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Unit 3: Handle hatched chicks - Coggle Diagram
Unit 3: Handle hatched chicks
Perform chick sexing
Assess hatched chicks to distinguish males from females
Separate males from females
Trim chick beaks
Identify beak trimming equipment as per
poultry production manual (PPM)
• National Poultry Development Programme Manual
• Breeder’s manuals by breeders like Cobb and Issa Brown
Trim chick beaks trimmed
Monitor chick health
Do vaccination preparations
Administer chick vaccines
Observe caccinated chicks to ascertain vaccine intake and check for abnormal reactions
Observe chicks for signs of disease, deformities or abnormal behavior
Isolate unhealthy chicks
Consult a veterinarian immediately for advice
Package poultry chicks
Identify and gather labeled chick packaging cartons or crates
Transfer poultry chicks into packaging crates or cartons
Seal crates and cartons with chicks in readiness transportation
Transport chicks in accordance with
animal welfare standards
• KEBS
• IOE
• AU-IBAR
Manage unwanted
Package unwanted chicks and dispatch to interested clients based on placed orders
Identify and separate
unwanted chicks
• Culled chicks
• Unhealthy chicks
• Deformed chicks
• Males in commercial layers
Manage hatchery biosecurity measures
Post standard operational procedures at strategic points in the hatchery unit
Identify,gather and donn Personal Protection Equipment and Apparel
Adhere to occupational safety and health procedures
Observe environmental protection measures according to
*environment protection regulations
*
• National Environmental Management Authority
• Ministry of Health
Clean, disinfect and fumigate hatchery buildings and equipment
Operationalize
biosecurity structures and equipment
• Placing disinfectants in foot baths and spray jet tanks
• Placing fumigants in fumigation chamber tanks
• Pumping disinfection spray jets
Restrict and monitor
human and traffic movement into the hatchery unit
• Placing screening barriers at sentry gates
• Implementing visitor identification systems e.g. badges
• Having visitors to fill a questionnaire indicating previous visits to other poultry farms in the past one week
• Barring vehicles and unauthorized persons from accessing poultry houses and surrounding vicinities
Provide sanitization and
PPE
facilities for hatchery unit personnel
• Overalls
• Gumboots
• Nose and mouth mask
• Goggles
• Gloves
• Head gear
Dispose
hatchery waste
into waste pits after passing through maceration tanks or rendering units
• Fluff
• Contaminated eggs
• Hatched egg shell debris
• Pipped chicks (dead in shell)
• Unhatched eggs
• Dead chicks
• Meconium droppings
Maintain hatchery records
Enter number of male / female chicks
Enter chick health records
Enter details of packaged chicks
Make records per every hatch
Record chick
vaccination details
• Type of vaccine
• Type of disease vaccinated against
• Age of poultry
• Date and time of vaccination
• Date of manufacture and expiry of vaccine
• Vaccine source and batch number
• Route of vaccine administration (IM, wing stab, sub cutaneous, intra nasal, intra ocular or spray)
• Number of birds vaccinated
• Identification of birds (flock, type, breed)