Brooding - Water management

Brooding - Water management. Clean water — the adage ‘if the grower cannot drink the water, the chicks should not’ holds true. Water access is equally important, but with a modern nipple drinker system this is easily achieved. A broiler chick’s water intake is always balanced with its excretion. Young chicks will consume more than they excrete due to the demands of growth. Water is 70% of the chick weight. Anything that negatively affects water intake will adversely affect feed consumption. At placement chicks will consume 1ml/bird/hour for the first 24 hours on the farm. Brooding - Water management