If a decision is made to breed chickens and broilers in your subsidiary farm, it is important to know how to care for them and how to solder the chickens at home in the first days of life so that the entire brood does not die. If you organize proper nutrition and additionally water the young with special compounds, then the survival rate will be 100%.

Caring for chickens in the first days of life

Before sending chickens to their permanent habitat, they should be kept for several days in a bright, clean place with an approximate temperature of about 30 degrees. For such purposes, you can use a regular corrugated cardboard box. An incandescent lamp is installed at a level of 50-60 cm above the heads of the chickens for heating.

If among the chickens there are individuals that outwardly seem to be sick, then they should be deposited separately - the disease can be contagious.

To prevent small birds from dying, you should use medicine for broilers from the first days of life. There can be many problems with the chicken farm: bactericidal infections, worms, diarrhea, vitamin deficiency, and so on.

On a note! As practice shows, if you do not use special preparations, then about 40% of chickens die.

For chickens of ordinary chickens and broilers, nutrition in the first days of life is the same:

  • boiled egg;
  • millet;
  • wheat crushed.

From the third day of life, chopped greens can be mixed into the usual diet.

Features of drinking chickens

Temperature for chicks in the first days of life

The choice of drugs to strengthen the immunity of chicks depends on a number of factors that only a bird breeder or seller can know:

  • whether the birds were previously given medications;
  • if yes, then according to what scheme was the broiler soldering carried out, and what medicines were given;
  • what diseases are common among parent birds;
  • whether the young have been vaccinated.

Interesting fact! Each farmer has his own scheme for soldering young chickens. Some poultry farmers start giving the antibiotic from the first days of life, while others consider such drugs to be life-threatening for chickens. There is a group of people who use exclusively pure drinking water as soldering.

Why additionally solder birds

How to feed goslings in the first days at home

Many will say that chickens used to thrive without antibiotics and vitamins. And now schemes are being created, and there are disputes about how to water broilers so that they do not die and grow faster. It should be borne in mind that times have changed, people have modified the breed. Many species of crosses, chickens and broilers have become highly vulnerable to disease and infection. Rarely does anyone want to risk being left without young animals, since their purchase costs money.

On a note! As practice shows, outbred species of chickens do well without additional drinking, since their immunity is much stronger from birth.

Crosses and broilers are especially vulnerable to infections. In addition to vitamins, their productive growth requires the entire set of biologically active substances. Therefore, experienced poultry farmers advise feeding thoroughbred chickens with ready-made high-grade concentrates.

Drinking vitamins for chickens

It is best to use drugs in liquid form by introducing them into a drinking bowl. This method has several advantages:

  • the necessary drugs can be given at a time;
  • it will not take much time and effort to solder;
  • aqueous solutions of most medicines are absorbed much better.

Important! Before using an antibiotic or any other drug, you should read the instructions and follow them completely. It should also be borne in mind that the meat of poultry, which was injected with medications, cannot be used for food within 2 weeks.

Various additional soldering schemes

Keeping broilers at home

Today, there are two most common chicken soldering schemes. Everyone, depending on their beliefs and views, chooses how to drink chickens in the first days of life at home. Some people make their own diagrams.

Scheme No. 1 is the most common

This option is suitable for those who believe that antibiotics should not be given in the first days of life, since small birds do not yet have a formed microflora in the stomach. But in this case, the question arises of how to drink day old chickens to strengthen immunity. In order for the digestive system to form correctly, young birds should be provided with the correct diet, which should contain minerals, vitamins, and amino acids.

Chickens and antibiotics

If the young cattle catch an infection in the first week, then an emergency course of antibiotic treatment is carried out. Otherwise, the chicks die one by one.

  1. Day 1. On the first day of life, the chicks receive nutrients from the residual yolk that is in the yolk sac. To make it dissolve faster, you need to additionally give the chickens glucose. Even sugary water can help you cope with stress after birth.
  2. 2-5 day. These days young birds are supplemented with vitamin complexes. For such purposes, you can purchase "Nutril" or "Chiktonik".
  3. 6-8 day. In these three days, they pause so as not to cause an excess of vitamins in small bird organisms.
  4. 9-11 days. A very dangerous period, since at this time the death of birds is most often observed. Antibiotics will help strengthen the immune system. They are selected so as not to become addictive. Most often, agents from the fluoroquinolone series are used (enroflox, baytril, ernostin). In farms where chickens are constantly raised, antibiotics are regularly changed. Addiction is formed on average in 3 years.
  5. 12-18 days. Take a break for a week.
  6. 19-21 days. The course of vitamins is repeated.
  7. 22-24 days. The birds are allowed to rest after taking the vitamins.
  8. Day 25-27. The course of antibiotics is repeated.
  9. 28-34 days. Break.

Important! For birds, do not use antibacterial drugs designed for humans. You should buy them in veterinary pharmacies. Farmazin proved to be excellent.

Further, the soldering is repeated in the described sequence with alternating vitamins and antibiotics. After the chickens get stronger, the interval between taking the drugs is increased from 1 week to 2. Most often, the scheme is used for a month, since from the 45th day of life they begin to beat broilers. A maximum of them are grown for 60 days, and 2 weeks before the end, antibiotics are stopped.

Scheme 2

The second option is suitable for those who believe that the antibiotic can be given to birds from the first day of life.

