Very important...day-old chick quality is a very important factor in determining the success of your grow. Having poor chick quality at the start would derail your chances of having a good grow. For poultry production systems, irregardless of small or large scale farming, chick quality is an absolute necessity. In general, good chick quality correlates to good production. You could never expect a good grow from a flock of bad quality chicks. There is no exact measurements or established standards in determining chick quality but chick appearance, vitality, alertness, weight, and length are the more common parameters being considered when assessing chick quality. Poor quality chicks are more prone to diseases, have poor feed conversion performance leading to poor growth, runting, higher mortalities, and eventually higher cost to produce.
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a video of good quality chicks. notice that the chicks immediately look for food. activity is good as you can see them darting around. chicks chirping loudly indicates alertness.
Chicks should be uniform in size, alert, with good activity, and with properly healed navel. At Bounty Fresh, you are assured you are getting high quality day-old chicks from our certified breeders all the time. You are not only assured that you are getting good quality chicks from us but at the same time you are getting the right genetics from our certified f1 chicks! We ship our chicks as far as Ilocos Norte, Tuguegarao, Bicol region and the whole of Luzon by bus. We ship chicks to Visayas and Mindanao by plane and we haven't had a major problem about mortalities from weak chicks! it just shows how sturdy and hardy our chicks are! Always remember that good quality chicks is a good and solid foundation for the success of your grow.
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