The number of days required in the brooding room ranging
between eighteen and twenty one days and each day carries different activities,
these activities changes with increase in days and the budding also reduced as
the days increases.
It involves the provision of heat and other necessary care during chicks’ early growing period. Brooding units are designed to house chicks from one day old until they no longer need supplementary heat (21 days).
Growing pens are used from the end of the brooding period until the broilers are sold or the pullets moved into permanent laying houses.
Laying pens or cages are used for pullets and hens from the time they start laying, until they are culled and sold at the end of the laying period, about 78 weeks.
It involves the provision of heat and other necessary care during chicks’ early growing period. Brooding units are designed to house chicks from one day old until they no longer need supplementary heat (21 days).
Growing pens are used from the end of the brooding period until the broilers are sold or the pullets moved into permanent laying houses.
Laying pens or cages are used for pullets and hens from the time they start laying, until they are culled and sold at the end of the laying period, about 78 weeks.
Day One
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This is the first day in the brooding room. On the arrival of
your pullet, you give them anti stress like Glucose.
How do I give them? This is simple, make sure you are using chlorinate free water, if the water is chlorinated, don’t worry, what you need to do is add milk, by so doing you have render chlorine in the water useless.
Now add the glucose to the water and allow them to drink from it. Then set up your heat garget to heat up the room and make available for them their feed. You can see we are progressing.
Now allow them to eat their food, now you need to move closer to them by checking their behavior time to time to know weather the heat is too much or otherwise.
You know you cannot stay with them in the room, so care must be taking to regulate the level of heat in the room. The source of heat will determine how frequent you visit them in the room, whichever way, just make sure the temperature is in control.
In addition to what I have said, you must give them some medicine such as antibiotic, animal tonic and vitamins.
Giving them this will boost their immune system and they will also grow fast, so when they are out of the room you will feel good.
You watch over them at night, some time you may call it slight vigil because you visit them more frequent to know what is going on with them.
How do I give them? This is simple, make sure you are using chlorinate free water, if the water is chlorinated, don’t worry, what you need to do is add milk, by so doing you have render chlorine in the water useless.
Now add the glucose to the water and allow them to drink from it. Then set up your heat garget to heat up the room and make available for them their feed. You can see we are progressing.
Now allow them to eat their food, now you need to move closer to them by checking their behavior time to time to know weather the heat is too much or otherwise.
You know you cannot stay with them in the room, so care must be taking to regulate the level of heat in the room. The source of heat will determine how frequent you visit them in the room, whichever way, just make sure the temperature is in control.
In addition to what I have said, you must give them some medicine such as antibiotic, animal tonic and vitamins.
Giving them this will boost their immune system and they will also grow fast, so when they are out of the room you will feel good.
You watch over them at night, some time you may call it slight vigil because you visit them more frequent to know what is going on with them.
Day two - Day five
This is the second day of your pullets in your brooding room,
you need to maintain the level of the temperature so as to keep them in good
condition.
Change their water, provide a clean water and continue with their medication. At this time, you may not need to add glucose, but you must continue to use antibiotic and multivitamins so as to boost their immunity.
Now you may notice strange thing like dead chicks, if the mortality is below 3%, you are good to go, but when you are having more than 5% mortality rate, it is not good.
So you need to check something like feed, water and the floor. Aside this, check the aeration of the brooding room.
Mainly, when you make use of charcoal as source heat. Carbon dioxide might result to their death, the reason behind this is simple, this gas affect how blood circulate in their system.
So you must make sure that there is good ventilation in the brooding room.
Change their water, provide a clean water and continue with their medication. At this time, you may not need to add glucose, but you must continue to use antibiotic and multivitamins so as to boost their immunity.
Now you may notice strange thing like dead chicks, if the mortality is below 3%, you are good to go, but when you are having more than 5% mortality rate, it is not good.
So you need to check something like feed, water and the floor. Aside this, check the aeration of the brooding room.
Mainly, when you make use of charcoal as source heat. Carbon dioxide might result to their death, the reason behind this is simple, this gas affect how blood circulate in their system.
So you must make sure that there is good ventilation in the brooding room.
Day six - Day nine
This is a good job of you, your birds are now six day old, by
now you must have been seen some changes in their lives. Yes, I know that.
To keep your effort in good other, you need to do new thing now from this day six of your pullets. Stop the use of antibiotic for now, but use their multivitamins.
