Poultry Litter Management

First and foremost, we need to know what is called poultry litter. If I may ask, every farmer must have his or her own definition. 

But in general, I will like us to take a good look at this definition: this is a mixture of poultry excreta, spilled feed, feathers, and material used as bedding in poultry operations. 

This is simple and understandable enough, so we will duel more on poultry waste, management and how to use them. 

To my surprise, some farmers are engaging in some costly mistake by allowing their poultry birds to feed on their waste. 

There are many risk associated with this, therefore I employ all poultry keepers to make sure that feeds are not contaminated with poultry litters. 

This issue is mostly occur in a situation where poultry birds are allow to roam on the floor, or where their bedding materials on the floor. 

I am not saying litter are not good, as well I not saying we should not use them in the poultry, what I am saying in excesses in that, we should be careful about this in other not to put the lives of our poultry birds at risk.

Effect of poultry litter on poultry feed

Here we are to identify the effects of poultry waste on the feed giving to poultry animals; you might just say they are animals. 

Yes you are right, but not just animals, poultry animals. Subjecting your poultry birds to the litter, is a very risk thing in which no farmer should allow such to happen. You may ask me why?  

The reason behind this is that is going to cost you so many things at the end, the end result of allowing poultry birds to feed on poultry litter (mixed with the feed) is going to result in one sickness or the other. 

By now you will know that, the outbreak of any diseases in poultry will surely require some capital. 

No outbreak of diseases in poultry that you will not buy drugs to combat, you know this will be additional to your spending, therefore try to guide against it.

Meanwhile contaminated feed by poultry waste is also a means in which diseases move from one place to another in the poultry farm ie the carrier of disease causal agents. 

To my surprise, if the outbreaks of any of these diseases are not well treated, in some cases if not in most cases result to the death of infected poultry birds. 

As well this may result in low production of the entire poultry farming system if care is not taking.

For instance, says you are into commercial production of eggs, at initial stage you are getting about 80% production per day before their feed and the poultry bed are contaminated with poultry litter. 

Now that they are infected with contaminated feed your production now dropped to 40% and bellow. 

By now you now the level of shortage at which you are running your business, in other to avoid this prevent litter from their feed.

Poultry litter and how you will manage it

Now that you are familiars with the risk that is associated with poultry waste been contaminated the poultry feed. 

What we are going to be talking about is how to manage poultry waste? What are the steps to take in other to properly manage waste from the poultry farm? 

To me, and due to the knowledge I have on poultry business, poultry waste management should be a weekly routine. You as a poultry keeper, make sure you remove the waste from the poultry farm every week. 

Do not allow the litter to be accumulated, why? As will emphasize in the previous chapter, they are the carrier of disease causing organism. 

Accumulated poultry litter result to a certain gas, which is dangerous to the health of poultry birds in the farm, this gas is called ammonia gas.

Now that is your weekly activity to park poultry waste from the farm, the question now is where do I put them? 

Removing the litter from the farm totally is the best you can do, but if you have no place to put them you can and must remove the litter as well. 

What I am saying is that making sure you remove the litter as well, how do you go about this?

Contact the waste management agency in your locality for assistance; though this requires littler charges you will be pay on monthly basis.

Benefits of proper poultry litter management

Now that you are familiar with the effect of poultry litter on poultry feed as well as the poultry litter and how you will manage it. 

It is time to say little on the benefit you will derive from proper management of poultry waste. Here are the possible benefits from proper management of poultry waste.

It helps to increase production both in capital and product, this simply means that you will save more from the product in the farm.

It prevent the outbreak of diseases from the farm, as well you will not spend more on drugs there by improve your capital.

Poultry litter is also a source of poultry manure, if proper managed may serve as another source of income.

In addition, proper management of poultry litter prevent offensive odour in and around the poultry farm which make the environment a conducive place to be.

These are few out of many benefits all poultry keeper will get from proper management of poultry waste. 

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