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Unit 5: Manage artificial chick brooding - Coggle Diagram
Unit 5: Manage artificial chick brooding
Prepare chick brooder
Clean and disinfect the brooder
Clean brooder equipment and sterilize
Construct brooder
Assemble
brooder construction materials
• Cardboard
• Wooden pegs
• Litter material
Equip chick brooderwith
chick brooder equipment
• Brooder thermometer
• Charcoal jiko
• Infra-red bulb
• Gas burner • Kerosene lamb
• Chick feeder
• Chick drinker
• Hygrometer
Acquire day-old chicks
Transport day-old chicks
Do placement of day old chicks
Feed brooder chicks
Identify suitable feed type and select based on flock age
Prepare feeding and watering equipment based on their condition, position and flock size
Determine adequate amount of chicks feed and wate and dispense based on flock feeding requirements
Manage brooder house micro climate
Assess micro climate variations
Moderate brooder micro climate
Identify
micro climate
tools and equipment
• Humidity
• Temperature
• Light
• Ventilation/ air flow
Maintain brooder hygiene
Implement bio-safety measures
Monitor bio-safety conformity
Perform chick vaccination
Follow chick vaccination schedule
Select vaccination equipment
Keep chick vaccination records
Vaccination procedures are dependent on type of vaccine
Monitor post-vaccination behavior
Control chicken vermin
Install vermin control measures
Execute vermin control
Control chicken predators
Install predator control measures
Execute predator control
Monitor chick performance
Monitor
chicken vices
• Pecking
• Cannibalism
Carry out performance assessment
Cull chicks
Select
performance assessment
equipment and tools
• Weighing
• Physical appearance
• Gait
• Behavior