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PIO G. AMI, JR., DM

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 identified as per PNS-Organic Agriculture-Livestock and (
GAHP ) GOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDRY RACTICES
Guidelines sets out the general principles of good practice
and minimum requirements , in the commercial or
backyard rearing/farming of animals for food use.
 it is to ensure that the farming practices of the
establishment provide greater confidence in consumer’s
expectations that the final products are safe and fit for
human consumption, while ensuring health, safety and
comfort to both the farm workers, and the animals,
without any degradation to the environment.
 What is Chicken?

Scientific name: Gallus gallus domesticus

- a type of bird kept on a farm for its eggs or its
meat, or the meat of this bird that is cooked
and eaten:
- A male chicken is called a cock
- A female chicken is called a hen
- A baby chicken is called a chick
 Characteristics of chickens

 Chickens come in many sizes and colors. They lay

eggs which can range in color from pure white, to
dark brown, to olive green, to speckled.
 Chickens from are improved breeds which are
intended specifically for meat production.
Chickens from such breeds can weigh over 2 kgs.
at only seven ( 7 ) to eight ( 8 ) weeks of age or 49
to 56 days .
 Chicks hatch by breaking through an air cell in the
large end of the shell, then continue to peck at it
until the shell is weakened enough so that it can be
Organic Chicken
• are the animal that must fed with organic feed
(grown with no growth hormones), received no
antibiotics and be given access to the outdoors.
• Feeds are fermented , mixed with FFJ, FPJ, IMO
and others.
• Organic chicken is sometimes mistaken to be
free-range chicken. Yet organic and free- range
chickens are both in free-range and not confined.
Cock/Male Hen/Female
Baby Chick !!
What is EGG?

• the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by

a bird and especially by the common domestic
chicken and also : its contents used as food.
 White and Brown Egg?

• The eggshell color depends on the breed of

the hen. Generally speaking, white shell
eggs come from hens with white feathers.
• while brown shell eggs are produced by
hens with brown feathers. Nutritionally,
both brown and white eggs are identical
unless the feed has been enhanced for
specialty eggs such as Omega-3.
 Egg Classification and Grading

• Chicken eggs will be grouped according to the

color of the shell. Each group shall be
described as follows:
– Whites - All should must be of the standard chalky
white tolerating the very light cream tints.

– Browns - All eggs should be apparently brown

including the dark cream tints and variation in the
shade of brown eggshell.
Egg Sizes
SIZE Weight range during
harvest/grading (in grams/egg)
Jumbo 67 and above
Extra Large 61 - 66 grams
Large 54 - 60 grams
Medium 48 - 53 grams
Small 42 - 47 grams
Peewee 41 below grams
Reject in below 40 grams of weight
Note: 5% weight loss may occurduring transport
Reject Egg
• cracked egg - Egg with a damaged shell,
but with an intact membrane.
• dirty egg - Egg with foreign matter on the
shell surface, including egg yolk, manure or
soil.
• Egg with foul odor.
What is Incubation?
- the process in which a bird, etc. keeps its
eggs warm until the young come out, or the
process in which an egg develops until the
stage at which the young come out.
Incubation period for different types of egg:
What is Incubator?

- machine that provides a suitable environment

condition for an egg to develop and hatch
successfully.
What is Candling?

• egg-grading process in which the egg

is inspected before a penetrating light in
a darkened room for signs of fertility,
defects, or freshness.
• First used to check embryo development
in eggs being incubated, candling is used
in modern commercial egg production
primarily to rate quality.
Determine of stage development of egg.
Chicken Egg Production Cycle
• Birds usually start to lay at around five
months (20-21 weeks) of age and continue to
lay for 12 months (52 weeks) on average,
laying fewer eggs as they near the moulting
period.
• A hen ovulates a new yolk after the previous
egg was laid. It takes 26 hours for an egg to
fully form (white and shell added), so a hen
will lay an egg later and later each day.
• Eventually the hen will lay too late in a day
 Identifying Breed and Strains
Philippine native chicken is the
common fowl found in the backyard of
most rural households.
It is a mixture of different breeds and
believed to have descended from the
domesticated red jungle fowl.
While in the past, Filipino farmers had to
rely solely on native Philippine breeds of
Besides the native chicken, there are
imported commercial breeds, as well as
native breeds which are engineered to
retain the positive characteristics of the
native breeds while also acquiring some
of the good characteristics of
commercial breeds.
 Chicken Breed Selection

