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What to do in the poultry house to have healthy chickens
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A user from the @apsilbettolino asks: what preventive actions should I take in my poultry house to have healthy chickens?
Breeding chickens and hens successfully is possible: just have adequate shelter and a small pasture for animals.
However, breeding healthy animals requires knowledge of some rules which must be adhered to in order to get off on the right foot:
- choose breeds rustic and slow-growing, giving preference to animals purchased in the area;
- orientate on a form of livestock farming with the presence of pasture that, by promoting movement, stimulates resistance to disease;
- adopt anappropriate animal density (both in shelters and grazing), as overcrowding is almost always a cause of health problems;
- employ high quality food, with a good presence of locally produced raw materials. In this regard, we recommend you take a look at our range of electric mills.
In addition to the above, in order to be able to safely obtain meat and eggs for food consumption, it is important to ensure maximum hygiene for the animals both in the closed shelter and in the pasture.
If you would like to learn more, don't miss the last #CHIEDILOALLESPERTO in which we talked about how managing the litter of a chicken coop in the best possible way!
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