11/04/2025
Here's a day-to-day brooding routine for broilers from day one to 7 weeks:
Week 1 (Day 1-7)
1. *Day 1*:
- Place chicks in brooder at 24-26°C (75-79°F).
- Provide fresh water containing glucose and feed with starter after 30 minutes of drinking the glucose water.
2. *Day 2-3*:
- brooding antibiotics & multivitamin in fresh water
- Maintain temperature at 24-26°C (75-79°F).
- Ensure adequate ventilation.
- Monitor feed and water consumption.
3. *Day 4-5*:
- Gradually reduce temperature to 22-24°C (72-75°F).
- Increase feeding space and water capacity with addition of brooding antibiotics & multivitamin.
4. *Day 6-7*:
- Continue to monitor temperature, ventilation, and feed/water consumption.
Introduce 1egg to 100 below into water leave juice & multivitamin
- Ensure adequate lighting (23 hours of light, 1 hour of darkness).
Vaccine from day 7 or on before day 10. (Lasota)
Week 2 (Day 8-14)
1. *Day 8-10*:
- Reduce temperature to 20-22°C (68-72°F).
- Increase feeding space and waterer capacity.
- egg Ugu solutions
2. *Day 11-12*:
- Continue to monitor temperature, ventilation, and feed/water consumption.
- Ensure adequate lighting (23 hours of light, 1 hour of darkness).
3. *Day 13-14*:
- Adequate feed & water
- Monitor for signs of disease.
Week 3 (Day 15-21)
1. *Day 15-17*:
- Reduce temperature to 18-20°C (64-68°F).
- Increase feeding space and waterer capacity.
- Monitor for signs of disease.
2. *Day 18-19*:
- Continue to monitor temperature, ventilation, and feed/water consumption.
- Ensure adequate lighting (23 hours of light, 1 hour of darkness).
3. *Day 20-21*:
- Monitor for signs of disease.
- Ensure adequate feeding space and waterer capacity.
If u are using New hope feed , introduced grower but with other feed, continue with stater
Week 4-7 (Day 22-49)
1. *Day 22-28*
- Continue to monitor temperature, ventilation, and feed/water consumption.
Introduce bitter leaf juice at an interval of one day till they are sold.
- Ensure adequate lighting (23 hours of light, 1 hour of darkness).
- Gradually introduce finisher feed.
Deworm the birds for 2days.
2. *Day 29-35*:
- Monitor for signs of disease.
- Ensure adequate feeding space and waterer capacity.
Continue with bitter leaf extract on interval of one day after deworming.
- Continue to monitor temperature and ventilation.
3. *Day 36-49*:
- Continue to monitor feed/water consumption and temperature.
- Ensure adequate lighting (23 hours of light, 1 hour of darkness).
- Prepare for market or further growing.
Important Considerations
1. *Monitor health*: Regularly monitor the health of your broilers, looking for signs of disease or stress.
2. *Maintain cleanliness*: Ensure the brooder is clean and free from disease-causing pathogens.
3. *Provide adequate ventilation*: Ensure adequate ventilation to prevent ammonia buildup and promote healthy growth.
4. *Adjust temperature and lighting*: Adjust temperature and lighting schedules according to the age and needs of your broilers.
Very important, the current temperature does not allow for too much artificial heat, kindly check Ur temperature.
Biosecurity should be high & avoid the use of unnecessary organic plans u so not know about.
Commence spraying Ur birds water once 4 weeks use ice block , this will help reduce stress & sudden death.
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