Useful Tips For The Bird

How and in what is the bird transported? Daily chicks well tolerate transportation and for long distances. They are placed in transport boxes intended for individual bird species in an appropriate quantity. The bottom of the boxes is lined with wood shavings, which after each use must be burned and replaced with a new one. An adult and a young bird is transported in special boxes lined with shavings or finely chopped straw. The box must be solid, strong, sufficiently spacious, ventilated.

It should only be used for transporting poultry. Before each use it should be disinfected. When transporting over long distances, the bird must be given water, but so that it does not spill. If the bird is sent by post or by rail, the front panel of the transport box should contain a shield with the surname and address of the sender and the recipient’s exact address, zip code and the type of goods (red paint) «live bird». The sender puts a message into the plastic bag (not to spoil) and notifies the recipient.

What are the legal defects of a bird? When buying chickens, young and adult breeding birds without a veterinary certificate, it may happen that the bird is healthy at first glance, but after a certain time after the acquisition it becomes ill or has some disadvantages with respect to reproduction. A poultry farmer who acquired a bird may claim damages if the defect is discovered within a certain time set in the event of a purchase or exchange. Such defects include the inability to mate and fertilize, if they occur in the period up to six weeks after the bird is taken. Of the diseases here include: coccidiosis, salmonellosis and infectious rhinitis of birds, if they are detected within two days after receiving the animals, cholera — within one day, pullorosis and plague — for three days, diphtheria, infectious inflammation of the larynx and trachea — during Four days, leukemia — for six days, tuberculosis — up to 14 days and neirolimphomatosis — up to one month after receipt.

After the expiration of these terms, complaints are not recognized, since after this time the bird can get sick in the household of the new owner. How to care for a bird? To contain a bird means to take care of creating all necessary conditions for it to live, preserve health, reproduce and obtain the benefits expected from it. In addition to providing poultry feed and drinking water, it is necessary to pay attention to both the poultry and its habitat. Where the former livestock houses or other buildings constructed under the house are used as poultry houses, the droppings and the old bedding must be eliminated daily or at least twice a week. In poultry houses with a deep litter, a storage pond or with grills, you should monitor the cleanliness of the air, stir up the litter, remove its moistened parts and add fresh material if necessary.

The contents of the storage should be sprinkled once a week with a small amount of calcium oxide or superphosphate. In the poultry house it is necessary to monitor the cleanliness, control the presence of parasites and take measures against rats and mice. Once a week the poultry house needs to be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected twice a year — the first time after the spring warming, and the second time in the fall, before the start of the new season, disinfection should be combined with whitewashing. In May, the glass should be replaced with a frame with a mesh, and in the beginning of autumn the mesh should be replaced with glazed frames. Litter should be stored in a place not accessible to the bird. It is necessary to monitor the development of the bird, the state of its health and the presence of parasites. The most effective remedy against diseases and external parasites is careful adherence to the rules of zoo hygiene and cleanliness of the house and its equipment. If a disease occurs, the bird should be isolated from the rest, placed in quarantine and, depending on the nature of the disease, treated or consulted by a veterinarian. How to keep the bird healthy? Along with providing the bird with the required conditions, such as proper maintenance, adequate feeding, sufficient drinking water, regular cleaning of the house, keeping cleaners and feeders clean, a poultry farmer should regularly check the condition of her health. Therefore, you should know what a healthy bird looks like and what are the signs of the disease. Every contact with the bird during feeding, releasing the bird to the walking area — should be used to inspect it all.

Explicitly sick birds or those with a suspicion of the disease should be isolated and in no case should they be left with healthy ones. The poultryman must take measures against the transfer of infection in the bird and check the good quality of the feed. At least twice a year, it is necessary to thoroughly clean the house and all internal equipment and disinfect it. Bird should do preventive vaccinations. How to prepare a bird for the exhibition? The bird that is going to be exhibited at the exhibition or at the auction should be prepared, providing it with proper feeding, increasing care for cleanliness and accustoming the bird to the future environment. Not later than one week before the exhibition, the bird should be placed in a cage, in size and design appropriate to the exhibition cells. It is necessary to carefully inspect the bird, if it has no external parasites, clean its bones and claws, waterfowl should be provided with sufficient amount of bathing water, and the number ring should be cleaned. To a bird should be approached more often and whenever possible in a dressing-gown of such color which are worn at exhibitions bonitera. In the diet should include more oats, and in a mixture of cereals add a small amount of oil seeds (sunflower, flax). Only healthy birds should be sent to the exhibition, as each poultry farm is interested in preventing the bird from bringing any infection from the exhibition.