• There are various reasons people raise chickens: for

eggs, meat, show and exhibition or simply to
enjoy caring for and watching chicks grow.
• For some, raising chickens is a hobby while others
see it as a sustainable part of living.
• This fact sheet will explore characteristics of
chicken breeds to help select the right breed for
you.
WHAT IS BREED AND STRAINS?

• Breed - means a group, each of which

possesses a given set of physical features,
such as body shape or type, skin color,
carriage or station, number of toes and
feathered or non-feathered shanks. If such
an individual is mated to one of its own
kind these features will be passed on to
the offspring.
• Strains - are families or breeding
populations possessing common traits. They
may be subdivisions of a breed or variety or
may even be systematic crosses.
• However, a strain shows a relationship more
exacting than that for others of similar
appearance.
• Strains are the products of one person or
one organization's breeding program. Also
called a bloodline or simply a line, is a
WHAT IS PNS?

• PHILIPPINE NATIONAL STANDARD

• WHAT IS BAFPS?
– BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
PRODUCT STANDARDS

– GOOD ANIMAL HUSBANDRY PRACTICES - PNS-

GAHP

– THEY ARE ALL IMPLEMENTING AGENCY

 According to PNS/BAFPS 07:2003 4.2.1,
Indigenous breeds should be preserved and
promoted. Breeding activities shall be in line
with the following principles:
• A reasonable production level on a low input
level
• Adaptation to local circumstances
• Longevity,
• Good health,
• Quality of animal products,
• To have breeds which can give birth
WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF CHICKEN?
• BROILER (MEAT-PRODUCING)-is any chicken
that is bred and raised specifically for meat
production. Most commercial broilers reach
slaughter weight between four (4) and six (6)
weeks of age, although slower growing breeds
reach slaughter weight at approximately 14
weeks of age.
• LAYER (EGG PRODUCTION)-they are the one
that produces eggs. Laying eggs.
• DUAL-PURPOSE (BOTH MEAT AND EGG) - they
can produce egg and can be use as meat source.
TYPES OF PHILIPPINE NATIVE CHICKEN
 DARAG ( rooster and hen )
• Native
• Broiler Type
• From Panay Island and Visayas
Region
• Meat is tastier than Paraoakan
(claimed as the most delicious
chicken meat in the whole
Philippines ( most tastier )
• Have red, black, orange feathers
• Average size (1.5-2kg live
 TYPES OF PHILIPPINE NATIVE CHICKEN

 BANABA-
• One of the recognized native chicken
breeds in the Philippines
predominantly raised in CALABARZON
• The hen has black plumage color,
yellow laced hackle, and grey shanks.
Banaba chickens have an average egg
weight of 40 grams.
• One of the great advantages of native
chicken breeds like Banaba over
imported pure breeds and hybrids is
that our native chickens are used to
tropical climates.
• Bigger in size compare to paraokan
and darag
PHILIPPINES COMMERCIAL BROILERS
 PAROAKAN
• Native
• Broiler type
• From Palawan and
MIMAROPA Region
• Tall and slender body
• Feisty. Often used as game
fowls
• Has tender and flavourful
meat
• Black with brown and red
feathers
• JOLOANON ROOSTER
AND HEN
• Known as Basilan
• From Mindanao
• Rooster off deep
orange plumage with
black tails,
• sometimes speckled
white,
• while hens are usually
dull buff brown with
PHILIPPINES COMMERCIAL BROILERS
 1. ARBOR ACRES
BROILERS- Has been in
business for more than 80
years and is one of the oldest
and most respected names in
the poultry industry.
• A fast-growing and high-
quality commercial meat bird
with excellent conformation
and tender breast meat.
• Here in our country, they are
supplied by San Miguel, and
PHILIPPINES COMMERCIAL BROILERS
 2. HUBBARD
BROILERS- A meat-
type bird that has a
comparable taste, if not
better to our Philippine
native chicken. These
hardy birds can be
readily ranged in open
areas requiring minimal
supervision as these
can forage and source
food from naturally
 PHILIPPINES COMMERCIAL BROILERS

