UVAS

2. Presented by:
Furqan Ashiq
Presented to:
Dr. Shahid Mehmood

3. Breeder management

4. Contents
 General farm rules
 Cleaning and disinfection
 Physical environment
 General management practices
 Lighting
 Nutrition and feeding
 Laying
 Egg collection ,storage and disinfection

5. General farm rules
 All-in ,all out principle
 Conceptual biosecurity

6. Cleaning and disinfection
 Clean water tank , pipes and nipples by an
alkaline detergent.
 Kill microorganisms,Insects and pathogens
by insecticide.
 Wash the house with bactericidal and fat
removing detergents.

7. Physical environment
 Temperature: 24-25 C
 RH: 60-70%
 Light: 16-17hrs (8 to 11hrs during
growing phase)

8. General Management
practices
 Space Requirements
 Debeaking
 Water management
 Nest Management
 Egg Storage
 Record Keeping

9. Space Requirements
Layer Breeder Broiler Breeder (ft2)
Floor space
Floor space
Rearing 1-1.25 1.5-2
Pre-Laying 1.5 2-2.5
Production 1.75 3
Water space 0.75-1 1-1.25 inches
Feeding space 2.5-3 5-6 inches
Nipple Drinker 1 nipple/ 8-10 birds

10. Debeaking
 The cutting of beak by high temperature.

11. Lighting
 Follow the standards of company.
 24 hours for first 3 days and decreased up to 8
hours at day 21.
 From 3rd week to pre-lay period , 8 hours
provided with low intensity.
 16 hours during production.

12. Nutrition and feeding
 Feed costs 60-70% of total cost.
 Balance Feed
 Deficiency of any nutrient can lead to
severe loss i.e. Riboflavin.
 Controlled feeding in broiler breeder.

13. Feed distribution
 Time
 Feeder Height
 Feeding Space
 Care during Feeding

14. Feed restriction
Types
 Qualitative feed restriction
 Quantitative feed restriction
Methods
 Daily Feeding
 Skip a Day
 Five day feeding two day skip
 Six days feeding and one day

15. Reason for feed Restriction
 Control body weight
 Reduce feed cost
 More production
 Delay sexual maturity

16. Breeder
 Production cycle 24-64 weeks
 24 weeks of age 5% production
 29 weeks of age peak (85%)
 Feed Consumption 55 Kg/bird
260 Total Eggs
250 Hatching eggs
70-90 female chicks body weight as:
female: 1600-1800 g
male : 2250 g

17. Switch to pre-laying
 Feed amount increased
 Only daily feeding practiced onward
 Mainly Ca in feed is increased (3-3.5 in
Breeder diet)
 Light duration increased
 Nest Installed
 Males are mixed

18. Sex-Separate feeding

19. Spiking
 At 40-45 weeks of age, 20-25% new males
are introduced
 It improve hatchability about 3%.
 Spike males must be 25-28 weeks old and
should weigh 20-25% more than the average
body weight of the hen flock.

20. EGG Collection and nest
management
 Avoid floor eggs
 1 nest for 4-5 hens (community nest for 35-40
birds)
 Suitable nesting material with proper condition
 Nest should closed at night
 Frequent egg collection and separation of crack
eggs (2 or more than 2-3%)

21. EGG Storage and
disinfection
 Egg takes 6-8 hours to attain room
temperature.
 Sanitation and disinfection of egg
should be done
 Stored at 16-180C for 3 days.
 75-80 % RH.

22. References:
 Hubbard breeder Management Manual