CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY

Don Severino de las Alas Campus

Indang, Cavite, Philippines
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www.cvsu.edu.ph

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

ZOTC70: Poultry Health and Production

Poultry Farm Visit

Agapinan, Jzein
Bagsit, Japeth
Calleja, Aaron Isiah
Mahoharan, Rose Therese
Mahumot, Mark Aldro
Nadonga, Mikhaela Mae
Panahon, Jose Lorenzo
Purificacion, Carrey Lei

Dr. Chester Saldana, DVM

April 2017
Narda Agri and Poultry Farm is manned and owned by Mr. Noriel Bergonio and is located in the
town of Daine, Indang, Cavite. The layer farm started in 2010 with only 1 building on a land of
1.5 hectares. After the expansion, the farm currently has 2 buildings, one with 2,000 heads and
another with 1,500 heads. The buildings are 10 meters apart from one another to ensure proper
ventilation.

Fig 1.1: House no. 1 with 1,500 heads Fig 1.2: House no. 2 with 2,000 heads

A capital of ₱2 Million was utilized to initiate the farm and since then, the business was successful
from 2,000 heads now rearing 3,500 heads of layer chickens. The returns of the business come
from different aspects of the farm, the primary source of return are the eggs, but aside from eggs,
culled type layer chickens are also being sold to regain what was used for their utilization during
their laying span. Unlike other farms, the droppings are not sold due to lack of market for it, it is
simply dried and decomposed by the farm before being disposed to avoid contamination.

For biosecurity, the farm mainly relies on the restriction of entry to all except to the managing
laborer and caretaker of the layers. Wheel baths and foot baths are absent but reports of
contamination and outbreaks of diseases are in evident. Maintenance of cleanliness and
disinfection are done with power sprayers and insecticides; this proves effective even if the farm
only disinfects the feeders, waterers, and the site where the eggs are laid.
The water source of the farm relies on deep well systems that supplies most of the farm’s water
requirements.
Fig 2.1: Maintenance of Cleanliness in House no. 1 Fig 2.2: Maintenance of Cleanliness in House no. 2

Fig 2.3: Motorized pump that supplies water for the farm Fig 2.4: Deep well that supplies water for the farm

The feeds come from Caffmaco and the farm consumes 33 kg of feeds per day. That is 110 kg of
feeds per head with a cost of ₱2.45 per head, per day.
Laborers work are divided between the maintenance of layers, maintenance of the houses and in
charge of sorting the eggs. Unlike other farms, egg sorting is done manually with weighing scales
and is organized in and trays. Laborers are paid ₱355 per day. Record keeping is also done
manually, traditional pen-and-paper are used for the record keeping of the farm to ensure correct
and proper information about the progress and rundowns of the farm.

Fig 3.1: Laborer sorting the eggs Fig 3.2 Weighing scale used by the laborer to sort eggs
Stocks of the farm are brought as chicks then grown to lay, but the farm prefers to purchase ready-
to-lay stocks due to the expenses the farm will save if the stocks bought are ready-to-lay and are
taken care for 19 weeks and then they are able for laying eggs. The farm supplies most local
groceries around Indang, Cavite and nearby towns. Also the public market is one of the buyers
from the farm itself. The egg prices may vary depending on the size of the egg.

Egg Size Price per Tray

Small ₱140
Medium ₱145
Large ₱150
Extra Large ₱150
Jumbo ₱170
Table 1: Price of eggs sold per tray

The farm runs on minimal maintenance compared to other farms but still manages to maximize
their output through combined techniques and efforts of the owner and laborers. Proper knowledge
on layer poultry does take the business forwards and does not hinder the farm to progress.