Housing and Equipment Systems

1. Housing and Equipment Systems Objective: Describe the housing and equipment used in the beef, swine and poultry industry.

2. Beef Housing and Equipment • Careful planning of facilities is important to success • land requirements • location is very important • building requirement • fence and pen requirement • water

3. Beef Housing and Equipment • Wise planning • makes handling easier • saves labor • ensures a safe working environment • cost less

4. Beef Housing and Equipment • Types of facilities: • Cow-calf facilities require the simplest facilities 1. Confinement barns • cold- open on one side • warm- closed, insulated and temperature controlled. Most expensive to build

5. Beef Housing and Equipment 2. Open feedlot • no buildings • windbreak fences and sunshades • limited protection 3. Open barn and feedlot • open front barn and feedlot • provides some protection for animals

6. Beef Housing and Equipment Open Barn and Feedlot, UC Davis Photo

7. Beef Housing and Equipment 4. Feeding barn and lot • Feeding bunks are in the barn • offers some protection for cattle • protects feed from being damages by the weather

8. Beef Housing and Equipment Feedlot with a feeding barn

9. Beef Housing and Equipment • Corrals • Needed for all types of beef cattle enterprises • Holding pen, working chute and headgate • easier to handle • reduces labor • saves time • reduces stress • safer for the workers and cattle

10. Beef Housing and Equipment Corral with a loading chute, working chute and squeeze chute

11. Swine Housing and Equipment • Types of Housing: • Pasture or range • Confinement houses • cold- no heat, mainly for finishing operations • warm- heated, used for farrowing and young animals

12. Swine Housing and Equipment • Most North Carolina swine farmers use warm confinement houses • Ventilation is used to control temperature, moisture, odor and airborne diseases

13. Swine Housing and Equipment • Location: • Regulations • Odor is the main problem • Colorado already has Amendment 14, which regulates odor at the property boundary of a swine farm • Missouri has regulations for odor on large farms and has required that these farms develop odor-control plans

14. Swine Housing and Equipment • Equipment: • Automatic feeding and watering • more expensive • requires less labor • Hand watering and feeding • low cost • requires more labor

15. Swine Housing and Equipment Equipment • Farrowing enterprises require small equipment • castrating knives • ear notchers • teeth clippers

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19. Poultry Housing and Equipment • Facilities • Range • Confinement housing • Confinement has become more popular because it reduces: • land requirements • diseases • predators • protects from weather

20. Poultry Housing and Equipment • In recent, most poultry operation are confinement type houses with: • automatic waters • automatic feeding • artificial lighting • artificial ventilation

21. Poultry Housing and Equipment • Brooding: • 90 to 95 degrees F • Temperature taken 3 feet off the floor • Temperature reduced 5 degrees per week • Temperature no lower than 70 degrees F • Hover guards keep chicks from wondering away

22. Poultry Housing and Equipment • Broiler and turkey houses: • used for meat type animals • dirt floors • covered with litter • wood shavings • newspaper • straw • lights are on 24 hours per day

23. Poultry Housing and Equipment • Laying houses • Confinement with wire cages • saves space • cleaner eggs • Artificial lights • automatic timer • 14 hours of light per day

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30. Poultry Housing Bio-security

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