Ingredient	Percentage inclusion
	Starter (0-5 weeks)	Finisher (6-7 weeks)
Yellow Maize	47.00	54.50
Rice polish	8.00	10.00
Soyabean meal	17.50	14.00
Groundnut cake (expeller)	15.00	11.00
Unsalted dried fish	10.00	8.00
Mineral mixture	2.00	2.00
Salt	0.50	0.50
	100.00	100.00

• 3 weeks to finish - 2 x 5 litres capacity waterers.

• Ensure clean fresh water always.

• Exercise extreme care and attention during the brooding period. If the losses in the first few days exceed 2%, carefully check the brooding management and get the postmortem examination done.

• Reduce brooder temperature every week by 3oC. When the brooder is removed provide one 40-watts bulb for every 250 broilers during night.

• To ascertain approximate quantity of feed and water that 100 broilers consume per day, the following formula given will be useful.

• Kg feed per 100 birds - Age in days/4.4

• Litres of water per 100 birds - Age in days/2.0

• The above formula will give approximate figures under average conditions. Depending on the season of the year, there is likely to be variations in the range of 5-10%.

Watering of Chicks

Temperature	1-18 days 19-21 days	37.5 – 37.8oC 36.9 –37.5oC
Humidity	60% up to 18 days	70% thereafter
Turning	Once every 4 hours up to 18 days	-
Ventilation	1-18 days 19-21 days	8 changes/hour 12 changes/hour

• Clean the house at least two weeks before housing a new batch of birds.

• Remove all old litter and equipment. Clean the ceiling, walls and floor. Thorough sweeping and washing followed by treatment with disinfectants are necessary.

• Wash, disinfect and dry the equipment before placing in the house.

• Clean the light reflectors, replace burnt out bulbs and check electric connections.

• Keep all wild birds, rats, dogs and cats out of the farm.

• Do not allow visitors into the poultry houses.

• Burn or bury all dead birds immediately.

• Clean the waters and feeders daily with 1% ammonia solution.

• Change foot-bath at the entrance of poultry house daily.

• Adhere to strict sanitation in and around the poultry house.

• Remove wet litter immediately.

• Look for signs of ill health in the flock every time you enter the poultry house.

• Deworm the birds as and when required after peak production.

• If any disease is suspected, immediately obtain accurate diagnosis and follow recommendations of the poultry specialist consulted.

1. Lysol: Used as a 1-2% solution. Effective general disinfectant, suitable for instrument; poultry equipments, foot-bath etc;

2. Lime (CaOH powder): An inexpensive general disinfectant can be used as a white wash to walls. 2-5% solution will destroy most pathogenic organisms and their spores. Highly corrosive to skin.

3. Bleaching powder: May be used as floor disinfectant in empty houses.

4. Phenols (Cresol): Less toxic but costly. Usually used as a 2-4% solution for disinfecting poultry houses and equipments.

Name of Vaccine	Route	Age of birds
La Sota or F vaccine Ranikhet	Intranasal drop	3 to 7 days
Marek's vaccine (in Hatchery)	Intramuscular	1 day
Infectious Bronchitis (1st dose)	Eye drops	2 - 3 weeks
La Sota Ranikhet	Drinking water	5 - 6 weeks
Fowl Pox (1st dose)	Wing Web	7 - 8 weeks
R2B Ranikhet	Sub cut or Intramuscular	9 - 10 weeks
Infectious Bronchitis	Eye drop or drinking water	16 weeks
Fowl Pox (2nd dose)	Skin Scarification	18 weeks
La Sota (if necessary) Ranikhet	Drinking Water	20 weeks
La Sota (if necessary) Ranikhet	Drinking Water	40 weeks
IBD :
Mildly invasive vaccine	Drinking Water	0 - 3 day
Intermediately invasive vaccine	Drinking Water	15th day
Intermediately invasive vaccine	Drinking Water	28-30th day

Hospitals in TN
Milk Cooperative Societies
Slaughter Houses
Sandies in TN
Animal Welfare Organization