Chickens like to eat certain feed.

Feed is an important factor affecting meat quality. High-quality native chickens should be fed with digestible and nutritious chicken feed. Due to the slow growth rate, the crude protein content in the feed is 2% lower than the full feed of fast-growing broilers, which can achieve a small number of meals to promote the growth and development of chickens. In order to improve meat quality and reduce feed cost, more green feed, agricultural and sideline products and soil miscellaneous grains should be fed during breeding and grazing. Generally speaking, we only feed compound feed after coming home late.

1-2 weeks before the sale, if the chicken becomes thinner, the feeding amount of formula feed can be increased and grazing can be restricted to fatten moderately. Animal feed such as silkworm chrysalis, fish meal and meat powder should not be added to the compound feed in the middle and late stage, and rapeseed meal and cottonseed meal feed which have adverse effects on meat quality and meat color should be restricted.

synthetic pigments, chemically synthesized non-nutritive additives and drugs shall not be added. Appropriate amount of orange peel powder, pine needle powder, garlic and ginger should be added. Fennel, cinnamon, tea powder and other natural substances can change meat color, improve meat quality and increase taste.

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Living habits of chickens:

Poor cold resistance. The body temperature of newborn chicks is 3℃ lower than that of adult chickens. It takes 1 days to reach normal body temperature. In addition, the short and thin down of chicken can't resist the cold. Therefore, the adaptability to the environment is not strong. Chickens must rely on artificial heat preservation to grow normally. Chickens should keep warm for 1-3 days and keep a clean and hygienic environment. For chickens, 3-day feathers are basically complete and long, and they can keep warm.

high body temperature and rapid development. Generally, the body temperature of chickens is between 4.8 and 41.5 degrees Celsius, and they are raised in a well-ventilated environment with warm winter and cool summer. In addition, chicken has short digestive tract, vigorous metabolism and rapid growth and development. Therefore, it is necessary to provide adequate nutrition and digestible feed to meet the needs.

weak resistance. Chickens are particularly vulnerable to harmful microorganisms. Therefore, in addition to environmental sanitation, we should also do a good job in prevention. For example, outsiders are not allowed to enter or leave the henhouse, the environment and cages should be disinfected, and various preventive injections should be given to all kinds of chickens regularly. Light people are crowded, their growth and development are blocked, and heavy people trample on each other, resulting in disability and death. Therefore, chickens should be kept in quiet places.

Reference: Chicken-Baidu Encyclopedia