 3.COBB
BROILER/VANTRESS- Are
all rounded boilers that can
survive in various
environment that can be
found in the Philippines.
 While they can be farmed in a
conventional system, they
thrive exceptionally when
farmed in alternative poultry
production system such as in
PHILIPPINES COMMERCIAL BROILERS

4. RHODE ISLAND ( modern )

• Foreign (Rhode Island, USA)
• Layer type
• Short but big bodied
• Produces Large sized eggs
• Egg color: Brown
• Mostly grey, sometimes
brown feathers
 PHILIPPINES COMMERCIAL BROILERS
• Egg and Meat or Dual Purpose Type

Rhode Island Red Barred Plymouth Rock

(RIR)
Susse
Egg and Meat or Dual Purpose Type
1. Barred Plymouth Rock
• characterized by black and white
bars and red ear lobes, combs, and
wattles.
• 200 eggs yearly
• chicks cost around 150 to 180
pesos
• Mellow and kid-friendly
• Dual purpose
• Barred, White, Buff, Partridge,
• Silver Penciled, Blue, Colombian
• Brown large egg
Egg and Meat or Dual Purpose Type

2. SUSSEX
• Dual Purpose
• Yearly egg production 250 +
• Egg color brown
• Speckled, Red, Light,
Brown, Silver, Buff
• Noise level normal
• Preferred climate hardly
cold
Egg and Meat or Dual Purpose Type

3. SASSO
• Foreign (France)
• Broiler and Layer type
• Brown to light brown feathers
• Plump and short bodies
• Rarely flies. Often grounded
• Tasty and tender meat
• Egg Color: Brown
Egg and Meat or Dual Purpose Type

4. WHITE LEG HORN

• Foreign (Tuscany, Italy)
• Broiler and Layer type
• Popularly known as the
“45-day old” chicken
• Egg Color: White
FREE RANGE CHICKEN
Free Range - a system of production that raises
chickens in a confined environment while allowing the
birds to exhibit their natural behavior and allowing
them access to forage, grasses,insects, and
sunlight.Free range production may be further
classified into;
a. Pasture raised - a method of production where adult
birds (layers) are kept on pasture 12 months of the year,
in an outside area that is mainly covered with living
vegetation. The birds have access to the pasture through
exits from fixed or mobile houses, and covered verandas
b. Traditional free range - a method of
production that exceeds the minimum
requirements (e.g. harvest age)for free range
production.
Breeds
• Only strains or breeds that are available and suited for free range
production should be used. Examples are found below: (See Annex
A for pictures of free-range and native chicken breeds.)
• Broiler (meat type)
• Pure: Rhode Island, Barred Plymouth Rock, Cornish Hybrid:
SASSO, HUBBARD- GRIMUAD
• Layers (eggtype)
• Pure: Leg horns (brown and white), Rhode Island, Barred
Plymouth Rock, Sussex
• Hybrid type : Dominant, Dekalb Brown, Hy-line Brown, Shaver
Brown, Bovans Brown, Lohmann Brown, ISA Brown
• Native type chicken
Paraoakan, Banaba, Darag, Joloanon, Camarines,Bolinao,
Boholano, Zampen
Egg and Meat Production
• Some chicken breeds are referred to as dual-
purpose breeds that will lay an adequate amount
of eggs and grow large enough for meat
production.
• The downside, though, is that the chicken will not
mature quickly like other breeds of meat
chickens.
• Hybrid birds, also called sex chickens. Hybrid
birds, also called sex-linked, tend to be good dual-
purpose, but hybrid birds cannot reproduce.
Meat Production
• Chickens that are bred solely for meat production
are generally poor egg layers because these birds
are faster growing. Because of their faster
growth, meat birds require a larger amount of
feed daily with a higher protein content compared
to egg-laying birds.
Select Healthy Stocks

