Skip to main content

POUSSINS AND CAPON POULTRY FARMING



POUSSINS
These consist of male or female chicks but usually
they are male by products or hatcheries. Raising these males is the alternative to killing them after sexing day old chicks; that is if the makes are of fast growing strain, they are raised separately from females and given broiler diets while the females are given pullet-rearing diets.
Occasionally, both males and female may raise as poussins. A popular system for rearing these birds is the tier or battery brooder. These brooders must be designed to have enough head-room or else the chicks should be transferred to the floor for the remaining two weeks of brooding. They are fed on starter diet throughout the period.
CAPONS
The capon is a fowl which has been surgically or chemically treated
A CAPON
so as to remove the action of male hormones or increase the action of female hormones. The testes of the males may be surgically removed while both males and females may be given hormone preparations, usually oestrogenic. Usually only males are caponised either to tenderise their meat or to improve their growth rate. Spend layers can also be caponised to tenderise their meat whereas roosters are caponised to tenderise their meat whereas roosters are caponised to improve growth rate and meat qualities.

Popular posts from this blog

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEM Livestock Production System can be grouped into Modern and Traditional System. Production can also be classified into: Modem Subsistence Commercial Extensive System This system is characterized by zero or very low input which are housing, medication etc. Also, animals kept under this system are always few. The example is the foraging animals common in the rural areas and pastoral production of cattle in the arid region. Semi-Intensive System Under this production system, the farmer provides some input for the upkeep of the animals. Housing and part of the feed needed by the animals are the common input provided by the farmers. The animals are left to forage for the remaining nutrient they require. The flock size under this system is between 5 -10. Some medication and health service may also be provided. An example is the backyard village poultry including goat and sheep and the agro-pastoral cattle production system. Intensive Syste...
Read more

PREPARATION FOR BROODING CHICKS

  PREPARATION FOR BROODING CHICKS The preparation for brooding chicks should start from about two weeks before the chicks are received. This is to avoid a last minute rush. The appliance should be moved out and thoroughly washed with a recommended disinfectant solution, like quaternary ammonia, and then allowed to dry. The litter should be completely swept out since any remnant could reduce the strength of the disinfectant subsequently used to wash the floor. Washing require a hot solution to detergent, under pressure, using a jet stream from a high pressure washing unit. The floor is then rinsed with disinfection. All crevices should be thoroughly penetrated and caked-up litter dislodged. The house then be sealed up and fumigated. (The open sided buildings used in the tropics do not easily land themselves to this treatment). The cobwebs and dust on the wooding frames should be properly cleaned before the litter is swept out of the floor of the house. In the case of...
Read more