Chicken cage manufacturers tell you: how to treat and prevent chicken pecking disease?

Chicken pecking disease is a very common phenomenon in large-scale farming. Due to improper feeding and management, the density of chickens is too large, or the feed mix is improper, and the chickens lack essential nutrients. Chicken pecking happens. The main manifestations are: pecking anus, pecking feathers, pecking eggs, pecking toes, pecking head and so on. Once an individual appears, it is easy to infect the group, resulting in disability and even death. And how to prevent and treat chicken pecking disease, let the chicken cage manufacturer tell you.

一， How to prevent

1. Pay attention to the stocking density when using poultry battery cages. The flock should not be too crowded, and the coop should be cleaned frequently. Separate the groups, especially the chickens that like to peck at random, isolate them and feed them separately. The temperature of the brooding room should be moderate to ensure that the young chickens can have a spacious venue for full exercise.

2. Feed the chickens on time every day and provide enough water for the chickens. The feed should not be too simple to ensure the intake of amino acids, minerals and vitamins for chickens.

3. Pay attention to good ventilation in the house to reduce the content of harmful gases in the house.

4. Control the humidity to avoid crowding, irritability and pecking addiction of chickens caused by environmental discomfort.

5. Cut off the beak, cut toes, and cut the crown in time to improve the structure of the chicken cage.

6. An egg-laying box is installed in the hen house to prevent the occurrence of egg pecking and anus pecking.

二 Treatment methods

1. For chickens already suffering from pecking addiction and pecking chickens, timely select, isolate and feed them separately. To prevent the occurrence of re-proliferation, the spread of vices.

2. Reasonably reduce and control the density of chicken raising, and pay attention to the hygienic cleaning and regular disinfection of the chicken house.

3. For feather pecking caused by insufficient calcium sulfate in the feed, natural gypsum can be ground into powder and added to the feed, 0.5~3 grams per chicken per day. For vicious habits such as toe pecking, anus pecking or wing pecking caused by lack of minerals or table salt, appropriate amount of table salt can be added to the grain feed for treatment. However, it cannot be fed for a long time, otherwise salt poisoning can easily occur.

In addition, better automatic chicken raising equipment can also effectively reduce the occurrence of the above situation. 

Chicken cage manufacturers are here to remind you that implementing scientific breeding methods, building a comfortable growth environment, providing better feeding feeds, and systematic and standard personnel management can reduce the occurrence of various emergencies and ensure the healthy growth of chickens. Improve the economic efficiency of chicken farms.