Selecting chicks can be done mainly by one listening, two looking, three touching three main points to.
One, listen
is that we are in the selection of chicks, can be identified from the chick's chirping, generally good chick's chirping to be louder and clearer, poor chick's chirping is relatively weak.
Two, look
Look, we can be divided into three small points, look at the size, look at the color and look at the state of mind.
1, look at the size
is in our selection of chicks pay attention to look at the overall situation of the flock, the overall size of a good flock of chicks is very small, the size of the chicks is about the same, will not be a big gap between the size of the weak chicks, the proportion of weak chicks should be less than 3%, if there is a big gap between the size of the phenomenon of the flock of chickens of the chicken's quality is not high.
2, look at the color
is in our selection of chicks when we pay attention to look at the overall color of the flock, the overall color of the general good chicks are yellow for the appropriate, if the flock of mixed phenomena, such as yellow and white inconsistency, indicating that the chicks are not in the same period of time out of the shell, the yellow ones are a little earlier, the white ones are a little later.
3, look at the state of mind
It is in our selection of chicks when we pay attention to the state of mind of the chicks, generally healthy chicks are lively and active, a little stronger. If the mental state of the chicks shows that they don't like to stand, and their eyes don't look shiny and listless, it means that the quality of the chicks is poor.
Three, touch
After listening and looking at the two steps, we can hold the chick in our hands by touching it and with the following four points to identify its strengths and weaknesses.
1, the quality of the chick's abdomen is soft and umbilical cord healing is good, no black umbilical cord, umbilical cord is closed, there is no belly and other undesirable phenomena.
2, the quality of the chick's legs are yellow and plump, hock joints are not red phenomenon. If you contact the chick's legs are white and have no luster, then it means that this is a poor quality chick, and remind you of one thing, if the chick is dehydrated, the chick's claws will appear your skin has no luster, blood vessels protruding phenomenon, you have to look carefully.
3, the tip of the beak of high-quality chicks is no bleeding phenomenon.
4, with a hand touching the chick's claw part, the general quality of the chick's claw temperature is not lower than the chicken's body temperature, if the chick is placed on the back of your hand or the back of the neck, so that you have a cool feeling, then the chick's body temperature is low, belonging to the low-quality chicks.