In this presentation we included poultry housing system like case system and deep litter system and also includes tha importance of housing.

1. POULTRY HOUSING
MANAGEMENT

2. IMPORTANCE OF HOUSING
1. COMFERT AND PROTECTION.
2. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT IN A CONTROLLED MANNER.
3. REDUCE THE TOTAL COST OF PRODUCTION.
4. INCREASE STOCKING DENSITY
5. MAXIMIZING FLOCK PERFORMANCE.
6. ENSURING BETTER HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE.
7. PROPER MICRO CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
8. OPTIMUM AND UNIFORM GROWTH RATE

3. DIFFERENT TYPE OF POULTRY HOUSES
• BROODER/CHICK HOUSE -
• It is used to brood and egg-type chicks
From 0 to 8 week of age.
• house should be dust-free, rain-proof and
protected against predators.

4. Grower house –
It is used to grow layer type bird from 8 to 18 week of age.
Layer house -
In which birds over 18 weeks of age are reared, usually up to 72 weeks of age.
Broiler house -
In which broilers are reared up to 6 weeks of age.

5. Optimum environmental conditions for
rearing broilers -
Temperature - 22-25 0C (70-80 0F)
Relative Humidity - 30-60 %
Ammonia level - <25 ppm
Litter moisture - 15-25 %
Air flow - 10-30 meters/minute

6. Size of house :-
Each broiler require one square feet of floor space while a layer requires two
square feet of floor space under deep-litter system of rearing. So the size of the
house depends on the number of birds to be reared.
Height of house :-
The height of the sides from foundation to the roof line should be 6 to 7
feet and at the centre 10 to 12 feet.
Lighting in house :-
Light should be provided at 7-8 feet above the ground level and must be
hanged from ceiling. If bulbs are used, the interval between two bulbs is 10
feet. In case of tube lights the interval is 15 feet.

7. SYSTEM OF POULTRY HOUSING
Housing system is based on following factors -
1. Availability of land
2. Cost of land
3. Type of farming activity
4. Climatic condition
5. Labour availability

8. Poultry housing systems are classified
into three systems:-
1.Free range or extensive system
2.Semi-intensive system
3.Intensive system
1. Deep-litter system
2. Cage system

9. 1. FREE RANGE OR EXTENSIVE SYSTEM
• Oldest systems and adopt only when adequate land is available
• Stocking density - 300 to 400 Birds per hectare.
• Foraging is the major source of feeding for birds.
• This system is most preferred for organic egg production.
• At present almost outdated.

10. 2. SEMI-INTENSIVE SYSTEM
• Commonly used by small
scale produces.
• Birds are half way reared
in house and half way
reared in ground.
• Stocking density – 750
birds Per hectare.

11. 3. INTENSIVE HOUSING SYSTEM
• Birds are totally reared in
houses.
• Minimum land is required for
farming.
• It is the most efficient,
convenient and economical
system for modern poultry
production with huge numbers.

12. A. DEEP LITTER SYSTEM
• Poultry birds are kept in
large pen on floor, mainly
for broilars.
• Floor is coverd with litters,
such as straw, saw dust, or
leaves up to depth of 3 to 5
inches.
• Birds density – 5 to 7 birds
per square meter.

13. • Easy access to feed, water, egg
collection, provide good
protection.
• The litter manure is a useful
fertilizer.
Disadvantage :-
• Recured high quality litter.
• High chance of litter born and
respiratory diseases.
• The cost of litter is an additional
expenditure on production cost.

14. 2. CASE SYSTEM
• This system involves
rearing of poultry on wire
netting floor in smaller
compartments, called
cages, either fitted with
floor or hanged from the
roof.
• At present, 75% of
commercial layers in the
world are kept in cages.

15. Advantages :-
• Minimum floor space is needed.
• Less feed wastage.
• Better feed efficiency.
• Protection from internal parasites
and soil borne disease.
• Sick and unproductive birds can be
easily identified and eliminated.
• Clean eggs production.
• No need of littermaterial.
• Artificialll Insemination (AI) can be
adopted.

16. Disadvantages :-
• High initial investment cost.
• Handling of manure may be
problem. Generally, flies
become a greater nuisance.

17. TYPES OF CAGES
• Single or individual bird cage (Only
one bird in a cage).
• Multiple bird cage (From 2 to 10
birds, usually 3 or 4 birds per cage)
• Colony cages ( more than 11 birds
per cage)

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