You need to stop this (antibiotic) for the purpose of their vaccination, Vaccine is very important in their lives, since some diseases can’t be control if they show up, so you need to do something to prevent their occurrence.
Antibiotic may alter the effectiveness of any vaccine, therefore it is advisable to stop antibiotic for 4 to 5-day before you administer any vaccine.
Apart from this, you must have been seen some feathers coming up from them, so they are welcoming the nature to their live. Keep watching the intensity of the light so as to control the temperature of the brooding room.
I am not saying you should remove heat from them, please, heat up the room, but watch out for high temperature. Once again, hygiene is the best way to make drugs administered more effective, if the room is dirty, you may likely to see some symptom of diseases, so to avoid this, keep your brooding room clean always.
To keep your effort in good other, you need to do new thing now from this day six of your pullets. Stop the use of antibiotic for now, but use their multivitamins.
You need to stop this (antibiotic) for the purpose of their vaccination, Vaccine is very important in their lives, since some diseases can’t be control if they show up, so you need to do something to prevent their occurrence.
Antibiotic may alter the effectiveness of any vaccine, therefore it is advisable to stop antibiotic for 4 to 5-day before you administer any vaccine.
Apart from this, you must have been seen some feathers coming up from them, so they are welcoming the nature to their live. Keep watching the intensity of the light so as to control the temperature of the brooding room.
I am not saying you should remove heat from them, please, heat up the room, but watch out for high temperature. Once again, hygiene is the best way to make drugs administered more effective, if the room is dirty, you may likely to see some symptom of diseases, so to avoid this, keep your brooding room clean always.
Day Ten
Welcome to the waiting day. Since it is four to five day now
that you have stop the use of any antibiotic, now is the time to give them the
very first vaccine.
How will you do this, it is simple, the night before this day, take away water from them, by doing this they will thirsty. Though, you are new to the system, you might not remember to take water away from them night before day ten.
Do not worry yourself too much, you can still give them the vaccine, what you need to do is remove water from them at least two hours before you give them the vaccine. Giving vaccine is not enough, you must get your vaccine from reputable source.
Always get your birds medicine from reputable source, preferably from veterinary. Now you want to know the name of the vaccine to administered at day ten, well, it is call GUMBORO.
Details on vaccination will be publish very soon. Add milk to the water before you add the vaccine, mind you they must consume every in less than two hours, how will you achieve this, you must withdraw water from them at least two hours before giving them the diluted vaccination.
If you followed the instruction well as stipulated in this write up, by now you must withdraw their heat, though this is depend on the weather condition or season at hand.
How will you do this, it is simple, the night before this day, take away water from them, by doing this they will thirsty. Though, you are new to the system, you might not remember to take water away from them night before day ten.
Do not worry yourself too much, you can still give them the vaccine, what you need to do is remove water from them at least two hours before you give them the vaccine. Giving vaccine is not enough, you must get your vaccine from reputable source.
Always get your birds medicine from reputable source, preferably from veterinary. Now you want to know the name of the vaccine to administered at day ten, well, it is call GUMBORO.
Details on vaccination will be publish very soon. Add milk to the water before you add the vaccine, mind you they must consume every in less than two hours, how will you achieve this, you must withdraw water from them at least two hours before giving them the diluted vaccination.
If you followed the instruction well as stipulated in this write up, by now you must withdraw their heat, though this is depend on the weather condition or season at hand.
Day Eleven
This is another day in the lives of your pullets, yesterday
you administered one vaccine (Gumboro), You will continue with water that has
no medicine, this is just because you will soon give them another vaccine.
When the time comes I will let you know, any antibiotics may alter the effect of vaccine, so not spend double money on vaccination, don’t give antibiotic some days before vaccination.
Today is the eleven days in the brooding room, do not heat the room any more, though if its raining period you may need little heat but if its dry season or period you don’t need to heat up the room any more.
When the time comes I will let you know, any antibiotics may alter the effect of vaccine, so not spend double money on vaccination, don’t give antibiotic some days before vaccination.
Today is the eleven days in the brooding room, do not heat the room any more, though if its raining period you may need little heat but if its dry season or period you don’t need to heat up the room any more.
Day Twelve – Day
thirteen
Congratulations, you pullet is getting older every day, that
is good job from you. Between this two day, you need to give your pullet one of
the most important vaccine.
We believe this vaccine must have been giving from hatchery, but due to my experience, is not effective and we are not sure may be they gave them or not. So in other not to risk anything we decided to give them the vaccine.
