to balance the diet for birds in terms of vitamins and amino acids without professional knowledge. Amateur poultry farmers are helped by drugs, the introduction of which into the feed helps to balance the necessary substances.
The manufacturer Invesa (Spain) took care of the consumer and using the instructions for use, you can easily adjust the optimal ratio of useful components.
Indications for use
Considering the need to take the drug, and finding out what a chiktonik is, it should be understood that this is not a drug, but a feed vitamin-amino acid supplement.
The drug is indicated for:
- unbalanced diet;
- uncertainty in the nutritional value of feed (old grain, grain of 1-2 types);
- stressful situations (regrouping, transportation, change of residence, extreme heat);
- the period after vaccination and prophylaxis with anthelmintic drugs;
- after antibiotic treatment;
- for broiler chickens during the active growth phase;
- for chickens in the initial period of oviposition and after physiological or forced molting.
The composition of the drug
The vitamin-amino acid supplement is prepared according to the recipe with a strictly balanced composition in accordance with the needs of the bird's body.
The composition includes:
- vitamins (fat-soluble (A, D, K), water-soluble (B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B12);
- essential amino acids (valine, methionine, lysine, leucine, isoleucine, threonine, phenylalanine, treptophan);
- conditionally essential amino acids (arginine, histidine);
- non-essential amino acids (aspartic acid, alanine, proline, glycine, cystine);
- filler.
The drug is presented in the form of a brown solution.
Packing
The manufacturer took care of consumers of different levels and produced packaging in containers from:
- dark glass (bottles) - 10 cm3;
- a bottle made of polymeric material - 1 l;
- canisters made of opaque white polymer - 5 l, 25 l.
All packaging units are marked with:
- the name of the drug;
- the name of the manufacturer;
- lot numbers;
- expiration date;
- way of application.
The containers are equipped with lids to control opening. They also come with instructions.
Method of application
The drug is easily soluble in drinking water. Since the body of an adult bird and young animals has a different need for vitamins and amino acids, the dosage is not the same.
young growth
For chickens, it is advisable to carry out watering for 5-7 days, starting from 20 days of age. Dilution is done at a concentration of 1 ml per liter of clean, drinking water. When figuring out how to give chiktonik to chickens, you need to understand that the solution contains amino acids and vitamins that tend to decompose. The solution should be prepared daily.
How to properly drink turkey poults with Chiktonik? This can be done like this:
- Early in the morning all drinking water is poured out;
- Drinkers are thoroughly washed;
- Preparing a working solution of the drug;
- Poured into drinkers;
- In the evening or early morning, the old solution is poured out and a new one is poured.
The same method of watering is applicable for ducklings.
adult bird
For an adult bird, regardless of age, physiological state or species, the solution is prepared at a concentration of 2 cm3 per 1 liter of drinking water.
The method of feeding young and adult birds is the same.
For hens during the molting period, watering is provided for 12-15 days. The drug contributes to the rapid reset of the feather and the onset of egg production.
If drip drinkers are provided in the house, then the solution is poured into the system if possible. If this is not possible, then drinking is carried out from individual drinkers.
Contraindications and side effects
Following the dosage of side effects from taking the drug was not revealed.
Contraindication can only be hypersensitivity to any vitamin or amino acid included in the composition.
There are no contraindications and restrictions for slaughtering poultry.
Storage of the drug
Contains chiktonik vitamins and amino acids, and not all of them are thermostable. When purchasing a drug, ask how it was transported (in frost and heat) and how it is stored.
Reviews of the drug indicate the high effectiveness of the drug. For amateur poultry farmers, the drug has become the basis for the well-being, safety of livestock and poultry productivity.
