BROILER PRODUCTION

DINA AMBONON
JOVIE MAY CAMPOL
FLORIE DATUD
DIANA GRACE FERNANDEZ
EDWIN MALARO

A Research Paper
Submitted to Dr. Bernardo S. Umaguing
As partial fulfilment of the course requirements in Animal Science 2 or AS 20
Or AS AA4 (Introduction to Livestock and Poultry Production, Poultry Production)
Second Semester, 2015-2016.

Undergraduate Students taking up

BS in AgriBusiness

INTRODUCTION
Chickens are an important domestic fowl worldwide, especially for nutritious
flesh as a source of food. Poultry are kept for the production of eggs and meat that are
most efficient producers of protein for human consumption. Poultry productions are able
to adapt to most areas of the world, relatively low priced, reproduce rapidly, and have a
high rate of productivity. Thus, poultry plays a very important role for mankind through
food supply, income and employment generation, providing raw materials to some
industries, facilitating research works. They can be as a source of food, as industrial use,
in research purpose, source of income, source of employment, environmental and
ecological balance. Importance of poultry production includes: versatility of poultry
meat, relative low cost in comparison to other meat, acceptability of poultry meat to all
religion.
Chicken broilers are the most progressive animal enterprises today because of its
high demand in the market and its popularity which is attributed to its qualities as a food
source. Broiler meat is very nutritious and has the good organoleptic qualities such as
tenderness, juiciness and others. Moreover, broilers are grown for a short period of time
thus, return on investment is short.
Broiler raising project is one of the requirements of the subject animal science
2(Introduction to livestock and poultry production). This project provides students the
hands-on experience in growing broilers which they can also use in their houses as a
source of income.

OBJECTIVES
In general, the project aimed to provide hands on experience in the growing
manager of broilers. Specifically, it has the following objectives;
1. To determine the performance of broiler in terms of gain in body weight, feed
consumption, feed conversion ratio and profit;
2. To experience hands-on operation on broiler production which includes proper
sanitation, canvassing, brooding, health management, manure management,
feeding, harvesting and selling;
3. To grow broilers in 35-42 days with expected final weight of 1.5 kg.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Broiler. This is a meat type chicken commonly had grown up to 35-42 days and
weighing 1.5- 2.0 kg live weight.
Brooding. It is the process of providing comfort to the chicks until such time that
their thermo-regulatory mechanism becomes functional.
Cage. It is a box like enclosures having wires, bamboo pipes and others.
Chicks. It refers to a young of a chicken.
Disinfectant. Any chemical agent used chiefly on inanimate objectives to destroy
or inhibits the growth of harmful organism.
Feed Conversion Ratio. It is the volume of feeds necessary to produce a
kilogram gain in weight.
Management. It is the act of skilful handling or controlling something
successfully.

Manure. It is an animal excrement often mixed with straw and use as fertilizer for
soil.
Nutrients. It is a substance having the same composition that help support animal
life.
Poultry. It is a collective terms for all domesticated birds rendering economic
service or value to man.
TECHNICAL ASPECTS
Housing/Cage
Housing is basically one of the most important things in broiler
production because it affects the environmental requirements such as
ventilation and others. Cage is where the broilers are kept.
The cage has a dimension of 2.5m x 1m. The sides and flooring of
the cage was made of bamboo and four (4) 1.5 meter ipil-ipil post was
used to support the four sides of it. Feeder, waterer, wire, bulb and
socket were provided upon the arrival of the chicks.
Sanitation
Sanitation is necessary to eradicate microorganism which serves as
a vector of diseases that affect the broilers growth and development.
Canvassing/ purchasing of inputs
The canvassing was done on November 26, 2015 at Solano,
Techno Farm Agricultural Supply. The price of the day old chick was

45.00 php each and we ordered for 25 chicks with a total price of
Php.1125. In addition, other materials like feeds are bought.
Brooding management
One day before the chick in, we have already prepared the cage. It
was cleaned and provided with light, feeding troughs and waterers.
Electric current was installed to provide heat and light to the chicks. The
wall of the cage was covered with clean sacks and the floor was covered
with newspapers to avoid tripping of the birds.
Feed and water management
The broilers were fed in restricted feeding. The amount of feeds
consumed every week was recorded to determine the amount of feed
consumed. Filling of the feeding troughs and waterers were checked
regularly.
Health management
The health of the chicks was one of the important things to
consider in managing or raising broilers. The farmer should know when to
apply medication and vitamins for the nourishment of the birds or vaccine
if needed. Sanitation should be maintained until the broilers were
harvested.
Manure management

In the first two weeks after the chick in, the floor was covered with
newspapers so that it would be easier to collect their manures. But as they
grew older we stopped using newspaper.
Harvesting and selling
The broilers were harvested on January 15, 2016. Each of the
members was given 5 broilers and they canvassed where to sell their
share.
1.1Collection and processing of materials
1.2 Experimental design and treatment
1.3 Lot preparation
1.4 Feed preparation
- At the start we just buy for 2kg. of feeds and in the following day we
just buy if there is no feeds that they will eat.
2. Experimental procedure
2.1 feeding- we feed the birds when there is no feeds in the feeder but
sometimes we just fed them in every 4hours
2.2 Water allocation- we put them water every there is no water in the waterer and
every morning and in the evening we clean it.
3. Data to be gathered
3.1 Initial weight
3.2 Final weight
3.3 Gain in body weight
3.4 Growth rate
3.5 Feed consumption
3.6 Feed conversion ratio
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Weeks

