How to Livestock Low-Fat Chicken

A lot of information is very helpful for us to launch the business we are currently pursuing. Here we provide information about Chicken Livestock for all of you. By listening to what we provide, hopefully it can help a little what you need. Read carefully the information below.

Farmers can now produce low-fat chicken, on the condition that they must add katuk leaves and probiotics. it is based on the research of Muhammad Daud from the Department of Livestock Production, Abulyatama University, Aceh, and Wiranda G. Piliang from the Department of Nutrition and Feed Science, Bogor Agricultural University. The administration of 0.2% probiotic Bacillus spp and 0.5% katuk leaves in a six-week-old chicken ration reduced fat levels in the thighs by an average of 2.62% and liver by 6.55% cholesterol levels in the chest, thighs and liver also decreased respectively. -0.18 mg, 0.60 mg and 0.72 mg per g. katuk leaf growing media Bacillus spp. The rod-shaped bacteria provide and regulate enzymes capable of digesting fat and lowering cholesterol levels.

Potential of Raising Organic Chicken

Quoted from Mas Maman's blog about Rusman alumni from Bogor Agricultural University about the potential and benefits of organic chicken farming. Along with lifestyle and public awareness of healthy living, everything smells organic, organic fruit, organic rice is increasingly being hunted. Likewise, organic chickens (broilers) or laying hens (kampong) can both earn big profits. Moreover, there are not many breeders who have ventured into organic chicken, which has increased their business niche. What's the review like?

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Awareness of healthy living makes some people maintain their diet. Currently the right choice is to consume everything that is completely organic. One of them is chickennatural or often called organic chicken. This organic chicken has been known in Taiwan for a long time, but according to Sumiati, Lecturer of Poultry Nutrition Science, Faculty of Animal Science, Bogor Agricultural University, there is no pure organic farm in Indonesia. Because the requirements to become an organic farmer must be met starting from cultivation techniques, the use of organic feed, without drugs/antibiotics/supplements and factory feed, and the water used for drinking is also guaranteed to be clean. In addition, before calling them organic farmers, an integrated farming system must have been established, namely, everything related to the cultivation of plants (corn, soybeans) fish or marine products (shellfish) as raw materials for feed must be ensured to be organic.

Until now, there is still no organic chicken in Indonesia, only herbal chicken or probiotic chicken, said Sumiati. But what is the perception that develops in the community, the chicken is known as organic chicken. What is meant by probiotic/herbal chicken is chicken that is reared by adding additional ingredients or herbs and good bacteria/probiotics in drinking water. As for the feed, you can mix it yourself or buy a complete feed (ready to use) from a feed factory whose organicity is not guaranteed. Because the factory feed is usually mixed with antibiotics and supplements that stimulate growth. Moreover, until now most of the feed raw materials are still imported from several countries, for example corn and soybean meal from America and Brazil.

Herbs for Chicken

As for the ingredients or herbs commonly used by chicken breeders, herbs/probiotics are spices that are abundant in Indonesia. For example, ginger, turmeric, galangal, cumin, crown of the gods, noni. The herbal ingredients are crushed, then mixed with chicken drinking water. The use of these herbal ingredients was able to increase the optimal absorption of feed and increase the body's resistance to disease. In addition to spices, chicken is also still given probiotics which are good bacteria to launch the digestive system (lactobacillus), so that vitamins and minerals can be well absorbed by the chicken's body. This probiotic can be mixed in drinking water along with herbs/herbs. Usually at the end of the harvest period, the chickens that are given these herbs in addition to having a good immune system, the meat produced does not smell fishy. low in fat so good and safe for consumption. No doubt this chicken is increasingly in demand by people who are very concerned about health, and have a back to nature with organic food.

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Meanwhile, the most suitable chicken to be used as organic chicken is native chicken, because native chicken has slower growth and less feed. In contrast to broiler chickens, which have fast growth, they need feed that also stimulates growth, so it is still difficult if you don't use barbarian feed which incidentally has been mixed with antibiotics/supplements so that the growth of the chicken body will be faster.

After cultivating a lot of herbal chickens or probiotic chickens, it can be said that the livestock business has started to get better. Moreover, the use of these herbs can replace the use of factory drugs, at least the use of manufactured drugs can be reduced. Another advantage that can be received by farmers is that the selling value of natural/probiotic or organic chicken is higher than ordinary chicken. Usually these healthy chicken sellers are sold only in modern markets or to agents selling organic chicken meat and eggs.

Seeing the high selling price of organic chicken, James Stefanus, Distribution and Marketing Manager of PT. Pronic, a chicken distributor company, said that the prospect of organic chicken farming will be tilted in the future. This is corroborated by data on chicken demand in Jakarta reaching 750 thousand heads / day, even though new breeders can only meet the demand of only 50% per day. Not to mention in other big cities where the demand is also quite high.

Selection of DOC and Chicken Eggs

To get broilers with good and healthy results, according to Sumiati, the key is in choosing seeds. The criteria for a good DOC are the standard weight above 40 grams, agile not weak, active, not limping, bright eyes, shiny healthy hair. By feeding 3 times a day, usually broiler chickens can be sold and slaughtered at the age of 21 to 30 days. The weight of the chicken is usually 1 kg for 21 days, 1.5 kg for the age of 27 days and 1.7 kg for the age of 30 days. Meanwhile, the percentage of natural chicken that weighs 1.3-1.7 kg will decrease to 0.8-1 kg because the feathers, neck and claws have been reduced.

Meanwhile, for those of you who want to raise native chickens that can produce eggs and meat, it's a good idea to choose this meat, it's better to choose good eggs to incubate. Normal-shaped eggs are neither too oval nor too round, said Pak Eko. The eggs to be hatched come from the fertilization of the male. Usually when mating uses 1 male for 5-6 females. So that breeders do not need to have many males. As a result, besides being able to produce eggs, this village chicken farm can also sell meat from stud sellers. Not only that, even this breeder can still sell chickens that come from rejection. So if people think that what is meant by broilers is only broiler chickens. Village chicken farmers can also sell chicken meat. According to Sumiati. 

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Organic Chicken Farm Location

Basically, chickens can be raised anywhere, either in the lowlands or highlands. However, what must be emphasized is that the location of the chicken must be a bit far from the village, this is to avoid social problems because of the smell caused by the chicken farm. The optimum temperature for chickens is 25°C with a humidity of 60-70%. If raising in a hot enough area, only circumvented by setting ventilation in the cage. Good ventilation will make the chicken feel comfortable. The critical temperature limit for chickens is 30oC, if it is more than that, usually the chickens will need to drink a lot and be lazy to eat, so that the growth of chickens is not optimal.

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For broiler chickens, the cage area is sufficient to move, so that the chickens are not stressed and saturated, so that the maximum for one cage is 1000 birds with a cage area of ​​600 meters or 60 x 10 meters. If the cage is directly on the ground, it is better if the cage base is sprinkled with husk. This is intended so that the chicken does not directly contact the soil, in addition to avoiding diseases from the soil, the husks can also reduce the smell of ammonia released from the chicken manure. As for the stage cage, you can use husk or not depending on the need. The cage can be made of bamboo slats. So that at night the chickens are not cold, it is better to cover the cage with plastic so that the wind does not directly enter the cage with a height according to the height of the chicken. The best place to eat or a place to drink is only used for 5 chickens.