Feeding chickens with special herbs, farmer in Nghe An earns high profits
Thu - Phuc - February 9, 2024 07:36
(Baonghean.vn) - Maintaining a flock of more than 5,000 chickens, Mr. Pham Van Hoang shared the secret to raising chickens to grow quickly. In addition to providing them with adequate nutrition, he also added locally available herbs to their diet. That is, feeding the chickens with leaves of the "giant tea" tree helps the chickens have good resistance.
After more than 10 years of working in Saigon as a freelancer, for more than 4 years now, Mr. Pham Van Hoang in Hamlet 8, Cao Son Commune (Anh Son) has returned to his hometown to invest in raising chickens. After 2 years of building up capital, in 2022 he expanded his flock to about 20,000 chickens. Of which, he raised about 5,000 chickens at his own farm. The rest were rented to 2 other farms for processing. Photo: HTWith a large scale of raising chickens, to minimize damage and diseases for livestock, Mr. Hoang said, in addition to following technical farming processes, farmers must also know how to rely on local natural factors to increase the quality of farmed products such as how to prevent and combat cold, heat, and rely on terrain to raise semi-free-range animals... Photo: TPOne of the secrets to keeping thousands of chickens healthy and disease-free, especially those with intestinal diseases, is adding the herb “giant tea” to their diet. This is a plant available locally in Cao Son. Photo: HTThe leaves of the “giant tea” plant are ground and mixed with chicken feed. Mr. Pham Van Hoang said that this herb is slightly bitter, feeding chickens 1-2 times a week along with some other herbs such as bear bile leaves, hairy dream leaves, etc. has shown clear effects on livestock, helping chickens to be healthy and grow quickly. Photo: TPThanks to that, Mr. Pham Van Hoang has a steady income of hundreds of millions of dong each year from raising broiler chickens, laying hens, and regularly importing eggs for schools, food businesses, and selling breeding chickens. Photo: HTAlong with feeding chickens with herbs, following scientific farming processes has helped Mr. Pham Van Hoang confidently rent another farm in Thach Son commune to raise 3,000 chickens, and another farm in Tan Ky district to raise 12,000 chickens. Photo: TPEvery month, he supplies schools and companies with about 7-8 tons of fresh chicken. Maintaining a flock of about 1,000 laying hens, he supplies the market with 15,000-16,000 eggs each month. Mr. Pham Van Hoang's chicken and herbal egg products have been certified to meet the provincial 3-star OCOP standard. Photo: HT
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