Poultry Housing and Management

Poultry Housing and Management

1 Principles of Housing

  1. Starting a Poultry Farm
  2. Pre-requisites of a Poultry House
  3. Broiler House
  4. Houses for Layers
  5. Low-cost Housing

2 Housing Systems

  1. Types of Housing
  2. Different Poultry House Designs
  3. Housing Ducks and Japanese Quails

3 Poultry Equipments

  1. Equipments in Broiler Farm
  2. Equipments in Layer Farm
  3. Other General Equipments

4 Incubation and Hatching

  1. Selection and Care of Hatching Eggs
  2. Natural and Artificial Incubation
  3. Incubation and Hatching
  4. Hatchery Hygiene

5 Management of Broiler Chicken

  1. Preparation for Arrival of Chicks
  2. Brooding Arrangements
  3. Care after Arrival of Chicks
  4. Broiler Performance Standards

6 Management of Laying Type Birds

  1. Management of Chicks
  2. Management of Growers
  3. Management of Layers

7 Routine Management

  1. Management of Birds during Adverse Weather
  2. Litter Management
  3. Pest Control
  4. Carcass Disposal
  5. Poultry Manure
  6. Record Keeping

8 Diseases and Their Control

  1. Diseases of Broilers
  2. Diseases of Layers
  3. Bio-security Measures
  4. Medication and Vaccination

9 Backyard Poultry Farming

  1. Backyard versus Free Range Farming
  2. Backyard Poultry Varieties for Egg and Meat Production
  3. Supplementary Feeding, Watering and Night Shelter

10 Duck and Geese Farming

  1. Ducks: General Features
  2. Ducks: Breeds
  3. Ducks: Housing
  4. Ducks: Feeding
  5. Ducks: Management
  6. Geese: General Features
  7. Geese: Management

11 Emu, Guinea Fowl and Turkey Farming

  1. Emu – Sexing
  2. Emu – Housing
  3. Emu – Feeding
  4. Emu – Management
  5. Emu – Health Care
  6. Guinea Fowl – Sexing
  7. Guinea Fowl – Housing
  8. Guinea Fowl – Feeding
  9. Guinea Fowl – Management
  10. Guinea Fowl – Health Care
  11. Turkey – Sexing
  12. Turkey – Breeds
  13. Turkey – Housing
  14. Turkey – Feeding
  15. Turkey – Management
  16. Turkey – Health Care

12 Quail Farming

  1. General Features
  2. Advantages of Rearing
  3. Sexing
  4. Breeding, Incubation and Hatching
  5. Housing
  6. Feeding
  7. Management
  8. Health Care
  9. Egg and Meat Products

13 Project Formulation

  1. General Guidelines for Preparing Poultry Projects for Bank Finance
  2. Assumptions
  3. Model Project Report for a Broiler Farm
  4. Model Project Report for a Layer Farm
  5. Model Japanese Quail Project

14 Farm Record Keeping

  1. Importance of Record Keeping
  2. Classification of Records
  3. Record Maintenance

15 Farm Economics

  1. Commonly Used Terms in Economics
  2. Production Cost
  3. Cost of Production of Eggs
  4. Cost of Production of Broiler
  5. Cost Reduction Methods

16 Processing and Marketing

  1. Dressing of Birds
  2. Further Processing for Value Addition
  3. Grading, Handling and Preservation
  4. Packing, Storage and Transportation
  5. Markets and Marketing Channels