Broiler Production Flashcards
Providing and maintaining a safe, sturdy and comfortable environment
have drastic contributions in optimizing the full potential and
performance of broilers. True or False
True
The movement of succes in the market.
Market assurance
The feed efficiency of broilers
at a younger age is good but
becomes poorer as they grow
older. If the broilers are not
marketed on time, their cost of
production will increase. True or False
True
Meaning of FCR and its formula
Feed Conversion Ratio
= Total quantity of feed consumed per bird in kg / mean body weight gain in kg
Some institutional buyers of
broilers, whether live or
dressed, prefer a certain
weight range. Underweight and
Underage broilers are difficult
to market.
False. Overweight and overage
What month is chicken meat the lowest price?
June and November
farms that produce 100,000 or more
broilers per harvest.
Large commercial farms
farms that produce 21,000–99,000
broilers per harvest.
Medium commercial farms
farms that produce 1,000–20,000
broilers per harvest.
Small commercial farms
farms that produce not more than
1,000 broilers per harvest.
Small hold / backyard farms
farms that breed, hatch, grow, and
market their own products at their own expense.
Integrated Grower Farms
farms that grow chickens for the
integrator. Contract growing is a scheme whereby a grower enters into
a contract with an integrator to grow broilers up to a marketable age
of about 36-42 days.
Contract grower farms
How old is grow broiler chickens marketable?
36 - 42 day old
How old is grow broiler chickens marketable?
36 - 42 day old
farms that have tie-ups with
integrators or cooperatives, whereby the latter sell to growers a
minimum of 10,000 broiler-type chicks and/or feeds at an agreed price.
Contract-to -buy grower farms
farms that buy broiler
chicks at current market prices and mix their own feeds. They raise and
market their own birds by themselves.
Independent commercial grower farms
farms that produce hatching eggs for
companies that supply the Parent Stocks (PS) and buy back the hatching
eggs at pre-arranged price.
Contract breeding farms
5 types of broiler farm operations
- Integrated Grower Farms
- Contract grower farms
- Contract - to - buy grower farms
- Independent commercial grower farms
- Contract breeding farms
4 types of commercial farms
- Large commercial farms - 100,000 and more
- Medium Commercial farms - 21,000 to 99,000
- Small commercial farms - 1,000 to 20,000
- Small hold / Backyard farms - 1,000 and less than
It is the one that provides the day old chick, feed, medicine and vaccine and technical suppervisions.
Integrator
It is the one that provides land, poultry shed, equipment, litter material, labour, electricity, and water in the contract.
Farmer
Weight of broiler chickens when buyers buy them.
1.7 kg - 2 kg
Allowed time of broiler chickens to gain weight.
33 - 35 days
Feed Conversion Ratio of broilers
1.8 - 2.0