• One of the key factors to improving

your chicken flock is to decide on what
traits you want to improve as you breed
each generation. These traits are
known as selection points. In this post,
we’ll be going over the general
selection points that should be taken
into consideration for all breeding
flocks if you’re interested in breeding
SELECTION OF HEALTHY STOCK

• successful chicken farm begins with

a good breed (Genetic)
• Breed that is adopted to the local
environment
• Predictable outcome in weight or
eggs
• Sourced at a reliable breeder
 Sign and Alert of a Healthy Chicks
• A healthy stock is active and busy in a brooder when
it is not sleeping.
• Active in drinking and eating.
• When approached the chick react scurring away avoid
capture.
• A healthy chick the eyes are bright, alert and open.
• A healthy chick, the feet and leg are straight.
• A healthy chick stand straight and walk with ease.
• A healthy chick have good body posture.
• A healthy their wings are not droopy.
Sign and Alert of a Healthy Chicks
• A Chick navel should be will healed , closed completely
and clean
• A Chick navel should not be red and oozing and should
not have egg yolk crushing or stringy attachment.
• A newly hatched chick should have yolk sac attached
outside the body cavity.
• A healthy chick has a clean vent (puwit).
• A healthy chick relatively quiet.
• A healthy have clean, downy and fluffy feathers
• They have uniformity in size and height (90- 95% )
• A healthy chick have dry and clean beak.
Difference between Good and Bad Stock

Characteristics Good Stocks Bad Stocks

Vents Dilated most oval Dry, small and
shaped large and round
moist
Span Three- four fingers Only about one-two
in width fingers on width
Comb,Wattles, Fully developed, Pale, small, dry and
Earlobes bright and red cold
warm
Pubic Bones Spread apart, thin Close together,
and pliable thick and hard
Abdomen Soft with thin skin Hard with thick
PARTS OF THE CHICKEN
Parts of a chicken

Beak
The chicken's beak serves three
functions.
• First, it is the chicken's mouth.
• Second, it is used for fighting and
protection.
• And third, it functions as the teeth of
the chicken, enabling the bird to break
Parts of a chicken
 Comb and wattles
• It is believed that the comb and wattles of chickens serve to
cool their blood.
 Ear lobes
• The ear lobes of chickens serve hearing and other ear
functions.
 Eyes
• The eyeball of a chicken is stationary; thus, a chicken must
move its head to vary the range of vision.
 Parts of a chicken
 Feathers
• Feathers provide insulation and bufter extremes of
heat and cold.
 Wings
• Chickens cannot fly very well. They can flap their
wings sufficiently to raise themselves about three
meters (3m) off the ground.
 Tail and tail feathers
• The tail is used for balance while walking and, in
flying, as a rudder for up - and - down and side - to -
Parts of a chicken
 Feet and claws
• In addition to walking, feet and claws are used in fighting
(for protection) and in finding food.
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks

• If you’re worried that your chicken

flock might be feeling a bit under the
weather, there are a number of
warning signs that will indicate if
something is wrong.
• Their physical features are a great
alarm bell - and their visual cues are
often quite obvious if something is a
miss with your hen's health.
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks

• The chicken Comb

• Your chicken may be sick
if you spot
these symptoms with their
comb:
• Limp
• Pale
• Discolouring (purple, blue)
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks

 Potential chicken illness:

• Frostbite (pale discoloured comb)
• Worms (pale and limp comb)
 Sign of Unhealthy Chicks

• Chicken Eyes
• Your chicken may
be sick if you spot
these symptoms with
their eyes:
• Cloudy eyes
• Excess fluid in the eyes
• Mucus around the eye
area
• Dull eyes
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks

• Potential chicken illness:

• Cholera (swollen eyes with mucus)
• Conjunctivitis (cloudy, watery eyes)
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks

