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Broiler starter phase
Preparing for performance
For poultry farmers, profitability is essential. Holding healthy broilers is crucial, as their well-being directly impacts growth. By optimizing every stage of production - nutrition, housing, and health management - you can significantly increase growth, reduce disease, and ensure uniformity. This approach leads to higher productivity, lower operational costs, and most importantly, better economic results.
Explore the interactive wheel to find customized insights and recommended actions tailored to each life stage, supporting your unique farming needs and goals for each of these stages.
Main target in this stage
Keep them healthy
In the grower phase, the primary goal is steady growth, but it’s equally important to address health concerns. Any loss of chicks can significantly affect productivity, making it vital for farmers to prioritize maintaining the health of the flock. Ensuring optimal health during this phase helps to guarantee maximum growth, productivity, and profitability. Proper attention, care, and management during this phase are crucial for long-term success and for minimizing setbacks that could hinder performance.
Steady growth
For consistent and steady growth, maintaining good health is essential. This means ensuring that housing conditions are comfortable and feed quality is of the highest standard. Properly managing these factors will promote the overall well-being of the flock. Now is the ideal time to begin closely monitoring the health of your flock to identify potential issues early and address them effectively. Keeping track of their health will help to optimize growth and productivity.
Minimal health issues
Coccidiosis is a common health issue on poultry farms, but other parasites, bacteria, viruses, and molds can also lead to serious problems. These health threats can severely impact poultry production, causing illness, poor growth, and increased mortality. Be prepared by taking proactive steps to prevent and manage these risks effectively.
Avoiding locomotion problems
Wet litter and bacteria can lead to severe foot pad lesions (FPL) in broilers. Maintaining optimal housing conditions is essential to prevent diseases, but feed quality plays a crucial role too. A balanced, nutritious diet supports healthy growth, enhances immunity, and reduces the risk of FPL, benefiting both bird welfare and farm productivity.
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What to look-out for in this stage
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1 Proper House Preparation
A healthy flock gets started with a clean and disinfected house. This process should be taken with care as it can only be done once. Clean is clever: don’t allow bacteria and parasites a chance.Guide to proper housing -
3 Availability of feed and water
Sufficient feed and water, it sounds so easy. But it is not only about the quantity. Accessibility and quality are key for growing a healthy flock from the moment of arrival.Is your water safe?
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2 Optimal farm climate ready
As your flock should gain an optimal weight in just a couple of weeks climate of the house must fit the age of the chicks.Track you birds' progress
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For poultry farmers, profitability is essential. Holding healthy broilers is crucial, as their well-being directly impacts growth. By optimizing every stage of production - nutrition, housing, and health mana
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