Initial

Final

Weight

Weight Body

(g)

(g)

Gain

Growth

Feed

Feed

Rate

Consumptio

Conversio

Weight (%)

n Ratio

(g)

(g)

First
Week
Second

250

1,000

750

107.14

1,000

1.33

week
Third

1,000

1,600

600

85.71

1,300

2.17

Week
Fourth

1,600

2,300

700

100

1,600

2.29

week
Fifth

2,300

2,950

650

92.86

2000

3.08

Week
Sixth

2,950

4,300

1,350

192.86

2,800

2.07

Week
Sevent

4,300

6,250

1,950

278.57

3,600

1.85

h week

6,250

8,250

2,000

285.71

3,000

1.5

Total

18,650

26,650

8,000

1,142.8

15,300

1.91

(ave. FCR)

The table shows the data that we gathered during the 47 days of rearing. The total
initial weight was 18,650 grams, the total final weight was 26,650 grams, and the total
gain in body weight that shows the gain per week was 8000 grams. The feed consumption

showing the total feed consumed by the day old chicks was 76,500 grams and so the total
feed conversion ratio or average feed conversion ratio was 9.56.
Initial weight
Initial body weight of broiler was taken by random picking. Upon the arrival of
the 25 heads of one day old chicks, we picked five and weighed it to represent the 25
chicks. Initial weight is calculated as follows:
Total weight of five birds
Initial weight = _______________________
5 (birds)
Final weight
After 47 days of rearing. The broiler gained a final weight ranging from 8250 kg
which has a live weight of 1.65.

Gained in body weight

This was the difference from final weight to initial weight. It determines how
many grams added within week. It shows that in every week, the gain in body weight is
changing.
GBW= Final weight - Initial weight
Growth rate
Growth rate refer to the amount of increase that a specific variable has gained
within a specific period and context.
Final weight Initial weight
Growth rate =_______________________

7(days)
Feed conversion ratio
This is the amount of feed needed to produce a kg gain in body weight of broiler.
This was derived from feed consumption divide by gain in body weight.

Feed consumption
FCR= _______________________
Gain in body weight

Feeding Expenses
Weeks
First week

No. of Kg

Unit cost

Total amount(Php)

(booster)
Second week

30

150

(starter)
Third week

6.5

28

182

(grower)
Fourth week

8
10

28
26

224

(grower)
Fifth week
(grower)
Sixth week

260
14

26

364

(finisher)
Seventh week

18

26

468

(finisher)
Total

15

26

390
2, 038

The table shows the expenses on feeds per week. It also includes the number of
kilograms consumed, the unit cost or the prices of feeds, and the total amount of expenses
in every week.
Table 3. Sale
Parameters
Average final weight of the

Kilogram
1.65

broiler
Average live weight of the

1.65

Php.

broiler
Price/Kg live weight of the

130

broiler
Total sales of the broiler

5, 148

Table 4. Cost
Parameters
Average cost per kilogram
of feeds
Total feed consumed
Total cost of feed
Cost of feed per unit gain in
body weight
Return above feed cost

Kilogram

Php.
27.5

76.5
2, 038
262.9
3, 110

Feed cost per unit in body weight (FCG)

This was determined by multiplying the average conversion ratio of bird times the
average cost of feeds per unit.
Booster -Php.30.00/kg
Starter -Php.28.00/kg
Grower-Php.26.00/kg
Finisher-Php.26.00/kg
= Php.110/4=Php.27.5
FCG=average cost of feed per unit x average feed conversion ratio
=Php.27.5 x 9.56
=Php.262.9
Return above feed cost
This was obtained from the product of the number of the broiler times the price of
live weight then minus the total feed price.

Total live weight of birds per head x no. of birds

1.65 kg x 24 = 39.6
Price of live weight per head x total live weight of birds
Php.130 x 39.6 kg = Php.5, 148 (total sales)

Feed cost
Booster -5kg x Php.30.00 =Php.150.00

Starter 14.5kg x Php.28.00 =Php.406.00

Grower - 24kg x 26.00=Php624.00
Finisher - 33kg x Php.26.00=Php.858.00
Php.2, 038.00(total feed cost)

Total sale - Total feed cost

Php.5, 148.00 - Php.2, 038.00
= Php.3, 110.00(return above feed cost)

CONCLUSSION
This study is very much helpful in our part as a student because our experience
gave us lot of lessons that we can apply it on our own. Though we have some failure in

some areas of this study, we did not make it a reason to be a hindrance not to continue the
study. As a student, it is really hard to plan on how to start this project but we took it as a
challenge especially in the aspect of canvassing, preparations, management and
marketing. Feeding the broiler with the different kinds of feeds in the right time has a
good result in terms of their growth and weight development although we have an error
on choosing types of feeds that makes our rearing to be longer. It is also a very good
business to invest with because we can already harvest in a short period of time and also
more profitable compared to another animal production.
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is more advantageous for the broiler to grow fast in a short period of time by
giving them proper housing, good feeding and good watering management. Thats why
we have come up to the following recommendations:
1. Engaging in broiler production should have a proper plan for it before starting.
2. It should have a target time when to put the stocks and to harvest it in order to
set a proper time for the next cycle.
3. Applying antibiotics and medicines should only be done if it is necessary only.
4. Giving and shifting to different kinds of feeds should be done slowly in order
for the broiler not to be stress.