HAND BOOK OF POULTRY FARMING AND FEED FORMULATIONS WHY POULTY FARMING? GENERAL ANATOMY OF POULTRY Feathers of fowl The Skin Skeletal System of Fowl Muscular System The respiratory system of fowl The digestive system of fowl Reproductive System The Endocrine System PRELIMINARY INFORMATIONS REGARDING POULTRY FARMING Market Availability and Selection of Day Old Chicks Feed and Other Appliances Drinking Water Electric Supply Selection of Site House Management Birds Management Record Keeping Technical Advise and Help INVESTMENT PLANNING layer Farm Broiler Farm HOUSING REQUIREMENTS Layer Housing Broiler Farm EQUIPMENTS NEEDED Floor Brooders Battery Brooder Feeders Waterers Laying Nest Miscellaneous Equipments POULTRY BREEDING Genetics in Brief Inheritance of plumage in furkeys Inheritance of quantitative characters
Systems of selection Heritability Selection Pressure Selection Index Breeding Methods Pen mating Flock Mating Stud Mating Shift system of mating Artificial Insemination Systems of Breeding in Poultry A. System to increase homozygosity Heterosis Inheritance of Egg Production Sexual Maturity High intensity of lay (rate of lay) Inheritance of Broodiness Persistency Winter pause Facundity Inheritance of characters related to Broiler Production Growth rate Feed Efficiency Viability Body conformation and skin colour Feathering Inheritance of Economic Traits in Turkeys Breeding Plan for improvement of Turkeys Inheritance of Economic traits in Ducks Modern Method of Breeding Recurrent Selection Reciprocal Recurrent Selection Poultry Breeding Research in India Breeding Programme followed for layers Commercial Broiler POULTRY BROODING Systems of Brooding Hot room Brooding Cold room Brooding Location of Brooder House Type of Brooders Preparation of Brooder House to Receive Chicks Brooder House Schedule upto 4 weeks of age Brooding Requirements Temperature Ventilation Humidity Space Equipments Prevalent Management Programme
Chicks needed to start a farm Jobs to be completed during brooding period Vaccination Debeaking Coccidiosis control Emergency during Brooding Period Preventing Starvation of turkey poults Brooding of ducks HOUSING AND EQUIPMENT Location of a poultry Farm Factors Influencing design of poultry houses Temperature Ventilation Humidity Requirement of floor space, feeders and waterers Orientation of House Light in poultry house Poultry Houses Hatchery Brooder House Advantages Disadvantage Processing Plant Laying House A small unit for 25 to 50 hens suitable for backyand (confined rearing) keeping A Layer House for 1000 hens Large size laying house General Construction of laying house Cage house Common arrangement of cages Breeding Pen Equipment Feeders Waterers Catching Equipments Nests Hatchery Equipment FEED FORMULATIONS Composition of Poultry Feeds Nutrient Requirements of Birds The Nutrient Composition of Feed Stuffs Maximum level of Inclusion of feed Ingredients Availability and cost of feed Ingredients Methods of Formulating Rations Square Method/Pearson Square Method Trail & Error Method Simultaneous Equation Method
The 2x2 Matrix Method Computer Method Linear Programming Package (LP88) Procedure for use of Linear Programming (LP) Selection of Computer Software and Hardware for Ration formulation Steps in Feed Formulation Diets for Various Classes of Chicken Meat Type Chicken Egg Type Chicken Least Cost Formulation Broller starter diets Chick starter diets Grower diets Layer diets Computerized Diets DISEASE PREVENTION Vaccination of Layer Chicks and Adults Preventive Medication for Layers Coccidiostat Dewormer Manage and Mites Vaccination for Broliers Preventive Medication for Broilers ECONOMIC RAISING OF POULTRY (Broiler, Layer, Ducks, Quail and Turkey) Broiler Farming Layers Farming Duck Farming Choice of Breeds Tips for General Care and Management A tentative plan for setting up a duck farm for eggs of Khaki Campbell variety Capacity 1,000 birds Nutrition and Feeding Quail Farming Tips of Management of Quail Rearing for Meat Purpose Economic Aspects of Quail Rearing Turkey Raising Housing Egg Production Incubation Brooding Feeding Diseases Economics Facilities for Farmers at CCS, HAU, Hisar LIST OF MEDICINE, VACCINE AND NUTRIENT MANUFACTURERS LIST OF POULTRY FEED MANUFACTURERS, DISTRIBUTOR AND SUPPLIERS
LIST OF IMPORTANT HATCHERIES LIST OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS LIST OF SOME IMPORTANT FORMULATION OF POULTRY FARMERS USE ANTIBACTERIAL DRUGS Antiobiotics Sulpha Drugs Nitro Furans LIST OF ANTICOCCIDIALS ANTICOCCIDIALS PREVENTIVE LIST OF ANTIPARASITIC FORMULATIONS LIST OF COMMON VACCINES USED FOR POULTRY AVAILABLE IN MARKET SUPPLIERS OF PLANT & EQUIPMENTS FOR POULTRY PLANT ECONOMICS OF ANIMAL FEED PLANT ECONOMICS OF BIO FERTILISERS FROM WASTE PLANT ECONOMICS OF CHICKEN FARMING (HATCHERY) PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY & BROILER (HATCHERY) FARMING PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY FARMING PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY FEEDS PLANT ECONOMICS OF POULTRY & BROILER FARMING Engineers India Research Institute (EIRI) is a renowned name in the industrial world for offering technical and financial consultancy services. EIRI services are: Detailed Feasibility Reports New Project Identification Project Feasibility and Market Study Identification of Lucrative Industrial Project Opportunities Preparation of Project Profiles / Pre-Investment and Detailed Feasibility Studies, Market Surveys / Studies, Market Survey Cum Detailed Techno-Economic Feasibility Reports Project Reports in CD Roms Identification of Plant /Process/Machinery and Equipment, Industrial General Guidance for setting up new industrial projects.
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