Explain factors that influence vices in poultry

      

Explain factors that influence vices in poultry

  

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Kavungya
- Presence of broken/soft shelled eggs
- Bright lights in the nests
- Idleness
- Inadequate nest/birds lay on floor
- Incorrect feeding/lack of minerals/unbalanced feeding
- Overcrowding of birds
- presence of external parasites on combs wattles e.g. fleas
- Prolapse cloaca does not retract after the hen has laid
- Introduction of new birds in a flock causing fighting
- Keeping birds of different ages together/no age grouping
– Bright light in the brooder
Kavungya answered the question on April 22, 2019 at 11:11


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