• Body weight and Appetite

Your chicken may be sick if you spot
these symptoms with their weight and appetite:
• Overweight
• Underweight
• Sudden changes in eating habits
• Generally, if chickens are unhealthy, you’ll notice
that they will dramatically reduce their food
intake, or stop eating altogether. If you notice
that they’re overweight, try reducing their treat
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks

Potential chicken illness:

• Heat stroke (underweight, loss of
appetite)
• Coccidiosis (underweight, loss of
appetite, diarrhoea)
• Fatty Liver Hemorrhagic
Syndrome (overweight)
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks
 1. Feathers
• Your chickens feathers should look strong, glossy
and sleek. Unless they’re moulting - in which
case patchy feathers is perfectly normal, and will
pave the way for shiny new plumage!
• The feathers of a laying hen should be dirty,
worn, and ragged looking, since they are
concentrating their energy on producing
eggs and not on preening and replacing their
dirty feathers.
• Patchy feathers
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks
 2.Combs and wattles.
• A non-producing hen will have scaly, pale, and
shriveled combs and wattles, while a good layer
will have waxy, full, bright red ones.
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks
 3. Pubic bones.
• Pubic bones should be
flexible and you should
be able to fit two or
three fingers between
them. A non-layer will
have tight pubic bones
that are quite rigid.
• Of all the indicators of
good and non-layers,
the pubic bones and
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks
 4. Vent.
• Pull back the hen’s tail
feathers and inspect the
vent. It should be large,
oval, and moist if she’s
laying well. A non-layer’s
vent will be dry, tight, and
round.
Sign of Unhealthy Chicks
 5.Carriage.  6. Skin.
• A good layer will be • Depending on when
alert to her you check, a hen’s skin
surroundings and not should be bleached,
be listless and lazy. while non-layers will
Her eyes should be have dark-pigmented
bright and she should skin.
be relatively active
(such as scratching in
the litter, running
around with her
 Determine Suitable Housing
 Site and Location- In accordance with the
PNS/BAFS 184:2016 Code of Good Animal
Husbandry Practices for Chickens – Broilers and
Layers 5.1.1. The Rules and Regulation
recommendation for Farm and Site Selection are as
follows:
Rules and Regulation:
 Be within the approved land use plan of the local
government and should be compliant with national
regulations, e.g. DENR, etc., and other regulatory
bodies
 Rules and Regulation:
 Not be near bodies of water and wetlands
that are frequented by migratory fowl.
 Not be prone to flooding. Perimeter canals
that drain to a closed lagoon may be
constructed to prevent runoff from
contaminating bodies of water and/or
adjacent farms.
 Not be near slaughterhouse facilities and
other poultry facilities such as dressing
Rules and Regulation:

 Not be on a site that could be a

possible source of physical, chemical
and microbiological hazards.
Existing farms that are not in
compliance with numbers i to vi should
have full control of the risks and ensure
that there are mitigation measures in
place.
Be accessible to major facilities of
 Determine Suitable Housing

Basic Requirement for a Poultry House

(PNS/BAFS 184:2016 5.4.1)
1.Should not cause any injury or impart hazard to
the welfare of chickens;
2.Provide comfort
3.Can be easily cleaned and disinfected;
4.Can be easily replaced when damaged;
5.Create efficient stock management;
6.Enhance biosecurity.
 Site Selection
• Location should be well
drained and placed the
higher portions of the land,
provide fencing
• Near the caretakers
bunkhouse
• Cool shady area; cooler the
better
• Near electricity and water
source as much as possible
• Away from neighbors
• East west conformation
What is biosecurity?