  1. 1-5 days. As a prophylaxis against bacterial infections in chickens, a course of taking an aqueous solution of drugs such as Baytril or Enroxil is carried out.
  2. 6-11 days. For the prevention of vitamin deficiency, a course of vitamin complexes is performed. You can use Nutril.
  3. 12-14 days. At the next stage, preventive measures are taken to strengthen immunity against coccidiosis. This will require the introduction of special coccidiostatic drugs, for example, Baycox, to the chickens.
  4. 15-17 days. The course of taking vitamin complexes is repeated.
  5. Day 18-22. The antibiotic is taken again.

On a note! Many experienced poultry farmers have come to the conclusion from their practice that excessive antibiotic use is harmful to birds. It is better if vitamin complexes are used as soldering.

The most common drugs

Today, on the shelves of veterinary pharmacies, there are a lot of antiviral drugs and vitamin complexes intended for the treatment and prevention of various diseases in birds. Many people get lost, choosing what to water chickens to strengthen their immunity. Many of them can be used as soldering. the main thing – follow all the rules of admission and instructions for use:

  1. Glucose... When raising chickens, glucose must be given in the first days of life. This should be a 3-5% solution. It will help dissolve the residual yolk faster. Ignoring such a drug can lead to losing a lot of heads. Glucose is very easy to give - according to the instructions, it is dissolved in drinking water. Glucose will help to strengthen the young body from the first day, will activate the immune system.
  2. Ascorbic acid... Taking vitamin C will favorably affect the functioning of the body, improve digestive processes, and strengthen the bird's immunity. One sachet is diluted for 3 liters of water and differs in 1 liter drinkers.
  3. Asienro 10. An antibiotic that can prevent and treat many bacterial diseases in chickens, broilers and turkeys. The drug is presented as a solution for oral administration. In the instruction of Ashienro 10 for chickens, all the features of the use of the drug in various situations and for different ages are described in detail.
  4. Pulsoceryl for broilers. Another common antibacterial agent used in agriculture to treat many infections in birds. It is produced in the form of a powder, which is diluted in water and used for soldering.
  5. Multivitaminoacidos for chickens. An excellent vitamin complex, which contains all the necessary nutrients, amino acids and trace elements necessary for the full growth of a bird. The instructions for the use of multivitaminic acidos for chickens indicate the exact dosages; for prophylaxis, 0.3 ml of the agent is added per 1 liter of water. The drug cannot be used in parallel with vitamin D2.
  6. Bifidumbacterin... Powder designed to strengthen the immunity of birds in the first weeks of life.
  7. Aspirin... In general, applicable medicinal products for humans are not recommended for use on birds. But in emergency situations when there are no other means at hand, similar treatment is also suitable. Some people with feathered diseases give aspirin in a blow with analgin.
  8. Biodarin... An excellent protein-vitamin-mineral supplement for young birds. Helps prevent mortality of chickens in the earliest period of life. The drug is added to bird feed in accordance with the instructions. It contains all the necessary nutrients, amino acids, vitamins, provitamins, minerals and other trace elements. Consists of 35% protein.
  9. Biostyle... The preparation in powder is designed to fight many infectious diseases, contributes to the overall improvement of the body's condition, strengthens the immune system, the organs of the digestive system, the feed is better absorbed.
  10. Alizeril... A good set of antibiotics and bactericidal drugs that will help to cope with many diseases. The main active ingredients are thiocyanate, streptomycin, oxytetracycline, and there are also many vitamins and additional substances in the composition that help strengthen the immune system.

Alizeril (drug packaging)

Tips from experienced poultry farmers

Experienced bird breeders recommend adhering to simple rules when carrying out additional soldering:

  1. If supplementation of young birds with antibiotics is started, then it is categorically not recommended to interrupt the course at the first knocks. You should continue taking the drugs according to the chosen scheme for at least 2-3 days.An abruptly interrupted course will cause instant addiction; in the future, the antibiotic will not help.
  2. To prepare the solution, it is necessary to use exclusively settled water in raw or boiled form.
  3. When soldering, it is important to ensure that the drug is added to all drinkers installed in the chicken coop.
  4. Water should not contain excess calcium and magnesium. If the water does not meet the requirements, it is better to use commercially available clean water.
  5. Solutions should not be stored. Their medicinal properties are preserved only during the day.
  6. If a chicken appears that looks sluggish and lags behind the total mass, then we can talk about a disease. It is worth giving all birds a course of antibiotic as an emergency. You can use Tromexin, the dissolution rate of which is 1 g per 1 liter of water. The course is carried out for 5 days, at the end of the given "Chiktonik".
  7. If the first symptoms of the disease are noticed, do not rely on your own strength and experience. You need to invite a veterinarian who can most accurately diagnose and prescribe treatment.
  8. Often, young chickens experience diarrhea, the question immediately arises of how to drink the chickens in this case. It can be treated with antibiotics, or you can try a simple proven folk method - treating diarrhea with black tea. This method has been used by the owners of chickens for a long time. The brewed tea is added to the drinking bowls for several days. Very often the result is positive.

Chickens are very tender at a young age and have weak immunity. In order to preserve the young in full, preventive measures of various drugs should be carried out in a timely manner: vitamin complexes and antibiotics. Balanced and proper nutrition is also of great importance for good growth.