CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Summer chicken raising tips to help your chickens survive the hot weather

What to do with chickens in summer

Summer is a challenge for chickens. The hot and humid weather can easily cause various health problems for the flock. In order to ensure the health and production of chickens, we need to take some measures to help them survive the hot summer.

Reasonable drinking water management

In the hot summer, chickens are prone to heatstroke due to dehydration. Therefore, provide chickens with sufficient clean drinking water and change it regularly to ensure that the water source is fresh and hygienic. In addition, place appropriate parasols or build rainproof awnings near the chicken coop to prevent direct sunlight from hitting the waterer, causing the water temperature to rise.

Reasonable feed management

In summer, the chickens' appetite will decrease, so they should be provided with easily digestible feed to reduce the gastrointestinal burden. At the same time, appropriate amounts of vitamins and minerals can be added to the feed to help the chickens enhance their resistance. The chicken house should be kept clean and feed residues should be cleaned in time to prevent mold and bacterial growth.

Chicken house ventilation

It is very important to keep the air circulating in the chicken house. You can keep the windows of the chicken house open or install ventilation equipment to ensure air circulation in the chicken house. In addition, you can set up a sunshade at the entrance of the chicken house to prevent direct sunlight from entering the chicken house and reduce the indoor temperature.

Prevent mosquito breeding

Summer is the peak season for mosquito breeding. Mosquito bites not only cause pain to chickens, but may also spread diseases. Therefore, you can spray insecticides or place mosquito-proof herbs around the chicken coop to reduce the breeding of mosquitoes.

Pay attention to daily observation

In summer, chickens will become lazy, have poor appetite, have difficulty breathing, and may even suffer from heat stroke due to high temperatures. Therefore, it is necessary to regularly observe the body temperature, breathing, and activity of the chickens, and take timely measures to treat them if any abnormality occurs.

Through the above-mentioned reasonable diet management, drinking water management, ventilation measures and observation of the health status of the chickens, we can help the chicks survive the hot summer, while improving the production performance and immunity of the chickens, and ensuring the long-term development of the poultry farming business.

Thank you for reading this article. I hope it will be helpful for the care of chickens in summer.