What should I do if the egg production of laying hens drops seriously in summer?

Friends of laying hens should know that hot weather easily affects the feed intake and egg production of laying hens. So what can be done to ensure that the feed intake and egg production of chickens will not decrease? According to the rich experience of predecessors, the following specific methods are summarized:

1, reasonably increase nutrition.

When the temperature reaches 25℃ in summer, the diet of chickens should be adjusted reasonably, otherwise the feed intake of chickens will be seriously reduced, thus reducing the egg production of chickens. Therefore, in the high temperature season in summer, digestible nutrients with crude protein content should be properly added to the chicken diet, and the utilization rate of amino acids should be improved.

2. Adjust the feeding time

The hot weather reduced the feed intake of chickens. In summer, due to the low temperature in the morning and evening, the intake of chickens is relatively large. Therefore, it is necessary to properly adjust the feeding time of chickens in summer.

3. properly supplement vitamin C.

Vitamins can improve the anti-stress ability of chickens. Vitamin C can be added to the diet of laying hens in summer, or 0. 1% vitamin C can be added to drinking water, or 100~ 150mg/kg vc can be added to feed at high temperature, which can significantly increase the eggshell thickness and improve the eggshell color. This can not only maintain and improve the egg production of chickens, but also increase the resistance of chickens to bacterial and viral diseases.

4. Provide sufficient fresh and cool drinking water.

Water accounts for about 70% of chicken body composition, participates in many biochemical reactions in the body and plays a vital role in regulating body temperature. In summer, it is very important to provide enough, guarded and cool drinking water for laying hens to ensure the health and production of chickens.

5. Reduce the feeding density

The feeding density of chickens should be determined according to the temperature and humidity of the environment and the type of henhouse. In hot summer, it is of great significance in production practice to reduce the feeding density of chicken houses as much as possible to reduce the generation of bad gas in the houses and maximize their production performance.

The above five points are the problems that laying hens must pay attention to in summer. Only in this way can the whole henhouse create the greatest economic benefits for farmers.