layer breeder management

•Syamsyul bt Azizan•Siti Hajar Nor bt Muhammad•Nur Adza Rina bt Mohd Nordi

• HOUSE PREPARATION ( 3 month)Clear : feed : sawdust

: feces

House washing

Disinfection

Lime

Chicks from German

Brooding

Move to other flocks(6th week)

Starts to lay eggs

(19th week)

Selling of chickens

(68th – 70th week)

Breed: Lohmann Brown & Lohmann Sandy

Production age

(21st week-68th week)

Brooding• Flock 6 : 2 houses, 30 000 chicks• Close house system• Flooring : 6 inches sawdust (removed on 35th day)• Brooding circle : made of plywood

: 500-1000 chicks: 10 feed tray+10 water

bottle• T : 32-34 oc (heater)• Lighting : 0 day -24 hours

: 1 day -23 hours• Diet : prestarter ( 1st -10th days)

: starter ( 11th day- 10th week) • Debeaking : 8th day• Change water bottle : 15th day

6th – 8th week old • Transfer chick from brooding (flock

6) to flock 1,2,3,4, and 5.• 10 female:1 male• Stay until 70th week old.

9th – 70th week old• lighting

-9th week old – 25th week old = 14 hour-26th week old – 70th week old = 16 hour (maximum)

• Nutrition

-phase 1 (10th-20th week old) – grower-phase 2 (21st-65th week old) - layer-phase 3 (65th above) – sell

* feed silo – 13 tonnes max, use chain feeder * feed frequency

- 6th – 21st week (2times)- 22nd – 36th week (3times)- 36th above (5times)

* Drinking water (nippledrinker)

• Floor management

~ softwood shaving.~ remove wet litter~ clean after selling chicken.~ nest and egg collection

- put nest at 18th week old- keep the nest clean regularly- collect the egg twice a day- every 60 square feet, 10 nest

• Isolation of chickens~too small~weak~showing disease symptoms

• Temperature

~ 30 oC~ maintained by cooling pad and exhaust fan

• Humidity ~ 60 – 70 %

• Vaccination~ ND + IB = 6-7 day

= 13 day= 22-24 day= 7 wk= 11 wk= 16 wk= 19-20 wk= after 20 wk – every month

~ IBD = 6-7 day

= 13 day= 22-24 day= 19 wk

~ fowl pox = 22-24 day= 14 wk

~ ILT = 8 wk~ coryza = 7 wk

= 16 wk~ EDS = 16 wk~ AE = 14 wk~ MG = 9 wk

~ route of vaccination

* eye drop* injection* wing web* drinking water

• Egg selection

~ select the normal egg, clean the egg, transfer to hatchery~ abnormal egg :

1. jumbo2. too small3. white shell4. crack5. abnormal shape6. too dirty

• Production~ 360 eggs/chicken/year~ young chicken : small eggs

: less production~ 36 wo-56 wo : peak production

• Selling chicken~ after 68 weeks old~ send to slaughter house~ Farm price : RM 2.20/kg~ Market price : RM 7.50/chicken

• Salmonella checking

~Every 3 months~300 chickens/flock~+ve Salmonella–send to lab

• Monitoring chicken

~every day = mortalitynormal : 2-3 chicken/house/day

~monthly = uniformity >80% - good= body weight too fat – low fertility

- low hatchability= feed consumption

•Waste management~ feces – sell as fertilizer~ dead chicken – sell to catfish

pond

• Biosecurity~ Fencing~ Disinfection = personal shower

= vehicle spray = foot dip

~ Bird proof house~ Restricted human traffic