BROILER MANAGEMENT
INTRODUCTION
Ø Broiler industry in India and world wide
Ø Location of the Broiler Farms
Ø Housing and Environment
Ø Growing programs
v All In All Out System
v Multiple Age Program
GROWING PROGRAMS
- ALL IN ALL OUT SYSTEM
• ADVANTAGES
• More sanitary and hygienic
• Easy to break the disease cycle
• Low mortality
• Faster growth rate and better FCR
• DISADVANTAGES
• Marketing
• Uneven distribution of work load
• Lower utilization of space and equipments
• Not economical for cage rearing and large sized farms.
MULTIPLE BATCH SYSTEM
• ADVANTAGES
• Better utilization of space and equipments
• More suitable for cage rearing and bigger farms
• Marketing will be easier
• Even distribution of work load
• DISADVANTAGES
• Less sanitary and difficult to break down the disease cycle
• Higher mortality
• Poor growth rate and FCR
BROODER MANAGEMENT
Ø Preparation of House
Ø Importance of Quality of chicks
Ø Brooding arrangement
Ø Brooding Management
Ø Ventilation
Ø Lighting
FLOOR SPACE REQUIREMENT
|
Type of facility |
Age of bird |
Space / bird (sq.ft) |
Feeder space / bird (Linear in.) |
Waterer space / bird (Linear in) |
|
Floor |
0 - 4 |
0.5 |
1.0 |
0.5 |
Floor |
4 – 8 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
Cage |
0 – 8 |
0.5 |
2.0 |
1.0 |
FEEDING MANAGEMENT
ü Ad libitum feeding practiced
ü Starter ration [0 – 10 days]
ü Grower ration [11 – 24 days]
ü Finisher ration [25 days to marketing]
ü Reduce feed wastage
VACCINATION SCHEDULE FOR BROILERS
|
Sl. No. |
Vaccine Name |
Age of bird |
Route |
|
1. |
Marek’s disease vaccine |
0 day |
S/c |
|
2. |
RDVF / Lasota |
5 – 7 days |
Eye drops |
|
3. |
IBD Live intermediate |
14 – 16 days |
Eye drops |
|
4. |
Lasota vaccine |
28 – 30th day |
Drinking water |
|
|
|
|
|
RATIONS FOR BROILERS
|
INGREDIENTS(kg/100kg) |
STARTER |
FINISHER |
|
MAIZE |
43.75 |
44.10 |
|
RICE POLISH |
10.00 |
20.00 |
|
GROUNDNUT CAKE |
14.00 |
11.00 |
|
SUNFLOWER CAKE |
14.00 |
11.00 |
|
FISH MEAL |
10.00 |
5.50 |
|
BLOOD MEAL |
3.50 |
- |
|
ANIMAL FAT |
3.00 |
1.25 |
|
BONE MEAL |
1.15 |
0.60 |
|
LIME STONE |
- |
0.70 |
|
SALT |
0.50 |
0.25 |
|
MINERAL AND VITAMIN MIXTURE |
0.10 |
0.10 |
RECOMMENDED SPECIFIC NUTRIENTS
• Nutrient Starter Grower Finisher
• Crude Protein(%) 22-24 21-23 19-21
• M.E (Kcal /kg) 2900 3100 3200
• Lysine (%) 1.36 1.30 1.13
• Methionine (%) 0.53 0.52 0.47
• Meth + Cyst (%) 0.98 0.94 0.85
• Calcium (%) 0.95 0.90 0.85
• Available Phos (%) 0.50 0.48 0.44
HEALTH COVER
} Provide good quality feed and water
} Keep the house and equipments well cleaned
} Litter management
} Medication program to be formulated and followed
} Vaccination program to be followed strictly
How to avoid vaccination failure
Ø Maintenance of cold chain
Ø Correct dosage
Ø Cooler parts of the day
Ø Provide clean water while giving vaccine through water
Ø Mixed vaccine to be used within the stipulated time
RECORD KEEPING
• Date of receipt of chicks
• Strain
• Source of chicks
• Daily feed consumption
• Daily mortality
• Sample weekly body weight
• Date of selling { With No.& Wt in kgs }
• Amount realised
• Cost of chicks, feed, litter material, labour, electricity, health cover, etc to be maintained
MARKETING
} Broilers are to be marketed according to the market demands
} 1.8 kgs at 6 weeks of age is good for marketing
} Transport the birds only during nights
} Proper handling to avoid lower carcass quality