• procedures intended to protect humans or

animals against disease or harmful
biological agents.
• management tool on poultry farms to
reduce the risk of introducing infectious
diseases such as avian influenza,
Newcastle disease or Salmonella
enteritidis, as well as many other poultry
diseases.
Suitable Housing
There are many reasons why poultry should have a
well-constructed house for the following purposes:
• to protect them from floods, rains and the sun
• to protect them from predators - dogs, cats,
snakes, birds of prey, rats and thieves
• to protect them from thieves
• to protect them from mice, rats and other birds
from eating their feed and transmitting disease
• to give hens a safe place to lay their eggs, you
must protect your chicken.
CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD POULTRY HOUSING SYSTEM

• 1. Controlled Access
• 2. Comfortable flooring/bedding for the birds
• 3. Convenient To Clean
• 4. Easy Egg Collection
• 5. Good Lighting and Heating System
• 6. Proper Ventilation
• 7. Effective Waste Disposal Unit
• 8. Divisions for Different Ages and Species of Bird
• 9. Standard Hatchery Unit
Housing Design for Chicken
• Housing - will likely be your biggest investment
and to cut cost local materials can be used.
• Positioning of the house is important to conform
with some of the basic requirements (mentioned
above).
• High ground will stop flooding in rain storms.
The housing areas should accommodate three
chickens per one-meter square (PNS/BAFPS
07:2003 8.3).
• Longitudinal axis of poultry houses should be on
the east-west orientation to avoid as much
• According to PNS/BAFPS 07:2003 8.3 each poultry
house must not contain more than:
• 4800 chickens
• 300 laying hens
• 5200 guinea fowls
• 400 female Peking ducks
• 2500 capons, geese or turkey
• The total usable areas of the poultry houses for meat
production on any single production unit must exceed
1,600 square meter. The housing areas should
accommodate three chickens per one-meter
Housing Design for Chicken
Housing area for chicken must have
the following:
• Perches ( hapunan )
• Nest / Nesting boxes
• Feeding troughs
• waterers
• Proper ventilation
• Lighting and heating
system
• Disposal area
• Container for
concoction
Set-up Cage Equipment
• Feeding Trough

• Waterer
 Set-up Cage Equipment
• Nesting

• Perch
Set-up Cage Equipment

• Brooding Area
Set-up Cage Equipment
 BROODING
• Proper brooding is very important for a productive
chicken
• Very Critical in unlocking the good desirable
genetics
• First 30 days is important that the digestive system,
framing, organs, immune system etc. are properly set
into place
SHAPE OF BROODING AREA
• Circular shape is recommended, as there will be no
corners where chicks will not pile up during
Heat from bulb Heat from charcoal
 BROODING FACILITY
• Brooding cage
• Heat source ( bulb (provide heat, and for the
chicks to see their feeds/foods)
• Flooring
• Charcoal
• Rice hull
 Behavior of Chicks in Brooder
 Proper Temperature
• Chicks are evenly distributed in the brooding
area.

 Temperature is lower than the chick is needed

• They huddle with each other.

 Temperature is higher than the chick is needed

• They stay away from the source of heat.
FACTORS FOR SUCCESSFUL BROODING

Ages of chicks Temperature (oC

)
1 - 7 days 32.2 - 35

8 - 14 days 29.4 - 32.2

15 - 21 days 26.7 - 29.4

Brooding Facility

• designed to house chicks from one day old

until they no longer need supplementary
heat (0-8 weeks). Growing pens are used
from the end of the brooding period until
the broilers are sold or the pullets moved
into permanent laying houses (up to 20
weeks).
 Set-up Cage Equipment

• Bedding-acts like a sponge and absorbs

moisture from fecal waste, while providing a
dry, comfortable medium for birds to scratch
and rest upon.
• What are the basic materials for chicken
bedding?
Common bedding materials include:
wood shavings, sawdust, peanut hulls, shredded
sugar cane, straw, and other dry, absorbent,
Bedding Materials
• 1.Rice hull
• 2.Dried banana /cacao/madre de cacao leaves
• 3.Carbonized rice hull
• 4.Coconut coir dust
• 5.Rice straw
• 6.Sawdust
• 7.Newspaper
•
FEED CHICKEN
Feed Materials - source of food that is available
locally or in the surroundings. Green leafy vegetables
and fruits.
• Protein Sources (e.g. madre de agua; ipil-ipil) other
leguminous plants, copra meal, soybean meal, ipil-
ipil leaf meal, copra cake, copra meat etc.
• Carbohydrate sources – rootcrops, cereal grains,
corn, rice, wheat, banana, rice bran
• Mineral sources – e.g. salt, bone meal, eggshells
• Calcium-eggshells, sea shells;
• potassium –tubers (banana)
Feeds and Feeding

