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Unit 3: Manage Poultry Growers - Coggle Diagram
Unit 3: Manage Poultry Growers
Sanitize poultry equipment and structure
Remove litter and clean grower house
Dispose litter
Perform sanitization procedures
Set up grower house equipment and structure
Determine physical requirements of grower house
Install
equipment and structures
for grower house
● Perches
● Thermometer
● Curtains
Transfer poultry to growers' house
Cull non-performing growers
Transfer growers following precautions and
animal welfare guidlines
● Handling
● Feeding
● Housing spacing
● Health care
Feed growing poultry
Weigh amount of grower feed
Dispense feed and water
Identify
feeding tools and equipment
● Weighing scale
● Grower feeder
● Drinker
Prepare
feeding and water equipment
● Removing foreign material
● Removing spoilt left over feed
● Washing
● Drying
● Positioning in right pattern and height
Manage growers house litter
Place litter based on house structure, cost, production, availability, & suitability
Rake litter periodically
Replace spoilt litter
Observe
litter maintenance precautions
● Avoid water spillages
● Repair of leaking roofs
● Proper ventilation
Manage poultry house micro climate
Moderate micro climate
Perform
micro-climate
assessment
● humidity
● temperature
● light
● ventilation/ air flow
Manage growers health
Identify vaccination schedule
Implement vaccination schedule
Monitor
post vaccination behavior
● Vaccine reactions
● Health behavior
Keep grower vaccination records
Identify grower deworming schedule
Select vermin control method
Control vermin
Select predator control method
Control predator
Manage biosafety measures
Implement bio-safety meassures
Monitor biosafety conformity
Monitor growing poultry
Carry out performance assessmentt
Cull non-performing growers
Identify
performance assessment
equipment and tools
● Weighing
● Physical appearance
● Gait
● Behavior