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for broiler chicken farm
Selection of farm location is important.
Farm should be far away from town and housing area
Farm should have access to transportation and be able to operate all the time
Farm should be far away from other farms
Land should be flat and have good drainage
The area should be well ventilated
Temperature is very important in broiler poultry farming. You should check the temperature of the broiler chicken house 48 hours before bringing the chick to the farm. For the first week the temperature of the rood would be 350°c and it will reduce at the rate 2.80°c per week, it mostly depend on the outside temperature. The litter of the chicken would between 5-6 inch depth. If possible keep some straw in the chicken bed. The chicken bed should clean twice a week with spade. If the condition of the bed is very wet then you can use lime because it absorbs the ammonia gas.
Poultry houses should provide conducive environment to birds and economic.
Materials used have to be of high quality, lasting, easy to clean and do not absorb
excessive heat
Trees and buildings should not hinder house ventilation
House design should provide good ventilation
The broiler house should placed east-west direction. Ventilation system must be well accompanied. The regular distance from one house to another house will be 11-12 meters (35-40 feet). The house should cleaned well before bringing the chick to the farm. The insects like lice, mosquito, etuli should run off with blow lamp. Heating system of the space of baby chicken should observed well 48 hours before the chick reach the farm. The temperature of the house should 350°. 7 squire inch of space per chick is required. Always keep a moderate number of chick, it will keep the chicken healthy
Before selecting broilers for business important steps to be followed are:
The broiler chick of one day should weight between 36 to 40 grams.
It is found that if the baby chick of one day old become good weight then it will give great return when you will sell them.
To get more and affordable benefits from broiler poultry farming the farmer should select the good and high productive breeds for business.
As broiler convert food to meat so provide them high quality food
For the chicken of 0-6 weeks the food should contain 22.24% protein and 2900-3000 metabolic heat.
Among the amino acid, lycine and methionine is very essential and important in broiler poultry food. Because this acids helps to enhance chicken health, and help to convert food to meat.
In broiler food the ratio of fiber should not more than 6 percent.
Vitamin A, B2, D3, B12 and K is an extensive requirements to broiler food.
Potassium, Iodine, Manganese sulphate and Zinc carbonate should mixed well separately and feed the chicken.
A little amount of disinfectant should mixed in broiler food and this will keep the chick free from diseases.
In broiler production food cost is high. Food cost become 60-65 percent of total cost.
You should not provide much fat in broiler food. But you have to provide this in warm weather.
Broiler poultry can consume 64 percent of protein from its food.
Broiler consume more food in winter season than summer.
It affected by diseases quickly. So, be careful about the diseases of poultry.