• Proper nutrition is essential in keeping

birds healthy and productive.
• Chicken feeds account for more than 80
percent of the cost of poultry production.
• Making your own feeds cuts down the costs
while increasing your profit margin.
 Feeding Management Program

• managing the quantity of nutri- ents fed to

livestock and poultry for their intended
purpose. This involves development of diets
that supply the quantity of available
nutrients required by livestock and poultry
for maintenance, production, performance,
and reproduction.
1. Restricted
2. Adlibitum
1. Restricted
• feeding refers to restricting the amount of
food while still ensuring nutritional adequacy.
2. Adlibitum
• means that the diet is available at all times.
Feeding management in which animals are
fed without restriction.
3. Combination
• refers to the availability of the food and
nutrients.
• Typical feed schedule per 1 chicken

• Week 1 – 140 grams starter feed

• Week 2 – 310 grams starter feed
• Week 3 – 455 grams grower feed
• Week 4 – 680 grams grower feed
• Week 5 – 1,133 grams grower feed
• Week 6 to slaughter – 1,360 grams of
grower feed per week *** chicken could
be slaughtered on Day 38
 Grow and Harvest Chicken
Growth rate is monitored based on enterprise
procedures.
What is enterprise procedures(enterprise
process)
 Enterprise process management, also
known as business process management, is
a method that organizes and implements all
of the activities in an organization in a
structured way.
What is Growth rate?
Health care program are implemented based on enterprise procedures

• Deworming - the process of expelling intestinal

worms or parasitic worms from the body.
Organic dewormers - are natural materials used in
the control of intestinal parasitic worms in chicken.
These natural materials are safe for use, they have
no withdraw period and are safe for human
consumption as they do not have residual effects on
chicken and humans upon consumption.
 Health Care Program/Management
• Deworming
• Vitamins and minerals’ supplementation using concoctions
•  Good ventilation
• Culling the sick chickens
• Sickly chicken will be isolated
• More on prevented scheme
• Give food that will boost their immune system ( make anti-
bodies stronger), like OHN
• Use LABS to deodorized the farm to minimize harmful
microorganism
• Use other concoctions as a source of vitamins like FFJ, FPJ
and FAA.
•
1. Apple Cider Vinegar:
Add 1 teaspoon of Apple Cider Vinegar to each Gallon of water
for the chicken. It helps maintain an acidic environment in the
gastrointestinal tract of the chicken, thus, creating an
unfavorable environment for worms, hence, keeping the worms
off your chicken.
2. Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth with chicken feed:
These fossil remnants make worm uncomfortable and fight
against all types of worms. Mix about 2% in the chicken feed
and serve your chicken.
3. Plain yogurt with live and active cultures:
Giving the birds yogurt helps to maintain good health and adds
to the normal bacteria living in the guts; this makes the guts an
4. Raw pumpkin seeds:
Ground raw hulled pumpkin seeds have a coating on the seeds that
paralyzes the worm; this coating has a chemical called cucurbitacin. It
controls only tapeworm and round worm.

5. Vitamins and electrolytes with probiotics:

Add in water about once a week in the summer and daily in winter. Coconut
water is an example of electrolytes; it is also good during heat stress.

6. Garlic:
This is a potent spice that caters for the health of the gastrointestinal tract
and boosts immunity. Grind some cloves of garlic to fine particles and add to
the feed.
Vitamins/mineral supplementation using concoctions

Vitamins and Minerals for chicken.

