Chicken Production

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B Agriculture (Animals) Mind Map on Chicken Production, created by Corey Lance on 12/10/2016.
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Chicken Production
  1. Broiler
    1. No meat birds in cages!
      1. 35-43 days to get to table weight
        1. Hybrid birds
          1. Breeding Programmes for rapid growin males and breeder females
            1. Males = Better FCR. Portions!
              1. Housing= completely controlled
                1. Continuous light 2 days, only 4 hours dark at once
                  1. Keep birds in thermoneutral zone
                    1. Spot Brooding and Whole House Brooding
                      1. Virgin White Wood Shavings
                      2. Nipple Drinker - Vitamin C added, start height low then rise
                        1. 70% of cost = food! - Starter, Grower and Finisher Feeds (25 days on finisher)
                        2. Egg Birds
                          1. Medium hybris cross bred brown bird
                            1. Enriched Cage (best system) - 1st Jan 2012 legally
                              1. Barn = 9 birds/sq m. 15cm perch
                                1. Free Range =2500 birds/ha
                                  1. Organic = eggs not birds!
                                    1. Females reared for 18 weeks - 3 vaccines given here
                                      1. Reared to 1.6kg (1.65 free range - transfer, lose condition)
                                        1. Transfer, should be 1 day. 3rd salmonella vacc. 15 hours of light/day
                                      2. 280-300 eggs/hen/year
                                        1. Hen Housed Average = No. eggs from shed divided by no. birds first placed in shed
                                        2. Layer feed=higher in energy, add oil to feed=larger eggs
                                          1. Consumption increase to 35% to peak lay
                                            1. Calcium and Phosphorous - improve shell strength, prevent osteoperosis
                                              1. Sodium + Chloride = improve shell quality, prevent cannibalism and weakening
                                              2. Lighting duration affects onset of sexual maturity. Production house - more duration than rearing
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