Hatchery management practices at San Miguel Poultry Farm, Alfonso, Cavite / by Crisanta R. Angat.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Indang, Cavite, 1974. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: 29p. cm. illustrationsContent type:
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Online resources: Abstract: This study was conducted at San Miguel Poultry Farm at Barrio amuyong Alfonso Cavite, its aim was purposely to gather information concerning hatchery management for guidance and references of those who may like to go into poultry raising. The corporation had put up P1,600,000,00 as its initial investment. The farm had a total area of eighteen hectares with average monthly output of 150.00 chicks. The initial number of stocks used was 12, 765 and at present the stock had increased to 55, 135 breeders. The breeds used were the white Varnish as the male parent and the white rock as the female parent. The ratio between the male and the female was 1:10 to 1:15. At the age of nine to ten weeks the male birds were usually placed together with the female birds. Total culling was done when the birds had reached an average of five and one half months old. The eggs were usually collected three to five times a day. These in turn were brought daily to the hatchery. They were stored in a room with a temperature of 55 degrees fahrenheit to 65 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of one day but not longer than seven days before setting in the incubator. These eggs were also treated by fumigation process using formaldehyde powder with 90% purity and 38% to 40% potassium permanganates before they were set in the incubator. Candling was usually done on the tenth day of incubation. After the 18th or 19th day of incubation the eggs were transferred from the incubator to the hatchery chicks were removed from the hatcher on the 21st day of incubation. Before they were completely taken out, they were kept for another 4 to 6 hours in the hatcher. The incubators were disinfected or fumigated after every hatching time. The corporation's incubator has a capacity of 27, 000 to 28, 000 eggs for each setting. It turned out to have an average hatch of 85% for every setting. The chicks were sold by the hundreds and for every one-hundred chicks sold out an extra 2% was given free to the buyer. The hatchery had the following facilities and personnels: one office, nine lying houses with the floor area of 5,450 square feet and one dormitory for the laborers. At the time of the survey there were seven more buildings under construction to provide morehouses for the expanding business. The project was run by one general manager, one veterinarian, one clerk, three field man, and two general service man. These personnels were provided with three vehicles to facilitate the activities in the farm. According to the manager they had not encountered any serious problem except the occasional breakage of the eggs at the lying houses. The most common disease observed were leucosis complex and mareks. The feeding management of the pullets was done by the so- called skip-A-day method, which means feeding every other day with a laying ratio.
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Special Problem (BSA--Animal Husbandry) Don Severino Agricultural College

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This study was conducted at San Miguel Poultry Farm at Barrio amuyong Alfonso Cavite, its aim was purposely to gather information concerning hatchery management for guidance and references of those who may like to go into poultry raising.

The corporation had put up P1,600,000,00 as its initial investment. The farm had a total area of eighteen hectares with average monthly output of 150.00 chicks. The initial number of stocks used was 12, 765 and at present the stock had increased to 55, 135 breeders.

The breeds used were the white Varnish as the male parent and the white rock as the female parent. The ratio between the male and the female was 1:10 to 1:15. At the age of nine to ten weeks the male birds were usually placed together with the female birds. Total culling was done when the birds had reached an average of five and one half months old.

The eggs were usually collected three to five times a day. These in turn were brought daily to the hatchery. They were stored in a room with a temperature of 55 degrees fahrenheit to 65 degrees Fahrenheit for a minimum of one day but not longer than seven days before setting in the incubator. These eggs were also treated by fumigation process using formaldehyde powder with 90% purity and 38% to 40% potassium permanganates before they were set in the incubator. Candling was usually done on the tenth day of incubation. After the 18th or 19th day of incubation the eggs were transferred from the incubator to the hatchery chicks were removed from the hatcher on the 21st day of incubation. Before they were completely taken out, they were kept for another 4 to 6 hours in the hatcher. The incubators were disinfected or fumigated after every hatching time.

The corporation's incubator has a capacity of 27, 000 to 28, 000 eggs for each setting. It turned out to have an average hatch of 85% for every setting. The chicks were sold by the hundreds and for every one-hundred chicks sold out an extra 2% was given free to the buyer.

The hatchery had the following facilities and personnels: one office, nine lying houses with the floor area of 5,450 square feet and one dormitory for the laborers. At the time of the survey there were seven more buildings under construction to provide morehouses for the expanding business. The project was run by one general manager, one veterinarian, one clerk, three field man, and two general service man. These personnels were provided with three vehicles to facilitate the activities in the farm.

According to the manager they had not encountered any serious problem except the occasional breakage of the eggs at the lying houses.

The most common disease observed were leucosis complex and mareks. The feeding management of the pullets was done by the so- called skip-A-day method, which means feeding every other day with a laying ratio.

Submitted to the University Library 03/10/1980 SP-35

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