Poultry Signals
Monique Bestman, Marko Ruis, Jos Heijmans & Koos van Middelkoop
Information about animal health, well-being & production for poultry-keepers to use to improve economic results & well-being of animals, as well as their own.
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Poultry Signals is a practical guide that shows you how to pick up the signals given by your animals at an early stage, how to interpret them and which action to take.
Not all poultry farmers maximise the full potential of their birds. This applies equally to laying hen farmers and broiler farmers. For a good performance during the production period, the house has to be equipped and managed correctly and efficiently. But how do you know that what you are doing is right? Your chickens continuously send out signals: about their health, how well they know their way around their surroundings and whether they feel happy and comfortable.
Do you recognise the signals your chickens are giving? And do you know what to do if, for example, there are too many floor-laid eggs or if the chicks are spilling too much feed? Do you know the difference between abnormal, runny droppings and healthy caecal droppings? And how do you recognise thirsty chickens when the flock has just been set up?
If you recognise the signs that point to potential problems, then make sure you are armed with information to take the appropriate steps to get your flock back on track. And the things you should take into account if switching from caged to free ranging birds. A lot can be achieved using ventilation, lighting and different routines. But to do so, you must know all the ins and outs of your own farm and be able to asses the impact these changes will have on your animals.
This book is perfect for farmers, students and advisors looking to expand their knowledge and ensure they are aware of best practices.
This book is part of the Poultry Signals series. You can find all of the books here: https://www.contextbookshop.com/poultry/poultry-signals-series
Published: 2022
ISBN: 9789087400798
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Type: Paperback
Pages: 184
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Availability: Available
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CONTENTS:
Introduction
SECTION ONE: Seeing more by looking more closely
- Pick up the signals
- Using the signals
- Know yourself
- What she wants
- Bird behaviour
- Anatomy
- Senses
- Chicken sounds
- Checking individual birds
SECTION TWO: The chicken and her environment
- Ideal home
- Choosing a systgem that works for you
- Moving in
- Perches
- Litter
- Climate under control
- Effective temperature
- Air
- Light
- Dust
- Home on the range
- The facts
- How do you get them outdoors
- Gimme shelter
- Bad behaviour and problematic pests
- Covered range or winter garden
SECTION THREE: Rearing hens
- The early days
- Quality of day-old chicks
- Assessment at 16 weeks
- Light
- Teaching good behaviour in aviaries
- Vaccinations
- The right way to vaccinate
- From small to big in 18 weeks
- Feather pecking during rearing
- Beak trimming
- Smooth transition
SECTION FOUR: Laying hens
- Schedules aren't written in stone
- The ideal curves
- Feed and feed management
- Feed and light
- Feeding in hot weather
- Deficiency signal: eating feathers
- What to look out for in feeding systems
- Water
- External egg quality
- Internal egg quality
- What makes a nest attractive?
- Avoid floor eggs
- Gear management towards nesting peak
- A second laying period?
- Pecking, feather pecking and cannibalism?
- Difficult to reverse
- Feather pecking
- Preventing feather pecking
- Cannibalism
SECTION FIVE: Broilers
- Checking chicks on arrival
- Ventilation
- Distributio of the chicks in the house
- Assessing your birds
- Signals from manure
- Poor litter
- Feed signals
- Drinking
- Weak chicks
- Identifying causes of death
- Broiler parent birds
SECTION SIX: Health
- Disease signals
- Biosecurity outside the house
- Biosecurity in the house
- What seems to be the trouble?
- Gastrointestinal problems
- Respiratory diseases
- Egg production problems
- Locomotion organs disorders
- Sudden increase in mortality
- Summary of main diseases
- Viruses
- Bacteria
- Gut Parasites
- Worms
- Red Mites
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