HOUSING

1. Site/Location
a. Availability of Water and
Electricity
b. Roads
c. Isolation
d. Peace and Order
e. Surrounding Community
f. Distance to Dressing
plant

1.Conventional or
Open-Sided House

2. Tunnel Vent or Cool

Cell

 Ensure adequate room for optimal performance.

Ideally 1.0 ft2/bird (Conventional) or 1.2 ft2/bird in
warmer climate
0.65 ft2/bird (Tunnel Vent)

1.Conventional or
Open-Sided House
Most common
Rely on free flow of
air through the
house for
ventilation and
lighting

 Stud height: 10 ft.

(3m.)
Floor height: 6 ft. or
above

SHAPE OF ROOF

Monitor type
provides better
ventilation

Brooding
Management

INTRODUCTION
What makes
a good grow?

MANAGEMENT

CHICK QUALITY

QUALITY OF
FEEDS

Good Chick Quality

Characteristics of a good quality chick:
Well-dried, long-fluffed down, bright yellow
Bright round active eyes
Look active and alert
Completely healed navels
Legs are bright and waxy to the touch
Free of red hocks
Chicks should be free from deformities

Insert pictures of good quality

chicks

Quality of Feeds
Chick Booster
Broiler Starter
Broiler Grower
Broiler Finisher

Quality of Feeds
Forms of Feed
Mash

Crumble

Pellet

Brooding
BroodingManagement
Management

Brooding Management
What is BROODING Period?
Process of providing additional heat to chicks from
hatching until it develops enough feathers to control
temperature.
The first 14 days of the chicks life.
During this time, the chicks are changing from an
immature thermo regulation system to a mature one.

Brooding Management
Why?
This is the most critical period.
This sets the precedent to a good grow out
performance.

Brooding Management
At 7 days, chicks must achieve 4-5 times their
initial body weight.
28d weight can increase by 100g if they
achieve 180g at 7days (cobbvantress.com)
An increase of 1g at 7 days can yield
additional 5 g at final weight.

5 ESSENTIALS OF BROODING
1. Temperature Management
2. Feed Access
3. Clean Water
4. Fresh Air
5. High Light Intensity

TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT
Optimum temperature = chick

Gas brooder
o 1:1000 chicks
Charcoal bin
o 1:500 chicks

comfort

TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT

Rice hull litter

o 3-4 inches deep
o Scrape regularly
Inside curtains/trapal
Chick guard
o Per 1000 chicks

CHICK GUARD
Use circular screens 38-46 cm high to confine
chicks to the heated area.
In cold seasons, the circle can be 1 m from the
edge of the heater canopy.
In hot seasons, leave 2 m or more space.

Chick Guards
G.I. sheets, lawanit, plywood, hard
cardboard

Chick Guards
Wire mesh- mostly during hot weather.

TEMPERATURE CHART

 Overheated Chicks = dehydration

Cold Chicks = slow conversion

FEED ACCESS
FEED
ACCESS
It is imperative that chicks eat and drink
right away.
Ad libitum feeding

The best way is to provide the right ratio

of feeders.

FEED ACCESS
Linear Chick Feeder
- 1 per 40 chicks or
- 25 per 1000 chicks

Tube Feeder
- 1 per 22 birds or
- 40 per 1000 heads

FEED ACCESS
Provide supplemental
feeders for the first 3 days
(newspaper, sack, pan/tray
feeders)
The feeding time should be
consistent each day to help
chicks establish a routine.

CLEAN WATER

 At placement chicks will consume 1ml/bird/hour

for the first 24 hours on the farm.
Chicks consume water at 1.6-2 times than feed.
It is very important to monitor water
consumption decrease in water entails a
decrease in feed intake.

 Galloner
40 chicks per galloner
Or 25 pcs/1000 heads

Basin Drinker
- 30 heads per basin or
- 34 pcs/ 1000 heads

 Bell drinker
- 40 heads per drinker

Nipple Drinker
- 10 12 birds per
nipple

FRESH AIR
Ensures meeting the oxygen
demand of the modern broiler
chick and removing excess
moisture.

Especially true when using rice

hull heater= mausok.

FRESH AIR
Inadequate minimum ventilation
and the resulting poor air increase:
Ammonia, CO2, Moisture,
Production related syndromes
ascites)

(e.g.

poor
ventilation

respiratory and
cardiovascular
problems

Poor weight
gain

FRESH AIR
WHAT TO DO?

OPEN trapal

LIGHT INTENSITY
Chick activity during the brooding period is
the driver that ensures adequate feed and
water consumption.
During brooding the light should be at the
brightest to encourage activity to help chicks
locate feed and water.

5 ESSENTIALS OF BROODING
1. Temperature Management
2. Feed Access
3. Clean Water
4. Fresh Air
5. High Light Intensity

Placement Dos

Placement Dos