The management of young chickens is as important as the management of young chickens. The management technique must be strict and meticulous. It should not only let it grow but also control the growth appropriately. It must be premature and controlled prematurely. Therefore, management is a very critical part. The following is an introduction to how young chickens should be raised and managed and how long does it take for young chickens to light?

　　 How should young chickens be raised and managed?

　　 1. Reasonable feeding management must be combined on the basis of ensuring reasonable nutrient supply. Before 6 to 8 weeks of age, the chicks consume very little feed and have more stress, which greatly affects the growth and development of the chicks. During this period, it is necessary to provide a high-nutrient eclipse, especially the supply of vitamins, and make the chicks as much as possible. Reach the standard weight at the age of 8 weeks. If the weight does not reach the standard at the age of 8 weeks, you must not change the feed for young chickens. The feed time for chickens should be extended to take advantage of the potential for rapid weight gain at the age of 8-12 weeks. It is better to use high-nutrient diets to make the body weight reach the standard range of weight at 10-12 weeks of age to reach the upper line of weight.

　　2. The chicken is made of crushed materials, and an appropriate amount of sand can be added. The specific adding method is: 3-8 weeks, 3 to 4 mm size 2 g/bird/week, after 8 weeks [transfer to breeding house] 4 to 6 mm size 3 g/bird/week.

　　 3. Revolving cage. After the caged chicks enter the rearing period, the chickens just out of the cage are not used to it. They are easy to crowd and cause casualties. Pay attention to care, especially at night, and pay attention to temperature changes to prevent losses caused by crowding. Electrolyzed multidimensional and antibiotics should be added to the drinking water 2 days before and after the cage to prevent stress reaction.

　　 4. Do a good job in sanitation and epidemic prevention. Common diseases that occur during the rearing period include coccidiosis, blackhead, mycoplasmosis and some ectoparasitic diseases. Clean the chicken house regularly, ventilate the air, evacuate the density, strictly observe the disinfection system, etc.

　　 5. Keep the environment quiet. During the rearing period, especially before the start of production, chickens are very sensitive to environmental changes. In daily management, interference should be minimized, the environment should be kept quiet, and noise should be prevented.

　　 6. Weed out sick chickens and weak chickens. In order to keep the chickens neat and consistent, two selections and eliminations must be concentrated during the rearing period. For the first time, after 8 weeks of age, select the fast-growing chickens, and eliminate the chickens that are too weak and ill. For the second time, after 20 weeks of age, select healthy chickens with good appearance and structure. The hen's face starts to turn red, the beak and legs are yellow, the feathers are shiny, and the comb is gradually larger. The chickens that are underweight and sick are eliminated.

　　7. Transfer before delivery. Before the age of 18 weeks, the grown-up chickens must be transferred to the laying hen house for 2-3 weeks to adapt to the new living environment to facilitate egg production. The 18-week-old young chickens are entering an accelerated physiological change. The laying period of sexual maturity. If stress occurs during this period, the growth and development of the chicken will be delayed, the start of production will be delayed, and egg weight will be affected.

If you transfer to a cage to raise, you should prepare feed and drinking water in advance, so that the chickens can drink water and eat the material immediately after entering the cage. In the first two weeks, more vitamin additives should be provided, and careful feeding management should be given to make the chickens adapt quickly. New environment, start production on time.

　　How long does it take for the young chicken to shine?

　　 The length of time that young chickens receive light has an impact on the time of sexual maturity of chickens. On the basis that the total time of daily light reaches more than 11 hours, the daily light time remains stable, or is in a trend of gradually extending from short, to promote the sexual maturity and laying of chickens. If the total light time per day is less than 11 hours, or in a trend from long to short, such light will inhibit sexual maturity and egg production.

　　 Most of the contemporary high-quality products are relatively early maturity. In order to prevent them from starting production too early, short light is generally adopted during the entire breeding period. There are two specific methods:

　　 One is to gradually reduce the duration of light. Newborn chicks are given 14 hours of light a day, and thereafter, 15 minutes per week will be reduced, and at 20 weeks of age, the light will be reduced to 9 hours a day.

　　 The second is that the duration of light is constant. The length of light in the first week is 23 hours, and the number of hours of sunshine in weeks 2-17 is 14 hours. From the 18th week onwards, it will increase by 0.5-1 hour per week until the laying time is reached.

　　The enclosed chicken house relies entirely on artificial lighting, which makes it easy to control the light. Newborn chicks maintain 23-24 hours of light time within 48 hours, and the light intensity at the height of the feeder is 20lx, which makes the water and material easy to find and easy to eat. From the third day to the second weekend, the illumination time gradually decreased to 15 hours, and the intensity gradually decreased to 5lx. From 3-17 weeks, the light time gradually decreased to 8-9 hours a day, and the intensity remained unchanged. The transition to the lighting system during the laying period starts from 18 weeks of age.

　　 Chicken has a strong sense of color to light. Under the red light, the chicken tends to be quiet, there is little pecking, and the maturity period is later, the egg production increases, but the fertilization rate is reduced; under the yellow light, the chicken feed is low, the sexual maturity is delayed, the egg weight increases, and the laying is Reduce the amount and increase the rate of pecking; green light can advance the sexual maturity of chickens, increase the mating ability of males, and increase weight; blue light promotes sexual maturity, enhances the fecundity of males, accelerates weight gain, and has very little pecking, but it will Decrease the hen's egg production.

　　 Feeding management and the length of light time is an important part of controlling the age of young chickens. It requires careful thinking. Light management must be matched with a complete feeding management system in order to significantly improve the growth performance of chickens. Once the lighting system is implemented, it should not be changed. Keep the light intensity in the house as uniform as possible and maintain the applied brightness.