Drinking chickens with antibiotics and vitamins: table and best application patterns

Chickens-broilers are more susceptible to bacterial and viral diseases, poor-quality conditions than chicks of conventional breeds. To preserve the young livestock, poultry farmers use certain medicines. Below is detailed information on how to properly water chickens with antibiotics and vitamins, the table shows the procedure diagrams.

Features and expediency of soldering

Farmers have mixed feelings about watering. Some believe that the procedure is extremely important for the preservation of young animals. Others believe that it is enough to follow the rules of care and feed the chicks well so that they survive.Some poultry farmers give antibacterial and vitamin preparations to chickens already in the first days of their life, others use only vitamins

The breed of the young animals influences the need for watering. If the chickens are normal, then the procedure is not necessary. If a broiler or hybrid breed is purchased that is susceptible to adverse conditions, then soldering is a must. Otherwise, there is a high probability of losing the entire livestock.

The drugs used for watering not only prevent fatal pathologies, but also have a positive effect on the development of the body, the functioning of the digestive organs, and help increase the productivity of birds in the future.

To choose the right watering scheme, you should ask the seller:

• were any drugs used prior to the sale of young stock;
• what medications were used;
• Have the young stock been vaccinated;
• did the parents of the brood have any illnesses.

What diseases are chickens prone to?

The body of newly hatched chicks is susceptible to infection and other adverse factors. If you ignore the rules of care in the first few days, you can lose 40-100% of the livestock.

Purchased chicks grown in an incubator are especially sensitive.

The most severe case of broilers is observed on days 10-14.

Newborn chicks are prone to pathologies associated with:

• impaired immunity;
• previously used drugs;
• drafts, temperature fluctuations and other adverse conditions.

A sick chicken is identified by the following symptoms:

• inactive behavior, constant sleepiness;
• poor appetite;
• lack of response to lights and other stimuli.

A diseased chick is separated from its brethren, as it can become a spreader of infection.

Schemes for watering

Select one of two brewing patterns.

In the first regimen, the use of antibiotics is postponed. The principle is based on the fact that in the first days of life, the intestinal microflora of chicks is sterile, therefore, adequate nutrition and the use of vitamins are enough to populate the intestines with beneficial microorganisms and form strong immunity.

Table of the first watering scheme.

First day	You should drink newborns dissolved glucose so that the residual yolk dissolves faster.The solution has an immunostimulating and anti-inflammatory effect, strengthens the digestive system, and reduces susceptibility to stress. Use 3 or 5% solution. Buy it at a pharmacy or prepare it yourself: 1 teaspoon of sugar per liter of water.
2-7 days	The use of vitamins begins. A good option for drinking is the Lovit complex (5 ml is dissolved in a liter of water). according to the instructions: Baytril, Enrostin, Enrofloks.
11-18	Pause between courses.

After a pause, the course is repeated, and so on throughout the life of the bird.

In the second scheme shown in the table below, broilers are given antibiotics from birth.

Repeat the course of vitamins in the same way. 19-22Repeat the course of antibiotics.

Up to 5	Antibiotics are used: Baytril (ampoule 1 ml per 2 liters of water), Enroxil - according to the instructions.
6-10	Use vitamins: Chiktonik complex or Aminovital (2 ml per liter of water).
11-14	Prevention of coccidosis. Baycox is usually used (ampoule 1 ml with a 2.5% solution per liter of water).

The most common drugs

There are a large number of preparations for watering daily and week-old chicks on the market. Before carrying out the procedure, you should carefully study the instructions for the antibiotic and vitamin complex.

Vitamins

Complexes of vitamins for drinking are divided into fat-soluble and water-soluble.

Fat soluble vitamins

Experienced poultry farmers use the following vitamins for watering:

1. Fish oil, saturated with vitamins A, E, D, important for the full development of the bird's body.When using the product, you should carefully monitor its shelf life, which is no more than 6 months under proper storage conditions. Spoiled fat is extremely harmful to chicks.
2. Trivit, based on vitamins A, E, D. To prevent hypovitaminosis, the solution is instilled into the nostrils of birds, mixed with food.
3. Tetravit. The composition is similar to the previous one, plus vitamin F (unsaturated fatty acids).

Water soluble complex

Vitamins for watering:

1. Chiktonik, which is a mixture of vitamins A, D, E, amino acids. The liquid solution has an anti-stress effect, so it is given not only to young animals, but also to transported chickens to calm down (within 3 days before and after transportation).
2. Aminovital. The composition is similar to the previous one, but minerals and ascorbic acid have been added.
3. Nutril Se is a powder complex used as an immunostimulant. The amino acid composition is small, but there is selenium - a strong antioxidant.

Antimicrobial

If vitamins are completely harmless to both chicks and people who eat chicken meat, then antibiotics should be used with caution. There are time limits on the consumption of birds that have taken medication. But it is difficult to do without antibiotics.

There are simple antimicrobial agents used in private backyards, and professional ones for poultry farms.

Traditional antimicrobials

Private homeowners routinely use antibiotics:

• injectable Penicillin (ampoule for the day of watering sick chickens);
• Tetracycline;
• Levomycetin;
• Biovit is a remedy derived from tetracycline, rich in B vitamins.

The problem is that the listed medicines should be used with extreme caution so as not to harm either the chickens or yourself. Some farmers abuse antibiotics and then eat and sell unhe althy meat and eggs.

Professional antimicrobials

Poultry farmers use antibiotics during the most dangerous periods in the life of chicks: on the first, fifth and eighth day.

It is unacceptable to give medicine to 4-week-old broilers as the chemistry will not have time to leave the body before slaughter.

Use antibiotics:

1. Enrofloks. 0.5 ml per liter of water. Use within 5 days.
2. Enromag. The dosage is the same. Water change daily.
3. Keproceril. 10 g per 10 liters of water. Reception within a week.
4. Tylosin. 5 g per 10 liters of water on days 1-3 of life. For fixation - single application at 4 weeks of age.
5. Tromexin. 5 g per 10 liters. Application from 5 days of age for 5 days.

When and how are chickens vaccinated?

Vaccination is a good way to protect young animals from infectious diseases. Procedures are done according to a strict scheme, including 3 stages:

1. Prevention of bursitis and bronchitis. Use the Nobilis vaccine for 2-week-old chickens. The contents of one ampoule are dissolved in warm water, birds are given water.
2. Repeated use of the Nobilis vaccine for 24-day-old chicks. For one individual take 7.5 ml of ampoule solution.
3. 3 days after the previous one. The La Sota vaccine for Newcastle disease is used, diluted in drinking water or instilled into the nostrils and eyes. For one individual take 7.5 ml.

Relocation of chickens to the poultry house

Before moving chicks, new cages should be disinfected. Biodez-R and Virkon-S 2% concentrations are used.The treated chicken coop should remain closed for 30 minutes, then it must be ventilated. Next, they are treated with the antiparasitic agent Butox (dissolved in water in a ratio of 1 to 2). Air the chicken coop again for 5 hours.

Advice from experienced poultry farmers

Poultry breeder recommendations for watering:

1. Antibiotics are given strictly according to the scheme. If you do not follow the course, then the pathogens will develop resistance (immunity) to drugs.
2. Dilute drugs in settled water.
3. Solutions for drinking are not prepared in advance. The next day they are useless. Fresh medicine is made for each dose.
4. All drinkers are thoroughly washed before the next course of antibiotics.

It should be remembered that an excess of antibiotics is harmful. If the young are he althy, then you should not be zealous with prevention. However, it is unlikely that it will be possible to do without medicines at all, especially when growing hybrid and broiler breeds with weak immunity.

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