Zinc Calcium Potassium
Magnesiium Vitamin D Vitamin K
Vitamin A Cooper Vitamin B12
Iron Vitamin C Thiamine
Vitamin E Choline Folic acid
Riboflavin Vitamin B6
Pantothenic acid
Biotin Phosphorus Selenium
Manganese Niacin Vitamin B
Complex
Sanitation and cleanliness program
• Mix equal parts vinegar and water to create a
cleaning solution and mop up the area for an
all-natural cleaning. Take a hand brush or
thick-bristled broom and scrub the floors and
walls to free any remaining droppings, stains,
dirt, or debris. Rinse once more. Sweep out
any standing water, but let the coop air dry.
• For Concoction - use IMO or Labs to remove
bad odor, OHN (pesticide).
Sanitation and Cleanliness Program

•  Cleaning
•  Application of beneficial micro-
organisms
•  Collection of manure/dung
• Organic Waste
• Animal manure
• Waste/rotten vegetables and fruits
Collection of Manure
• is the feces of chickens used as an organic
fertilizer, especially for soil low in
nitrogen.Of all animal manures, it has the
highest amount of nitrogen, phosphorus,
and potassium. Chicken manure is
sometimes pelletized for use as a fertilizer,
and this product may have additional
phosphorus, potassium or nitrogen
added.Optimal storage conditions for
chicken manure include keeping it in a
• Fresh chicken manure contains :
 0.5% to 0.9% nitrogen
0.4% to 0.5% phosphorus
1.2% to 1.7% potassium.
One chicken produces approximately 8 to 11
pounds (3.6 to 5.0 kg) of manure monthly.
Chicken manure can be used to create
homemade plant fertilizer.
Suitable chicken for harvest are selected based on
market specifications
• Broiler are marketed when they reach 40-60 days of
age depending on strains.
• Birds are given anti-stress drugs, either in the feed or
in the drinking water 2-5 days before and after they
travelled.
• birds that have attained the marketable wight should
be sold.
• birds should be harvested as scheduled. when
harvest schedule approaches, the company’s
representative should be reminded of the exact date
that birds are to be harvested and the assurance that
his company trucks should come on time. this is
• The broilers should be sold at optimum weight.
more profits can be derived if broilers are sold
between 1.3 to 1.5 kg. live wight depending on
consumers preferences and market reports.
Harvesting of Organic Chicken
• Harvest chicken at 70 days old with TLC
• Don’t stress the chicken during harvesting
• Harvest the chicken preferably during the
night with proper harvesting gadget
• Avoid stressing the animals, when
transported beyond 1000km. Do not feed
them within 2 hours and provide drinking
water with molasses.
• Minimixe noise, voices and unnecessary
movement during harvesting.
Production record is accomplished according to enterprise procedure.

• These records are useful in measuring

the performance of the herd/flock and
for the economic appraisal of the
enterprise.
• Items that relate to quantities of
inputs and levels of production by
enterprise and/or by resource type.
Record Keeping in Production
 simply to collect relevant information that can help
you to take good decisions and to keep track of
activities, production and im
 Poultry record keeping
• Strain and source of chicks
• Feed consumption
• Medication
• Production
• Financial record
• Mortality
• Inventory portant events on a farm.
 CULLING:
In case of diseases outbreaks happen in
farm
• Isolate affected birds.
• Implements bio security in the farm.
• Review medication program
• Consult organic expert immediately
when disease out breaks in the farm
Four Reasons a Hobbyists Should Cull

1. Culling removes the risk of your other

chickens catching a disease from the sick or
injured one.
2. Culling increases food and water space for
the productive chickens.
3. Culling increases the flock’s overall egg-
per-hen ratio or per-bird average growth rate.
4. Finally, culling inferior chickens increases
the living space for the producing chickens.
 In case of cannibalism occurs in the farm?
 Chicken cannibalism is just as the name implies. It is when
one or more chickens, typically stressed by poor
management practice, resort to picking the comb, feathers,
vent, or toes of another bird-
• Isolate injured bird
• Identify its cause
• Give the right ratio of protein
• Provide with adequate floor, feed and drinking
• Maintain right temperature .
• Debeaking ( beak trimming usually less than a third of the
upper beak is trimmed and not the whole beak )
• Safety equipment should you use when cleaning and
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

• Hat

• Eye goggles
• Mask
• Gloves
• Boots
• Overall (long sleeves, long pants)
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