Please do consult your veterinary doctor for the vaccine for vaccination. You cannot administer this vaccine on your own, here you need an expert to do the job for you. The name of this vaccine is called Marek vaccine.
After the vaccination of this vaccine you will give them multivitamin for three days. You need to watch you pullets closely now, at least spend up to thirty minutes with them twice a day, mainly in the morning and evening.
We believe this vaccine must have been giving from hatchery, but due to my experience, is not effective and we are not sure may be they gave them or not. So in other not to risk anything we decided to give them the vaccine.
Please do consult your veterinary doctor for the vaccine for vaccination. You cannot administer this vaccine on your own, here you need an expert to do the job for you. The name of this vaccine is called Marek vaccine.
After the vaccination of this vaccine you will give them multivitamin for three days. You need to watch you pullets closely now, at least spend up to thirty minutes with them twice a day, mainly in the morning and evening.
Day Fourteen –Day
Sixteen
This show case that your birds are between fourteen and
sixteen days old, I am surely believed they are doing well now.
Between these days you need to give them anti coccidiostat or simply coccidiostat. You must do this to prevent them from getting cocci infections, this should last for about five days, and must be repeated every two weeks interval.
Though you may say is getting too much, mind you, prevention is better than cure. Cocci infection is bad thing to express in our poultry, so you must do everything to prevent them from showing up in our farms.
This infection may kill birds if not treated or if we do not noticed them on time, please make sure you prevent it from coming up.
Between these days you need to give them anti coccidiostat or simply coccidiostat. You must do this to prevent them from getting cocci infections, this should last for about five days, and must be repeated every two weeks interval.
Though you may say is getting too much, mind you, prevention is better than cure. Cocci infection is bad thing to express in our poultry, so you must do everything to prevent them from showing up in our farms.
This infection may kill birds if not treated or if we do not noticed them on time, please make sure you prevent it from coming up.
Day Seventeen
Day Seventeen should be the continuations of the anti cocci
you are giving to your birds, but you need to give them only water due to what
will happen on Day eighteen.
Though a day before you administer vaccine you must not administer any medicine to your birds. So therefore on the Seventeen day, you must give them only water. This is to make sure that, the vaccine will be effective as they take it.
Once again, make sure you get your drugs and the vaccines from reputable veterinary shops. Now prepare yourself for the next day.
Though a day before you administer vaccine you must not administer any medicine to your birds. So therefore on the Seventeen day, you must give them only water. This is to make sure that, the vaccine will be effective as they take it.
Once again, make sure you get your drugs and the vaccines from reputable veterinary shops. Now prepare yourself for the next day.
Day Eighteen
This is another day in the lives of your birds, not an
ordinary day, but important day in their lives. Today you are giving them the
second dose of Gumboro vaccine, do you still recollect how to use this vaccine,
if yes, good.
But if no, no problem, we will go over it again and again until you know how to administer it. Yesterday you give water free of any medication, that is good.
Before you introduce this vaccine to your birds, they must be thirsty, how will you make them thirsty? Take away water from them at least two hours before the introduction of the vaccine.
But me the best is take away water from them at night before the day of vaccination. You may be wonder why are we doing this before will give them, the answer is so simple, they must finished everything in a very short time.
But if no, no problem, we will go over it again and again until you know how to administer it. Yesterday you give water free of any medication, that is good.
Before you introduce this vaccine to your birds, they must be thirsty, how will you make them thirsty? Take away water from them at least two hours before the introduction of the vaccine.
But me the best is take away water from them at night before the day of vaccination. You may be wonder why are we doing this before will give them, the answer is so simple, they must finished everything in a very short time.
Now the processes again, go to veterinary shop with your
warmer or cooler which ever you call it. You may go with ice block, at time,
they will provide this at the point of collection of the vaccine.
Get your water that is free of chlorine and add dilute the vaccine according to the instruction. Mind it is advisable to add milk to the water before adding the vaccine (before diluting the vaccine), after dilution you must give them to take immediately, they must finish everything in less than an hour.
That is good job from you, now you bird have few days more in the brooding room before you will expose them to the environment.
Get your water that is free of chlorine and add dilute the vaccine according to the instruction. Mind it is advisable to add milk to the water before adding the vaccine (before diluting the vaccine), after dilution you must give them to take immediately, they must finish everything in less than an hour.
That is good job from you, now you bird have few days more in the brooding room before you will expose them to the environment.
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