This document discusses brooding management for chicks in their first week of life. It covers the aims of brooding including maintaining body temperature and growth. Natural and artificial brooding systems are described. Quality chick requirements like activity level and weight are outlined. Pre-brooding preparation and requirements during brooding like temperature, lighting, feeders and drinkers are also reviewed. Litter management and a sample medication program are provided. The key goals of brooding success by 7 days are less than 0.5% mortality and 4.5 times the initial chick weight.

1. Brooding & Management
Presented by:
DR. Md. Rakibul Hasan Rakib

2. – Introduction
– Aims
– System of Brooding
– Good Chicks
– Brooder House
– Lighting
– Management
– Post Operative Care
– Resources
– Acknowledgement

3. Brooding
The period of first week of a
chick’s life when it requires a
very high standard of care
including the provision of
special diet and supplementary
warmth.

4. Benifits
• To maintain Body temperature.
• To accelerate growth rate in the first week.
• To enhancce structural development and
feed capacity intake.
• Allow good development of internal organs.
• Ensure early uniformity.

5. System of Brooding
Natural Brooding

6. Arteficial Brooding
Circle Brooding Warm Room Brooding

7. Quality of good chick
• Birds Should be Active
• Average weight 36-38 gm (Layer)
38-42 gm (Broiler)
• Height 17.5 cm
• Clean eye
• Abdomen should be soft and firm
• Naval area should be dry
• Free from any abnormality

8. Pre Brooding
Litter remove Cleaning New Litter placement
Fumigation Disinfectanat

9. Check list Before Chick Arrival
•Litter
•Temperature
•Humidity
•Water
•Feed
•Light

10. Brooding Requirment
• Chick Guard
• Light Source
• Litter
• Heat Source
• Feeder &
• Drinker

11. Chick Guard
• Length of Chick Guard should be 30-35 ft
• Diameter Should be 10-12 ft
• Height in summer Season 1.5 ft and for
Winter Season 2.5 ft.
• Space - 0.218 ft2/Chicks

12. Light
 In Summer season 2-3 Watt/Chicks
 In winter season 4-6 Watt/Chicks
 Brooding 25-30 Lux Minimum
 Grower to sell out 5-10 lux minimum
 Time of lighting 23 hours at first day

13. Temperature
• Summer season - 600 Watt
• Winter Season - 800 to 1000 Watt
• Pre heating minimum 3 hours before chick placement at the Tm of 29 to 31 °C

15. Feeding
We should provide 50 gm feed per chick but they will eat 20-25% of their body weight.
Fedder space 3 cm/Chick

16. Water
Requirments of Water = 6 ml of water × Age of chicks

17. Litter Management
Litter is important in the regulation of
floor temeperature and subsequently
chick's body Temeperature.
In case of deep letter the thickness in
summer should be 1” and in winter 2”
Spray Regularly with Disinfectant

18. Medication Programe
• First day- Glucose and Betafin
• Second to Fourth day - Antibiotics
(ClinBac/ CT-DOX)

19. Brooding Sucess
At the age of 7
• Mortality < 0.5%
• Weight = 1st day weight × 4.5

20. Thanks For
Attention