Environmental requirements standard for ecologically free-range chickens
2022-01-24
1. Topography
In the plain, a place with high, dry, flat and open terrain should be chosen. Avoid low-lying, damp, poorly drained areas. The groundwater level of the stocking ground should be low.
In hills and mountains, the terrain should be higher, the leeward is sunny, and the slopes are gentle. Mountain stocking needs to avoid places prone to geological disasters, as well as the bottom of the slope, the mouth of the valley and the tuyere, so as to avoid the attack of flash floods or rainstorms.
2. Soil
As long as there are abundant forage resources and non-low-lying wet plots, any soil and soil plots can be stocked. In order to ensure the health of chickens, in addition to sloping mountains and hills, it is best to use sandy soil to prevent the site from accumulating water after rain and causing muddy, affecting the health of chickens.
3. Water quality
There must be clean and sufficient water sources near the site, which can be accessed and protected easily. It is necessary to ensure sufficient and high-quality drinking water during the stocking period, especially in the field with sparse vegetation and in sunny, windy and dry climate conditions, the drinking water of chickens is greater than that of indoor cages. The ideal water is water that has been treated or slightly treated for drinking.
The best water source is groundwater, which is transported by tap water pipelines. Surface water sources include river water and lake water, which need to be treated when used.
4. Terrain
Due to the implementation of large-scale farming, the area of the grazing plot should be as large and wide as possible, not less than 30 mu, and it is not necessary to choose polygonal plots that are too narrow and long or have too many corners.
5. Vegetation
Choose a location with high growth density of wild or artificial forage or high coverage of forage. The best vegetation is a place with a large number of grass species that chickens like to eat, especially weeds. It is best to choose a place with better wild grass quality in orchard farmland and woodland, and other places need to be artificially improved.
6. Stocking density
It is very important to determine the appropriate breeding density for ecologically stocking Chai chicken. The stocking density should not only make full use of the biological resources of the mountain farm, but also not affect the ecological balance. The actual density of woodland stocking is adjusted according to vegetation conditions and management methods. Generally, the stocking density is 50-200 birds/mu. The stocking density should be adjusted according to the growth of chickens, the proportion of artificial feeding feed, and the growth status of chickens.
