need to drink water, when raising chicks, if they are not provided with drinking water, it will lead to chicks dying of thirst due to lack of water, it is necessary to ensure that drinking water is sufficient, it is best to use automatic water feeders to avoid the chick's fluff stained with water, and to boil the water and put it warm before use, so as to avoid the chick's gastrointestinal discomfort.

    2. Suitable temperature

    Chicks have poor cold tolerance and disease resistance, when raising chicks, they need to be placed in cardboard boxes or wooden boxes, and then lay soft straw or cotton wool in the box, and then place the wooden box in the brooding room, and the temperature in the room should be controlled at about 30 degrees, so as not to freeze the chicks to death.

    3. Feeding management

    When raising chicks, you need to feed them potassium permanganate aqueous solution to help the chicks clean up meconium, and then provide cooked millet to the chicks, and feed them 3-4 times a day, waiting for the chicks to be born 20 days later, you can provide them with corn, wheat bran, fish meal, soybean cake, meat meal and other feed.

    4. Feeding method

    When raising chicks, it is necessary to install biological lamps in the brooding room, so that the chicks receive no less than 10 hours of light per day, improve the immunity of the chicks, maintain their normal growth and development, and can promote the calcium and phosphorus metabolism of the chicks, make their bones stronger, and during the day, it is best to let the chicks receive natural light.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    1. Chicks can drink water;

    2. Newborn chick food and water are essential living conditions;

    3. Chicks can start drinking water three hours after entering the brooding house, and should be given warm boiled water;

    4. Chicks should be provided with drinking water frequently, so as not to die of overdrinking and diarrhea due to lack of water;

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    Chicks can drink water.

    Chicks need to drink water, and the reason why there are chicks who die because of drinking water is that most of them are thirsty and binge-drinking, and as a result, they drink too much water, causing diarrhea and dying. When raising chicks, it is necessary to give the chicks 2-3 times a day to drink water, especially in the hot and dry summer, the chicks are most prone to water shortage, if the chicks are not provided with drinking water for a long time, it will lead to the chicks dying of thirst.

    Chicks just out of the shell, generally in about 15-24 hours to start feeding water, should first drink the diluted formula aqueous solution to help the chicks appetizing, and help discharge the chick's meconium, and then feed the chicks some sucrose water, to supplement their energy, improve the survival rate. 20-day-old chicks should drink warm water, it is strictly forbidden to drink cold water, and wait until 20 days old to switch to fresh and clean cold water.

    Points to note when feeding chicks:

    1. The feathers of the chicks are relatively scarce, not cold-resistant, the temperature is too low, which will affect its growth and development, in the process of breeding and stirring, the temperature can be controlled between 15-30 degrees Celsius, and the heating equipment should be placed in the enclosure in winter, so that the chicks can live normally.

    2. If the chicks do not drink water within 24 hours after hatching, there will be dehydration symptoms, so in the process of breeding chicks, we must feed water first, let it drink, in order to clean up the stomach and intestines of the liquid ants, and provide cooked water when feeding the chicks in the later stage.

    3. The chicks should be eaten within 12-48 hours after the shell, and the feed is mainly small and soft food, which can be fed with cooked rice, rice bran, corn paste, or the tender lettuce is cut into thin strips for the chicks to peck freely, and attention should be fed 3 times a day.

    4. In the process of raising chickens, we must pay attention to the environmental hygiene of the enclosure, keep it clean and tidy, disinfect and clean the ground once a week, and change the grass frequently, and the chickens' food basins and water basins should also be cleaned and disinfected.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    Chicks need to be fed with water.

    The chicks that have just hatched should be fed water between 12 and 24 hours, which is called the first drink, at this time the feeding of water helps the chicks to remove toxins and garbage from the intestines, helps digestion, and if the chicks are not fed water, there will be symptoms of decreased appetite, listlessness and even death of thirst.

    When feeding the newly hatched chicks, prepare a plate with a flat bottom, pour 2-3 cm of water into it, and then put the standing chicks into the plate and let them move freely for 5 minutes.

    When feeding the chickens, pay attention to the cleanliness of the water quality, if the water basin is used to feed the water, change the water at each feeding, and disinfect the water basin at high temperature, if there is a drinking fountain installed in the chicken coop, the congregation should be cleaned once a week, and the potassium permanganate sterilization and disinfection.

    Precautions for raising chicks

    The hatching chicks, the body temperature is lower than the adult chickens 3, it takes 10 days to reach normal body temperature, and the chick fluff is short and thin, can not keep out the cold, so the adaptability to the environment is not strong, must rely on artificial insulation, the chicks can grow and develop normally. Chicks from 1 to 30 days old should be kept warm and kept in a clean and hygienic environment. Chicks over 30 days old have feathers that are basically full and full, and they do not need to be kept warm.

    Generally, the body temperature of chickens is between, so it must be raised in a warm winter and cool summer, well-ventilated environment, and the digestive tract of chickens is short, the metabolism is vigorous, and the growth and development are fast, so it is necessary to feed Yingchang Jianqing sufficient and easily digestible feed to meet the needs.

    Chicks are susceptible to the invasion of harmful microorganisms, so in addition to cleaning and sanitation of the environment, it is also necessary to do a good job of prevention, such as the chicken coop is strictly forbidden for outsiders to enter and exit, the environment and cages should be disinfected, and all kinds of chickens should be regularly injected with various preventive injections.

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