- On arrival if the chicks appear weak or suffering from stress they should be fed with water and glucose solution.
- Feed on chick mash for eight weeks.
- Keep the feed clean and fresh.
- Provide plenty of clean water.
- Vaccinate the chicks against prevalent diseases e.g. Newcastle and Fowl typhoid.
- Dust the chicks with recommended insecticide to control external parasite e.g. mites, lice.
- Provide coccidiostats through water or feed to control coccidiosis.
- Isolate and treat sick chicks.
- Dispose off dead chicks properly.
- Introduce roosts for chicks to perch on in the 6th week.
- Introduce grit (sand) to help in the digestion of feed.
- In the 7th week growers mash should be introduced.
- When chicks are eight weeks old remove them from the brooder.
- Debeak cannibals 8 – 10 days towards the end of brooding
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