II Broiler Production Flashcards
POULTRY CLASSIFICATION OF BROILER FARM ACCORDING SIZE
• Large Commercial Farms
• Medium Commercial Farms
• Small Commercial Farms
• Small Hold/Backyard Farms
Farms that produce 100,000 or more broiler per harvest.
Large Commercial Farms
Farms that produces 21,000 - 99,000 broilers per harvest.
Medium Commercial Farms
Farms that produces 1,000 - 20,000 broiler per harvest.
Small Commercial Farms
Farms that produce not more than 100 broilers per harvest
Small Hold/Backyard Farms
6 CLASSIFICATION OF BROILER FARM ACCORDING TO TYPE OF OPERATION
- Integrated Grower Farm
- Contract Grower Farm
- Contract-to-buy Grower Farm
- Independent Commercial Grower Farms
- Contract Breeding Farms
- Independent or Commercial Breeder Farm
are farms that breed, hatch, grow and market their own products at their own expense.
Integrated Grower Farm
are farms that grow chickens for the integrator.
contract with an integrator to grow broilers up to a marketable age of about 36-42 days. the grower is assured of at least 5 batches (crops) a year.
Contract Grower Farm
The INTEGRATOR provides the GROWER.
a. minimum of 10,000 meat type chicks
b. 35,000 kg. of feeds
c. vaccines
d. diagnostic laboratory services
e. farm planning especially to a new applicant
Grower provides:
a. housing
b. labor
c. land
d. watering and feeding equipment
e. brooders
f. water
g. fuel
h. lighting
i. litter materials
this are farms that have tie ups with integrator or cooperatives whereby integrators/cooperatives sell to growers a minimum of 10,000 broiler type chicks and/or feeds at an agreed price.
Contract-to-buy grower farm
are farms that buy broiler chicks at current market price and mixed their own feeds. they raise and market their own produce/harvest.
Independent Commercial Grower Farms
are farms that produce hatching eggs for companies that supply the PARENT STOCK (PS) and feeds. buy back the hatching eggs at an agreed price.
Contract Breeding Farms
are farms that buy PS and sell hatching eggs and/or day-old chicks to commercial growers.
Independent or Commercial Breeder Farm
2 broiler breeding operation it’s success is independent on:
- the quality of genetic materials to used
- the flock’s production performance
the main objective to achieve and maintain is
UNIFORMITY
Physical Characteristics
a. plumage color
b. body conformation
c. relative proportion of body parts
Production Performance
a. body weight
b. growth rate
c. feed conversion efficiency
maybe achieved by grading the sizes of birds that will be entered into the breeding flocks
Flock Uniformity
is best graded at ages 23-28 days old
Sizes of Females
are best graded after 35 days of age
sizes of males
Characterized by integrated operation of companies that dominates the output:
a. DOC’s or day old chicks
b. Feeds
c. Vaccines
d. Laboratory services
e. Farm Planning
f. Technical services
companies that involve in the supply chain structure are;
- San Miguel Food Corp Inc
- Swift Food Inc
- Universal Robina Corp
- Vitarich Corp
- Tyson Agro-ventures Corp
they produce contract for BREEDING, HATCHERY, GROWING AND DRESSING. they grow chickens independently by buying input like DOC’s and feeds from big corporations.
Smaller and Non-integrated companies
they are TRADERS in the supply chain. buy live chickens from integrators & underpaid commercial growers. sell the live birds to dressing plants operators.
Viajeros
INSTITUTIONAL BUYERS.
°restaurants
°fast food chains
°super market
°retail outlet
ISSUES IN STARTING A BROILER PROJECT
- Personal qualities and capabilities
- Regular supply of quality DOC’s from reliable suppliers
- Sustained supply of FEEDS and OTHER FARM INPUTS
- Market Assurance
- Proximity to market and source of raw materials
- Community environmental policies and regulations
marketable age is 36-42 days old weighing 1.6-2.0 kg liveweight.
market assurance
farm should be accessible for easy delivery of raw materials in the farm and broilers for slaughter to the market
proximity to market and source of raw materials
the farm should be located in a designated livestock production zone far from other farms and human settlement area
community environmental policies and regulations
parameters in selecting a strain of broilers.
Selection of stocks
parameters in selecting a strain of broilers.
- performance
- adaptability and availability of stocks
- reliability of supplies
supplier of Ross
-san miguel food inc
-tyson agro-ventures inc
supplier of COBB
-Cobb Vantress Phil
-Phil-Malay
-San Miguel Food Inc
supplier of Hybrid
-Swift Food Inc
-Tyson Agro-Venturea inc
Supplier of AVIAN
-swift food inc
supplier of HUBBARD
-Universal Robina Corp and Mat Agro
supplier of STARBRO
-Robina corp
there is no single best design because of the following consideration:
- local climate conditions
- topography
- costs
- availability of building materials
- other factors that will affect the conditions inside the poultry farm
materials and structures in housing
- Coco Lumber and Goon lumber
- Galvanized Iron sheets, Asbestos, and Aluminum, cogon and nipa
- Bamboo, wood or ratan
- Nets
- Posts
- Walls and Dividers
- Poultry House
- Cooling Devices
2 types of HOUSING
- Slatted floor type
- Litter floor type
GOOD QUALITY CHICKS
a. look active
b. drt and fluffy feathers
c. bright eyes
d. well-healed navels
e. similar sizes of DOC’s
