Brooding thoughts

摘要

All poultry farmers know that getting their baby chicks off to a good start is more than half the battle in raising a profitable flock. The old saying goes "take care of your birds the first two weeks and they will take care of themselves the rest ofthe way." That might be under-stating the importance of good management after the brooding period; however, it is practically impossible to overemphasize the effect that early management has upon final bird performance.