Minor Species Production Technologists (257671), (S.E.N.A)

HANDLING POULTRY.

Before receiving the chickens:

Perform area cleaning and disinfection of cages, equipment, interior of the building, service areas and equipment. Check all equipment for adjustment and operation. Remove old feed, feeders and canals. Disinfect and allow them to dry before new feed is placed. Place rat poison where it won’t be consumed by the poultry.

A day before receiving the chicks:

House temperature should be at 32 ° C at the level of the chicks.

Check the water system. Adjust to the proper height for chicks. Disinfect and clean water pipe jet.

The day of receiving the chicks:

During the first six weeks

Operate feeders to provide the birds with food twice a day, or even more often after six weeks,

Observe food consumption and body weights against theoretical graph sheet (although 10% of pullets to get a meaningful average.)

Observe daily the water available in each row of cages. Make sure there are no leaks and repair them if there are any.

Increase water as the birds grow.

Follow the vaccination program.

Remove death birds daily and dispose of them properly. Examine the causes of excess mortality.

Three days before moving pullets to laying, start using soluble vitamins and electrolytes in the drinking water. Continue for three days after housing thus minimizing the stress caused by the transfer.

Driving position period.

Making the change of bird food and continue the vaccination plan to the collection of eggs minimum three times a day to inspect the health of the birds constantly to prevent disease outbreaks, daily stress data collection and sampling birds to determine the proper development of birds.

Install thermometers five inches from the floor to determine the temperature of the house, fill water troughs or put the water system in operation.

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The handling of hens in production becomes quite a routine. Basically it boils down to the following activities:

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1. Provision for food and water for fowl.

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2. Clean and disinfect sprues daily at least once a week with a product recommended for this purpose.

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1 3.Collecting eggs two to four times a day, which are stored in special deposit boxes and sorted by size of and type.

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4.Check operation of the feeders and waterers.

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1 5. Revise the bed, and replace it if wet.

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6. Check the bedding material of nests and replace it if is very dirty.

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1 7. Remove the dead poultry and bring them immediately to the place of waste, to be buried or burned.

7.Remove sick hens. It is useful to examine those sick hens to find out what is affecting them, Remove unproductive hens. This can be done once a week to avoid altering the poultry too often, Remove the broody hens and give them the right treatment to restart the laying cycle.