In the past week, temperatures have soared across the country, with many parts of the south setting a record for temperatures this year, approaching 40 degrees (the maximum temperature on May 11 has reached 39 degrees).
Such high temperatures are not only a challenge for people, but also for chickens. Under high temperature conditions, the feed intake of chickens has seriously decreased, and the growth rate has been significantly affected, which will also cause heat stroke in the chickens, causing direct economic losses to chicken farmers.
Therefore, under high temperature conditions, we should find ways to avoid heat stroke in the flock, and Artemisia annua is the "expert" in this regard, if the method is appropriate, its role may be no less than the role of the water curtain.
Artemisia annua itself tastes bitter, slightly spicy, cold, and has a good role in clearing the hypothermia, removing bone steaming, relieving heat and promoting damp heat. Therefore, in high temperature weather, if the chicken farm does not have effective cooling measures, you can feed the chickens an appropriate amount of artemisia annua, which can also play a good role in clearing heat and relieving heat and preventing heat stroke.
The best practice is to mash artemisia annua and then take its juice with water to feed the chickens directly If the number of chickens is relatively large, it is difficult to get so much artemisia annua juice, you can also mash the artemisia and then directly put it in water for a while and then feed, the effect is the same.
In addition, according to the introduction of the weChat public account of the professional poultry seedling supply platform, Artemisia annua can prevent heat stroke in chickens, and also has a good role in preventing coccidiosis.
For free-range chicken farmers, due to the high temperature and humidity in summer, coupled with the extensive feeding environment, the incidence of chicken coccidiosis is relatively higher than that of caged chickens. The artemisin contains artemisinin acetate, eucalyptus, artemisinin, artemisinin and other components, which can kill coccidiosis.
Therefore, if the chickens have coccidiosis in the summer, they can be fed to the chickens in the above methods, which can kill the coccidiosis and prevent heat stroke in the chickens.
Of course, chicken farming is mainly based on prevention. Therefore, when we feed the chickens every day, we can also throw some fresh artemisia annua from time to time in the chicken farm to let the chickens peck freely, or chop the artemisia and mix it to feed the chickens, which is very good for the chickens.