South West Chicken Association Conference 23 rd April 2013

1. South West Chicken AssociationConference23rd April 2013

2. “Technical Chickens”Alan Thomson

3. “Chickens” are “Chickens” ???

4. Inputs

5. Inputs • Appetite • Water • Environment • Nutrition • Health • Management • Nutrition • Genetics • Environment • Health • Quality • Weight • Contamination • Handling • Storage • Temp • Weight loss • Contamination • Hatch time • Processing

6. 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

7. 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

8. Inputs

9. Inputs 56 days

10. Inputs 21 days 37 %

11. Inputs 35 days 63%

12. Inputs 42 days + 17%

13. Inputs

14. Weight, FCR, Yield

15. Weight, FCR, Yield

16. Inputs

17. Feed (fuel) • Protein 660 grams 10 • Energy 10,500 kcal

18. Inputs

19. 595 45 Gallon Drums 122,000 Litres 20,000 Broilers 122 Tonnes 610,000 Litres 100,000 Broilers 610 Tonnes Assuming no water wastage !

20. How ? – The Gut Ileum Colon Duodenum Cloaca Crop Caeca Proventriculus Gizzard Jejunum How ?

21. How ? – The Gut

22. How ? – The Gut

23. First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health

24. First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health

25. First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health Growth FCR

26. Delayed chicks don’t catch-up! (Pinchasov & Noy, 1993)

27. First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health Environmental Health Management Nutritional

28. Environmental Health Management Nutritional First 7 Days Stress Chick Start Gut Health dysbacteriosis

29. Inputs

30. Management Challenge Weight, FCR, Yield

31. More efficient - 12% - 17% Shorter time and less feed volume needed to achieve target weight 2001 2006 2013

32. MANAGEMENT TASK ! Control 100 80 Control AD LIB 60 40 20 0 15 25 35 45 55

33. 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

34. 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

35. Feeding Appetite Bodyweight Control Uniformity

36. Feeding Appetite Bodyweight Control Uniformity 25g Protein 500 Kcal

37. 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

38. “Technical” Chickens !