1. Consider the best principles and ADVICE for your livestock farming
2. Choose the best chicken seed that suits your market
3. Think of ways to solve the CHALLENGES you identified in LIVESTOCK.
4. Do market research for your chicken before ordering.
5. Calculate your project INVESTMENT from start to finish
6. Make sure you have received proper instructions on animal husbandry before you start raising animals.
Chicken Food
There are five important things that a chicken needs to be healthy. They are as follows,
- Protein.
- Oil.
- Mine.
- Minerals.
- Vitamins.
1. PROTEIN: It is a type of food whose main function is to grow the body and they are as follows, Sorghum, Seafood, Sunflower and Soybean. All of these depend on where you are, what is easily available.
2. CARBOHYDRATES . They are a type of food whose function is to give the body energy. They are as follows: peeled corn, corn bran and rice bran.
3. OILS . They are a type of food whose main function is to provide heat to the body as well as to lubricate the digestion of food in the body. This group includes the following items: sunflower seeds and cotton seeds.
4. MINERALS Here are various minerals whose main function is to strengthen the bones and the upper shell of the egg as well. And these minerals are very important, because they have a major function in the chicken’s body. They enable the chicken to walk well and with strength. Also, for a chicken egg to be strong with a hard shell, it must get enough minerals. Not to mention minerals help the chicken not to lose its feathers. These minerals are as follows, bones, Chicken Lime, DCP prevents scratching, eating eggs, soft shells. Also strengthening egg shells, helps increase eggs.
5. VITAMINS . They are a type of food that is found mostly in vegetables, but their main function is to strengthen the body to be good such as seeing, having strong feathers and good health. This group includes foods such as the following, spinach, spinach and papaya leaves.
NOTE: Also in pet stores there are vitamins for sale which are also used as a substitute for our environment as there are some areas where getting vegetables is a challenge. There is “vitalyte” which is good for chickens and even others too
