Nghe An: Dressing livestock, steaming poultry to protect against cold
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An is experiencing days of severe cold. To protect livestock and poultry from this cold spell, farmers have implemented many measures: wearing tarpaulins for buffaloes and cows, lighting fires to keep warm, supplementing micronutrients, using boilers to heat the barn system...
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| On cold days, people in the highlands herd buffalo and cows from the forest to the barn, not letting them roam free. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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People in Can village, Tam Thai commune (Tuong Duong) cover livestock barns. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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These days, in the early morning and at night, the temperature in Tuong Duong is only 4-5 degrees Celsius, many fires are lit to warm the livestock in the cold days. Photo: Dinh Tuan |
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To reduce the cold for livestock, many households have bought tarpaulins, sewed them into shirts and "dressed" them for buffaloes and cows. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| Green food is abundantly stored, providing buffalo and cows on cold days when grazing is not possible. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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In addition, livestock farmers also supplement pink salt - a micronutrient to increase resistance for buffaloes and cows. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| In addition to using infrared bulbs for heating, coal and gas, many chicken farms in Dien Chau have now equipped poultry heating systems with steam technology. Accordingly, an industrial boiler burns coal and firewood outside to heat water. High-temperature steam generated from the boiler will be led through a pipe system to the heating coils, and the fan system will blow hot air into the barn, creating warm, clean air for poultry. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
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| In pig farms, the most popular form of heating is still using a biological bedding system with high-power infrared bulbs. In the photo: The heating system is turned on 24/7 in the barn of Mr. Tran Dinh Ngoc (Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district). Photo: Thanh Phuc |
