Morgan Tuthill

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hr. Zoology
The Purina Turkey Starter came from the Eaton Farm Bureau Co-op. The other
feed that a! u!ed a! called "alm#ach Broiler $roer "inde C%B&BM'( ith ))*
crude protein( +.,* crude fat. The chicken! ere put on the Purina Turkey Starter hen
they ere recei-ed on Septem#er )+
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until %cto#er .
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. The Turkey Starter a! ).*
crude protein and /* crude fat. The chicken! ere then put on "alm#ach Broiler $roer
"inde C%B&BM'. To add to the feed the chicken! ere put on Sumo on %cto#er 01
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.
The Sumo a! mi2ed ith the "am#ach Broiler $roer "inde C%B&BM'( contained no
le!! than .* crude protein and +1* crude fat. The #ird! ere fed to to three time! a
day on full feed. The feeder! ere kept full at all time! along ith the ater. The chick!
ere checked on / to 4 time! a day.
Proper -entilation i! important !o the chicken! can #reathe properly( ha-e fre!h
air( and the door a! open at time!. Then( there a! acti-e e2hau!t -entilation u!ed #y a
fan( circulating air. The pen a! kept at 3, degree! Fahrenheit to !tart ith then ent
don to a#out +) degree! Fahrenheit. The !ha-ing! that ere u!ed ere ood !ha-ing!.
The !ha-ing! ere added to the pen and only taken out hen and if the pen got et or
damp for !ome !ort of rea!on.
Coccidio!i! i! a di!ea!e that affect! the tract of animal! like chicken!. 4t5! u!ually
pa!!ed along in their dropping! #ut doe!n5t really make them ill. The younger chicken!
get the di!ea!e from contaminated o#6ect!. Thi! can #e pre-ented #y keeping the feed and
ater aay from any dropping! and try to !top the o-ercroding.
The chicken room i! 0) feet #y 0, feet and the pen! are , feet #y 7 feet. 4n each
pen there i! 0 aterer and 0 feeder. The ater! are called gra-ity fed aterer and
medium !i8ed. 9! the chicken! gre the ater! ent to a larger !i8e. The feeder that a!
u!ed at fir!t a! a 0 foot long tough feeder. 9! they got #igger the feeder! !itched to
much #igger feeder! called tu#e- type feeder. The heat !ource that a! u!ed for the!e
chicken! i! #uilt into the floor making the e2act temperature that a! needed. The
aterer! and feeder! ere ad6u!ted a! the chicken! gre. They ere hung from a chain
that a! attached to a #ar on the ceiling( a! the chick! got #igger they ere #rought up to
their height. The feeder !pace for the indu!trial recommendation i! ),1 to /11 linear
inche! or ) to . feet and / and a half deep trough or a 4 foot tu#e- type feeder. The
aterer recommendation i! to #egin ith / half gallon ater fountain! per 011 chicken!.
9t / eek! allo 41 linear inche! or to 4 gallon fountain! per 011 chicken!.
The room a! cleaned and !aniti8ed #efore the chicken! came. The feeder! and
aterer! ere ad6u!ted to the chicken5! height a! they gre. The height a! kept to
here the chicken! could 6u!t mo-e their head to eat. To keep the chicken! nice and
arm there ere heat lamp! in each pen to help keep them nice and arm along ith the
light! on the ceiling in the room. The recommendation lighting !hould #e a minimum of
0) hour! of light per day. The light! in the room ere kept on all the time a! ell. 9! the
chicken! got #igger the heating lamp! ere taken aay. :o #ird! ere identified to #e
!ick. 4n the future to make thing! #etter the !tudent! ould #e 011* !ure that there i!
alay! ater and feed for them and #e more organi8ed.
The re!t of the chicken! ill #e proce!!ed hen all of them eigh a#out .
pound!. The re!t of the chicken! ill #e proce!!ed at Springport ;igh School and ill #e
free of co!t. The #ird! ill #e donated to the Springport Food Pantry after proce!!ing. For
e-ery pound the chicken eigh! they eat 0..4 pound! of feed. Each #ird co!t .1.7 dollar!
each.