Animal Production NCII: Poultry Management

• Give one competency in Animal Production (NCII).
• Brooding is the process of supplying artificial heat to chicks from the time they are taken from the incubators.

Procedures of biosecurity

• Give at least five procedures of biosecurity when entering a poultry establishment.

Types of Poultry Waste

• Dead waste.
• Dropping or manure waste.
• Dressing waste.
• Hatchery waste.
• Vermin is a catch-all term for small animals or insects that are considered pests.
• PPE refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments/equipment designed to protect the wearer's body from injury or blunt impacts.

Examples of PPE

• Coverall.
• Eye Protection.
• Hearing Protection.
• Footwear.
• Respiratory protective equipment.
• Gloves.
• Safety helmet.
• Wet weather clothing.
• Why is PPE important?

Types of Poultry Houses

• Range type.
• Semi-confinement type.
• Confinement type.
• Give at least two breeds of a layer chicken.
• The average # of layer eggs in a year is 220-250.
• Give at least 4 breeds of a meat-type chicken.

Materials needed for brooding

• Litter materials.
• Brooding light.
• Chick guard.
• Brooding house.
• The proper temperature for broiler chicks at the age range of 8-14 days is 29.4-32.2 °C.
• The proper temperature for broiler chicks at the age range of 14-21 days is 26.7-29.4 °C.

Types of brooding

• Artificial brooding.
• Natural brooding.
• Broiler chicks are either all male or female chicks intended for the production of meat or eggs.
• A source of chicks.

Sources of heat for artificial brooding

• Electricity.
• Kerosene lamps.
• Charcoal rice hulls.

Functions of feeds

• To maintain life.
• To produce their kind.
• To promote growth.

Sources of Carbohydrates and fats

• Yellow corn.
• Copra meal.
• Rice bran.

Sources of protein

• Fish meal.
• Shrimp meal.
• Soy bean oil.

Essential nutrients needed by broilers

• Water.
• Protein.
• Ash.
• Carbohydrates.
• Vitamins.
• Fats.

Forms of feeds

• Mash.
• Pellet.
• Crumble.
• Symptoms that may display when birds are in heat stress.
• Culling refers to the removal of unproductive or undesirable animals from the herd.
• Reasons for culling.
• During the first week of age in a layer of female pullets, give them 20-22 hours of light.
• Ad libitum means free feeding.
• Vaccination.

Types of vaccine

• Live vaccine.
• Killed vaccine.
• Attenuated vaccine.

Forms of vaccine

• Liquid vaccine.
• Dust.
• Freeze-dried vaccine.

Vaccination Procedures

• In-ovo vaccination.
• Intra-nasal.
• Intramuscular.
• Oral.
• Intra-subcutaneous.
• Drinking water.
• Intra-Ocular.
• Spray.
• Egg classification.
• Give at least one procedure in conditioning the birds before doing the debeaking.
• Animal Welfare Act promoting the welfare of animals in the Philippines.
• Reasons in debeaking.
• The most popular day/age to debeak birds is 5-10 days.
• The weeks or age of the birds in retrimming/trimming is 14-12-20 days.
• The size that will remove in the beak of chicks is 3/4" to 1/2 inch.
• Importance of record keeping.
• The eyelids form.
• The head turns towards the large end of the egg.
• The gut draws into the abdomen.
• Feather cover body.
• Head tucks.
• The embryo fills.
• Yolk sac.
• Internal pip/External pip.
• Hatching.