Cleaning and disinfection of poultry house. Spreading litter material. Form a circle of about 5 feet in diameter with a brooder guard which can hold about 200 to 250 chicks. Newspapers, heat source, feeder and waterer arrangements inside the brooder guard. The birds should be allowed to occupy the whole house by the time they are three (3) weeks old.
2. What is brooding
Brooding is the period immediately after hatch when
special care and attention must be given to chicks to
ensure their health and survival.
Brooder management
Scientific poultry management aims at
maximizing returns with minimum investment.
3. Why brooding is necessary
• A newly hatched chick has not developed the
mechanism to regulate its body temperature
(Thermoregulatory system)
• If environmental temperature is too high difficult to
maintain the constant body temperature.
• There are two types of brooding methods
– Natural brooding
– Artificial brooding
4. Before receiving the chicks..
• Brooding house should be cleaned using disinfectant.
• Feeders and waterers should be washed and
disinfected.
• After arranging all the equipments in the house the
litter should be spread.
• Provide foot bath at the entrance with a disinfectant
solution.
5. Preparation of brooder guard
• Selecting a proper place.
• Preparation the brooder.
• Brooder guard materials- corrugated iron are used.
• Disinfection of brooders.
• Place the heat source at the
center of the brooder.
6. Introduce of chicks into brooders
• Light the brooder heat source an hour prior to chick
arrival to the brooders
• Keep records
– Number of birds
– Body weight gain
– Disease prevention
– Mortality
• For the first 3days watch the chicks in 2-3 hours
interval.
7. Light and Temperature management
• Continuous lighting should be provided for the first
48-72 hours post placement.(100W)
• Thermometers may not always be available.
Therefore use the behavior of the chicks as a guide.
8. Feed Management
• 1st day - Water with vitaguard.
Boiled cold water supply in adilibitumly in
brooding period.
• Glucose solution and broiler starter.
• Selanium vitamin selvit –E and main feed
• Broiler starter used as the main feed.
• Provide antibiotic called Enrocip.
FCR = feed intake/Weight gain
9. Litter management
• Necessary to prevent direct contact with cold
floor.
• Wood shaving , paddy straw , paddy husk can use
as litter materials
• Avoid the consumption of litter use papers.
• Maintain dry litter,
– Ventilation
– Occasional stirring
– Adding litter
10. Spacing management
• Over crowding should avoided.
• Provide 45cm2 /chick – under hover.
• 460 cm2 / chick – in the litter.
• Feeder space -2.5 cm/ bird.
• Waterer space – 0.6 cm/ chick.
11. Disease and vaccination
• Diarrhea
• Infected bursal disease – provide Gamboro vaccine
7th day
• Phneumonia
• New castle disease-ranicut
