LPM 221: Commercial Poultry Production and Hatchery Management (1+1)

IMPORTANCE OF WATER FOR POULTRY

• Birds can survive for weeks without feed, but they can only survive for days without water.
• Starved birds may lose all their fat, about half of their protein, and about 40% of their body weight and still survive, but a 10% to 20% loss of their body water will result in death.

Water intake

• Majority of the bird’s water intake is by drinking, although little quantity of water is obtained from feed and from body metabolism.