CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Is it a good idea to raise earthworms to feed chickens and ducks?

Good. How to use earthworms to feed chickens

After rinsing the collected fresh earthworms with clean water, heat and boil them for 5 to 7 minutes or ferment them with Chunxin bacteria liquid for about 15 hours before feeding them, which can effectively kill the parasites inside and outside the earthworms. Cut the boiled earthworms into small pieces and add them to the feed to feed the chickens. The test results show that feeding 15 to 20 grams of earthworms per laying hen per day or adding earthworms at 12% to 15% of the feed amount, while reducing 10 to 15 grams of the daily diet, can increase the egg production of the chicken by 7.8% and increase the economic benefits by 9.6%. For other chickens, the feeding amount can be increased or decreased according to their weight, which has a good effect on their growth and weight gain. The earthworms that cannot be used up at one time should be dried and stored, and the ingredients should be reasonably matched and fed.

Note: Chickens should be dewormed regularly

Whether chickens are fed earthworms or chickens that have never been fed earthworms, they should be dewormed regularly. Under normal circumstances, deworming can be done 3 to 4 times a year.

Use fermentation beds to raise chickens or disinfect regularly. To prevent parasitic diseases from spreading everywhere, use Jierle disinfectant or 1% to 2% caustic soda aqueous solution or diluted Chinese herbal medicines such as Stemona japonica and garlic as disinfectants to disinfect and sterilize chicken houses and activity venues. At the same time, chicken manure and cleaned dirt can also be piled up for fermentation to kill parasite larvae and eggs, and then used as fruit fertilizer or agricultural fertilizer. If conditions permit, sawn wood, rice husks, wood shavings, etc. can be used to make fermentation beds to provide chickens with a good living environment and reduce stress. In addition, feed chickens 0.01% vitamin C, Jier probiotics, and drink glucose water or brown sugar water to improve immunity and enhance the body's resistance to disease.