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South West Chicken Association Conference 23 rd April 2013. “Technical Chickens” Alan Thomson. “Chickens” are “Chickens” ???. Inputs. Inputs. Appetite Water Environment Nutrition Health. Management Nutrition Genetics Environment Health. Quality Weight Contamination
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Inputs • Appetite • Water • Environment • Nutrition • Health • Management • Nutrition • Genetics • Environment • Health • Quality • Weight • Contamination • Handling • Storage • Temp • Weight loss • Contamination • Hatch time • Processing
Male Management Gut Health Water Bio security Feed Quality Flock Uniformity Flock Transfer First 7 Days Egg Handling Chick Start Chick Quality Optimal Environmental Control Vaccination Bodyweight Control Stress Lighting Feed Distribution Flock Health
Male Management Gut Health Water Bio security Feed Quality Flock Uniformity Flock Transfer First 7 Days Egg Handling Chick Start Chick Quality Optimal Environmental Control Vaccination Bodyweight Control Stress Lighting Feed Distribution Flock Health
Inputs 56 days
Inputs 21 days 37 %
Inputs 35 days 63%
Inputs 42 days + 17%
Feed (fuel) • Protein 660 grams 10 • Energy 10,500 kcal
595 45 Gallon Drums 122,000 Litres 20,000 Broilers 122 Tonnes 610,000 Litres 100,000 Broilers 610 Tonnes Assuming no water wastage !
How ? – The Gut Ileum Colon Duodenum Cloaca Crop Caeca Proventriculus Gizzard Jejunum How ?
First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health
First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health
First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health Growth FCR
Delayed chicks don’t catch-up! (Pinchasov & Noy, 1993)
First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health Environmental Health Management Nutritional
Environmental Health Management Nutritional First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health dysbacteriosis
Management Challenge Weight, FCR, Yield
More efficient - 12% - 17% Shorter time and less feed volume needed to achieve target weight 2001 2006 2013
MANAGEMENT TASK ! Control 100 80 Control AD LIB 60 40 20 0 15 25 35 45 55
Critical Inputs • Bodyweight Control • Flock Uniformity • Appetite • Water • Equipment • Environment • Chick Starts • Male Management • Bio-security • Lighting • Feeding • Nutrition • Genetics • Health • Management • Quality • Weight • Contamination • Handling • Storage • Temp • Weight loss • Contamination • Hatch time • Processing
Critical Inputs • Bodyweight Control • Flock Uniformity • Appetite • Water • Equipment • Environment • Chick Starts • Male Management • Bio-security • Lighting • Feeding • Nutrition • Genetics • Health • Management • Quality • Weight • Contamination • Handling • Storage • Temp • Weight loss • Contamination • Hatch time • Processing
Feeding Appetite Bodyweight Control Uniformity
Feeding Appetite Bodyweight Control Uniformity 25g Protein 500 Kcal
When a mammal embryo develops in the womb it can be influenced by the quality of nutrition of the mother • In an chicken that is complete by the time the egg starts incubation