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How increase vitamins & amino acid in hens
use of antibiotics injections tylopen & amivicom in hens
Chick season is upon us. This is such an exciting time of the year. It can also be one of the saddest too. Unfortunately sometimes chicks suffer from various vitamin deficiencies that can lead to their demise. Vitamin deficiencies are easy to prevent and if caught quickly treatable. They are also not contagious, so there is no need to isolate the affected chick. Often if chicks or chickens show signs of vitamin deficiencies and treatment is started symptom improvement is seen in a couple of days.
The first step in preventing problems from arising is to feed your chicks and chickens a good quality chicken feed specifically formulated for their age. Most feeds contain or are supplemented with all the proper nutritional requirements. It is also a good idea now and then to supplement your chickens with vitamins and electrolytes in their drinking water. This prevents nutritional deficiencies from occurring throughout their entire lives. As with us a healthy well-balanced diet is required for your flock to thrive and deliver delicious eggs to you each and every day.
If you believe that your chicks or chickens are suffering from a vitamin deficiency the best way to quickly and properly replete the deficiency is to add the repletion directly to their drinking water. Chicks provided natural sources of supplementation listed below will require chick grit to properly digest any food that is not chick starter feed.
Vitamin A
In adult chickens vitamin A deficiency symptoms include weakness lethargy puffed out appearance, decreased egg production and a watery discharge from their eyes that can develop into milky cheesy eye secretions. In baby chicks symptoms can develop as early as 7 days of age. Symptoms in chicks include lack of appetite stunted growth sleepiness weakness imbalance and weight loss. If the deficiency is severe then walking difficulties can occur.
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 deficiencies can be responsible for lack of weight gain decreased appetite poor plumage quality and nervous system issues. In addition often a decrease in size of egg laid anemia and fatty liver kidney and heart disease can be seen too. Vitamin B12 is mostly found in fish and animal products. It is rarely found in plant materials but sea kelp is high in vitamin B12.
Biotin (Vitamin B7)
This deficiency can lead to dry flaking skin also known as dermatitis on the chickens face around the eyes and on the feet. It can also lead to fatty liver and kidney syndrome.
Vitamin D3
This deficiency can lead to osteoporosis impaired bone development in chicks rickets soft weak beaks and toenails as well as poor quality egg shells. In chicks the first sign of Vitamin D3 deficiency can be trouble walking.
Vitamin E
It is important to note that Vitamin E requires selenium (a mineral) for absorption in poultry. Wry neck imbalance and muscle atrophy can all be signs of a deficiency
Vitamin K
Vitamin K is necessary for the normal blood clotting process. This is very important to keep chickens from bleeding to death even from a slight bruise. In addition Vitamin K deficient chickens can also suffer from internal hemorrhaging. It is important to remember that the use of medication can sometimes impair the body’s proper absorption of Vitamin K. A Vitamin K deficiency is sometimes confused with coccidiosis in baby chicks.
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Riboflavin deficiencies can first appear during day 10 in the incubating egg. Chicks born with riboflavin deficiencies can be seen with curled toes and laying down with their legs extended. They can be lethargic and seen walking around on their hocks using their wings as walking aids.
The optimal level of balanced protein intake for growing chicks is ~18%-23% of the diet for growing poults and gallinaceous upland game birds ~26%-30%; and for growing ducklings and goslings ~20%-22%. If the protein and component amino acid content of the diet is below these levels birds tend to grow more slowly. Even when a diet contains the recommended quantities of protein optimal growth also requires sufficient quantities and proper balance of all the essential amino acids.
Few specific signs are associated with a deficiency of the various amino acids except for a peculiar cup-shaped appearance of the feathers in chickens with arginine deficiency and loss of pigment in some of the wing feathers in bronze turkeys with lysine deficiency. All deficiencies of essential amino acids result in retarded growth or reduced egg size or egg production. If a diet is deficient in protein or certain amino acids the bird may initially consume more feed in an attempt to resolve the deficiency. After a few days, this transient increase in feed intake shifts to a situation of reduced feed intake. Consequently there will be inferior feed efficiency
24 авг 2024
