Broiler Production < Trainers’ Manual < Family Poultry Training Course | Poultry Hub. Home > .. > Trainers’ Manual > Broiler Production. Broiler chicken. Intensive poultry farming is usually divided into specialised operations, although some farmers may be interested in keeping poultry for both meat and eggs. For meat production, the chicks have been selected for rapid growth, breast meat and usually lean meat (low fat).
Broiler Chicken Production Manual Also, poultry raising, as a family enterprise, offers profitable employment and When managed properly, chicken broiler production. Ross Broiler Management Manual. Author(s): Aviagen. From: Aviagen Where: In-house Publication Origin: Global When: 2009 Language: English: The purpose of this Manual. Home >. > Trainers’ Manual > Broiler Production. The approximate composition of a 1.8 kg broiler chicken is: water: 64%: 1152g: fat: 14%: 252 g: protein: 18%. Foreword ROSS BROILER MANAGEMENT MANUAL The aim of this manual is to assist farm staff and owners of Ross broilers to achieve the highest possible performance from.
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They will not lay many eggs. An important rule- of- thumb is that the farmer is kind to his/her birds and looks after them like part of the family. They will then respond and serve the farmer well. The approximate composition of a 1. The very high amount of water is associated with the lean meat (no fat) of which water is about 8.
POULTRY PRODUCTION MANUAL CHAPTER 2 - Broiler Production Facts and Figures CHICKEN CONSUMPTION. Chicken meat is a popular food item in most countries and continues to.
The birds are brooded on a starter diet for about 2- 3 weeks. They are then given a grower diet and sometimes a finisher diet for the final 7- 1. As mentioned, as they age, their nutrient needs decline. This means that older chickens can handle poorer quality feeds better than younger birds. Mortality is normally 3- 5% and most of this occurs during week 1.
Poultry production targets in most developing countries will be lower than in temperate climates. Typical figures for growth and feed conversion ratio (FCR, kg feed per kg gain) in good commercial production are: Days. Weight. Feed Conversion Ration (FCR)0- 2. The implications are that there is a requirement for a very high- quality feed if maximum growth rate is to be achieved (this may not be possible or desirable in some countries due to high temperature or feed ingredients are very costly). You will see that there is very high feed intake during the last 2- 3 weeks of production and growth then slows. The message is that keeping birds beyond normal slaughter age (7- 8 weeks) is expensive and often the difference between a profit and a loss.
Chickens in a broiler house. In a survey of 3.
Lae in Papua New Guinea, birds reached 1. Feed intake was 4. Feed conversion ratio was 2. Mortality was 7. 1% (range 2. The wide variation is due to different levels of management, feeding and housing conditions.
Good results will only come from well cared for flocks. Chicks must get off to a good start and good management is very important especially during the first week of life. Before the chicks arrive, their house must be clean and ready to receive them. Shavings (5 cm thick), or other litter should be in place and old litter removed every second batch of chicks. The brooder heat lamp or kerosene lamp must be checked, adjusted and switched on.
The circular (1. 2 m diameter/1. Within the brooder there should be two drinkers and two feeders adjusted to chick height and adjusted again each week. A commercial starter diet should be fed at least for the first two weeks.
For the first few days, the feed should be placed on paper spread on the ground, or in scratch trays as well as in the feeders within the brooding area so that they can peck at the feed. Chicks should be encouraged to drink. If reluctantplace the beak in the water trough/tray. Check chicks several times during the day and again at night. On day 4, make the brooding circle a little larger as chicks are growing fast. Chicks should be using the feeders although a few may be still eating off the paper. Brooder temperature should be reduced but chicks will indicate this by their behaviour.
At 7- 1. 0 days remove brooder guard and remove heating unit at the same time. At least 1. 0 chickens/batch of 5. Catch birds using a 1.
Start selling off the heaviest broilers at about 7 weeks of age. Unit V. Trainer will demonstrate brooding, catching and weighing birds. Marketing. There will be much information from the feasibility study on how broilers are sold.
A small commercial broiler producer may have four options. Sell them alive on a bird or weight basis to a consumer- usually best option. Sell them to a trader. Sell them oven ready – plucked and eviscerated (without feathers, guts and organs) – labour intensive but usually the highest price. Sell them live to an abattoir for processing. It is possible to alter the colour of the skin of broiler chickens by adding a colouring agent to the feed or the feed ingredients (corn) which may contain xanthophylls, natural colouring agents. Consumers may be used to buying broilers with white or yellow skins others don’t care.
Manure. A single batch of 1. It should not be wasted and can be used as a fertiliser or to make compost when mixed with other organic matter (inedible kitchen waste, tops of vegetables, leaves etc) for your garden. The composition of the poultry litter varies but is about: 3% nitrogen, 2% phosphorus and 1% potassium. It has a commercial value and can be sold to vegetable growers. Families should be encouraged to have a garden and add litter to grow fruit and vegetables. Record keeping. It is important to keep good records of broiler performance. A sample of a record sheet covering a single batch of broilers is given for the full period (batch) at the end of this manualrecord when you open a new batch of feed of known weightmark when a bird dies or is removed from the penrecord weight of birds when weighed at 4 and 7 weeks.
At 4 weeks take a sample of say 1. Feed conversion ratio is feed consumed divided by the total weight of birdscalculate mortality (%) by dividing the number of birds at the end by the number placed in the pen at the start x 1. A worked example is given at the end of this manual)Mention has been made of vaccination of birds at day old. Commercial broilers will arrive already vaccinated but a vaccination program appropriate to a particular location will have to be worked out at a later date and if necessary a supply of the vaccines sourced. Trainer will describe the current marketing of meat birds in his/her region or village and will go through a worked example of all calculations for weight gain and feed efficiency.