poultry housing

Offers one of the best sources of animal protein, in the form of both meat and eggs

Poultry

Supplies chick for local broiler industry

Broiler breeder farm

Produce 100,000 or more broilers per harvest

Large commercial farms

Produce 21,000-99,000 broilers per harvest

Medium commercial farms

Produce 1,000-20,000 broilers per harvest

Small commercial farms

Produce not more than 1,000 broilers per harvest

Small hold or backyard farms

Breed, hatch, grow, and market their own products at their own expense

Integrated grower farms

Grow chickens for their integrator up to marketable age of about 36-42 days and liveweigh of 1.6-2.0 kg

Contract grower farms

Farms have to tie ups with integrators or cooperatives where the latter sell to growers a min of 10,000 broiler type chicks

Contract to buy grower farms

Buy broiler chicks at current market prices and mix their own feeds. Raise and market their own birds themselves

Independent commercial grower farms

Produce hatching eggs for companies that supply the parent stocks and feed and buy back the hatching eggs

Contract breeding farms

Buy ps and sell hatching eggs and or day old chucks to commercial growers

Independent or commercial breeder farms

This is used in broiler farming

• Protect broilers from damage and provide a dry and warm covering to the floor

litter system

Floors designed with slats

• Usually 2-3 ft above ground level

Slatted floor

Used by small scale producers

• A small, simple house which allows 0.3-0.4 m2 per bird and has thatched roof

Semi intensive system

Confine birds in a building that offers good protection with reasonable investment

Deep litter system

It is built on treated wooden piers 0.8-1m above ground

• Feeding, watering, and egg gathering are all efficiently handled from outside

Slatted or wire floor system

This system saves on litter, increases litter life, reduces contact between birds and manure, allows manure removal without disturbance

Combination of slatted floor and deep litter

Long type of houses with open in all sides are preffered under phil conditions

Layer houses

Width of house should not be more than 20-25 ft to provide free flow of air

Brooding and growing houses

Is the distance from roofline to the foundation

Stud

Entire house is close

• No provision of light and ventilation

• Maximizes bird comfort, health and efficiency

Controlled environment housing

Better ventilation, more convenient waste handling

• Bamboo, wood or rattan are most common materials

Slatted floor type

Rice hulls and rice straw are commonly used

• Good option if provided with tunnel vent to minimize the risk of coccidiosis

Litter floor type

Complete mechanization of feed, water, egg collection, manure removal, and environmental control

• Very large investment is made

• Consist of rows of stair step cages

Cage or battery system