How to raise chickens in mountainous areas

Environmental choice: choose quiet mountainous areas far away from village residential areas, slaughterhouses, schools, chemical plants, other farms, industrial and mining areas and main roads. It is best to plant shrubs, tea trees, pine trees, bamboo, fruit trees and so on. The slope is 3-40 degrees (the elevation angle between the long slope and the horizontal plane), and the hilly and mountainous areas are better. There are clean wells or springs nearby. Choose the flat land with the lee facing the sun. Sandy loam is suitable, with smooth drainage, fast water seepage and dry terrain. Using hollow bricks, cement tiles, wood or bamboo as building materials, build a henhouse facing south and east. The height of the house is about 2m, the roof is 3m, the length is 50m, and the span is 5 5- 10/0m, which is about 500m2. Can raise 3000-4000 chickens, open the door to the south, leave French windows and a 2-meter-wide corridor. Each group has 2000-4000 feathers. Even if funds are available, the second farm can be rearranged in a place about one kilometer, and it is appropriate to raise 100-500 birds per mu of mountain area. Chickens can be raised in a simple house at the foot of the mountain and put into the forest. They are kept in captivity for the first three days. Without fences, they will naturally know how to get home. The henhouse is used to let chickens rest, lay eggs and shelter from the wind and rain. Every field must adopt "all-in and all-out system" to prevent the occurrence of diseases. Second, variety selection: native chicken is also called grass chicken, chai chicken, native chicken and so on. There are many kinds of native chickens, which were selected by our ancestors for a long time. Now they have different body shapes, coat colors and egg laying performance in different regions. There are varieties here: Anhui Xuanzhou Yellow Chicken, Changzhou Jin Jiu Yellow Chicken, Zhejiang Xianju Chicken, Beijing Oil Chicken, Yunnan Camellia Chicken, Ma Qing Original Chicken, Gushi Chicken, Emei Black Chicken, Xiaoshan Chicken, Shouguang Chicken, Taoyuan Chicken, Hejiang Chicken and so on. Some are egg-shaped and some are meat-shaped, and most of them weigh between 2 and 4 kilograms. The spawning amount in 500 days is about 120- 180. The ratio of male to female should be 1: 8- 10. It's best to choose your own native chicken, because consuming resources is definitely a local habit, and native chicken is more suitable for the local climate and environment. Third, feeding management. Miao chicken: When the shell is selected correctly, the normal incubation period is generally 20 and a half days to 265,438+0 days. Chickens have loud cries, energetic eyes, strong struggle, smooth and moist fur, and no deformity. Ding-navel chickens, dehydrated chickens and cotton chickens cannot be selected, and dehydrated chickens cannot be raised, resulting in high mortality. Chickens affected by cold are difficult to raise, become stiff and easily get sick. It is very important to pay attention to vaccination within 24 hours after hatching. I have seen adult chickens that have not been vaccinated with Marek's vaccine wiped out. Arrive at the scene within 24 hours from the shell. The new chicken should rest in a heated room for three hours and drink water before eating. The temperature of drinking water is 20℃, preferably cold water, and water is fed by kettle. Then you can sprinkle the feed on the cardboard and teach them to eat. Feed can be mixed with small particles. The management of native chickens before 4 weeks old is the same as that of broilers or laying hens. Choose a better house to hatch eggs. The brooding room can be raised three-dimensionally or horizontally, with 25-40 chickens per square meter. The temperature was 32-36℃ in the first three days, then decreased by 2-3℃ every week, and finally decreased to about 18℃, and the temperature was removed when it reached the natural temperature. It can be insulated by ground dragons, electric umbrellas, coal stoves, steam boilers, etc. And it is best to distribute the chicks evenly, don't get together and stay away from heat sources; When the humidity is 60-70%, it is easy to peck feathers and anus when the humidity is lower than 50%. Hot water can be sprayed on the wall to increase the humidity. If the humidity is too high, it is easy to cause respiratory diseases or enteritis in chickens. In the first week, the light lasts for 24 hours, and the light is turned on at night, 2-4W per square meter, and then it decreases by 1 hour every day, and finally it is consistent with natural light. Disease prevention: start drinking water containing antibiotics three days ago and supplement multivitamins. Vaccinate against Newcastle disease and transmissible vaccine on the seventh day, avian influenza H5 and H9 vaccine on 10 day, bursal disease vaccine on 14 day, bursal disease vaccine on 2 1 day, Newcastle disease vaccine and egg drop syndrome vaccine on 28 days. Pay attention to not adding disinfectant in drinking water for three days before and after vaccination. It is suggested that the temperature at night is one degree higher than that during the day when the body temperature rises by 65438. Large-scale farming is not very reliable for hens to hatch and brood, and the temperature will drop sooner or later, depending on the season. Observe the feces and water consumption of chickens every day. If there is abnormal gathering, barking, abnormal feces, mental fatigue, sudden decrease in food intake, etc. You should ask a veterinarian for guidance in time. When the weight reaches half a catty to one catty, you can put it in the chicken house on the mountain and raise it for three days first, or establish a habit of raising it late and early, and gradually raise it. In order to make chicks get into the habit of foraging in the mountains as soon as possible, they should be guided every morning to establish conditioned reflex by whistling or tapping the same sound, and throw pellet feed in a fixed place or feed it in a bucket, which is clean and material-saving. The breeder should control the range of activities of the chickens in time until the evening, and then carry out family training in the same way. It is very important to watch the weather forecast at any time when raising chickens in mountainous areas or plains. It will rain or wind that day. If you don't bring the chickens back in time, they will die in the rain in the wild and be drowned by heavy rain. I have seen it with my own eyes. Usually, we should pay attention to wild animals hurting chickens, especially snakes, weasels and eagles. After stocking for a few days, a certain amount of vitamin C or vitamin B complex can be added to feed or drinking water. In the case of excessive stress, supplementary feed can be mixed with corn or wheat. Feed a small amount of feed or supplement food in the morning and evening, and don't feed at noon, let it eat freely; Try not to feed chickens with non-nutritional additives, such as pigments and mildew inhibitors. Antibiotics and anthelmintics shall not be used 14 days before sale.