ANIMAL

PRODUCTION
(POULTRY-
CHICKEN)
NC II

TRIM BEAK
LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of this module, the trainee/students

MUST be able to:
1. Carry-out preparatory activities.
2. Trim beak.
3. Re-trim beak.
4. Carry-out work to completion.
 MATERIALS, TOOLS AND
EQUIPMENT IN BEAK
TRIMMING

MATERIALS
– Medicines
Analgesic are those drugs that mainly provide pain relief.
Blood coagulants a substance that aids or produces coagulation .
Net

An openwork fabric made of threads or cords that are woven or knotted

together at regular intervals.

Pail

A round container that is open at the top and usually has a handle
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT

Debeaking Machine

Debeaker- A machine that is use in beak trimming in the poultry

house.
Sprayer

– A jet of fine particles of liquid, as medicine,

insecticide, paint, perfume, etc., discharged from
an atomizer or other device for direct application
to a surface.

Heater
- Any of various apparatus for heating, especially for heating water
or the air in a room.
1. A jet of fine particles of liquid, as medicine, insecticide, paint, perfume,
etc., discharged from an atomizer or other device for direct application to a
surface.
a. spray b. power sprayer
c. knapsack d. all of the above
2. A machine that is use in beak trimming in the poultry house.
a. cutter b. debeaker machine
c. generator d. all of the above
3. A round container that is open at the top and usually has a handle.
a. basin b. drum c. pail d. container
4. Drugs that mainly provide pain relief.
a. analgesic b. blood coagulants c. antibiotic d. mefenamic
5. Any of various apparatus for heating
a. Heater b. pail c. power spray d. rice cooker
TASK SHEET

Title: “Identify tools, equipment in poultry farm”

Performance Objective: Materials to be used for identifying tools,
equipment are presented. The trainee must identify the tools and
equipment for beak trimming.
Equipment: Debeaker
Steps/Procedure: Identify tools and equipment
– Used appropriate PPE
– Prepare tools and equipment
– Know how to used tools and equipment
Conditioning the Bird
– Provide anti – stress preparation to the layers through the
drinking water at least 2 days before debeaking and 1 day after
debeaking is done.
– To help in the blood clotting process during debeaking give a
blood coagulants (antipyretic and analgesic).
– Do the debeaking in the late afternoon when most of them have
laid or if possible, do the trimming at night when they are less
active.
– If available, use an electric debeaker or any similar equipment as
the hot metal blade cuts the beak, it burns and seals off the
portion, thus preventing the occurrence of bleeding.
Do's and Don'ts of Beak
Trimming:

– Don't beak trim when birds are under any kind of

stress.
– Don't rush when beak trimming. Learn to do the job
correctly, speed will follow.
– Do keep plenty of feed available after beak trimming.
– Do keep water available, deep enough so the bird can
drink easily.
– Do keep blade clean and in good condition.
 True or False
1. Do the debeaking in the late afternoon when most of
them have laid or if possible, do the trimming at night
when they are less active
2. Provide anti – stress preparation to the layers through
the drinking water at least 1 week before debeaking.
3. Provide anti – stress preparation to the layers through
the drinking water at least 2 days after debeaking.
4. Don’t keep plenty of feed available after beak trimming.
5. 5. Do beak trim when birds are under any kind of stress.
Animal Welfare Act and
Occupational Safety and Health
Standards
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8485
AN ACT TO PROMOTE ANIMAL WELFARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS “THE ANIMAL WELFARE ACT OF 1998”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in

Congress assembled.

– SECTION 1. It is the purpose of this Act to protect and promote the welfare of
all animals in the Philippines by supervising end regulating the establishment
and operations of all facilities utilized for breeding, maintaining, keeping,
treating or training of all animals either as objects of trade or as household
pets. For purposes of this Act, pet animals shall include birds.
– SECTION 2. No person, association, partnership, corporation,
cooperative or any government agency or instrumentality
including slaughter houses shall establish, maintain and operate
any pet shop, kennel, veterinary clinic, veterinary hospital,
stockyard, corral, stud farm or zoo for the breeding, treatment,
sale or trading, or training of animals without first securing
from the Bureau of Animal Industry a certificate of registration
therefore.
– SECTION 3. The Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry
shall supervise and regulate the establishment, operation and
maintenance, of pet shops, kennels, veterinary clinics, veterinary
hospitals, stockyards, corrals, stud farms and zoos and any other
form or structure for the confinement of animals where they are
bred, treated, maintained, or kept either for sale or trade or for
training purposes as well as the transport of such animals in
any form of public or private transportation facility, in order
to provide maximum comfort while in transit and minimized, if
not totally eradicate, incidence of sickness and death and prevent
any cruelty from being inflicted upon the animals.
SECTION 4. It shall be the duty of any owner or operator of
any land, air or water public utility transporting pet, wildlife and all
other animals to provide in all cases adequate, dean and
sanitary facilities for sale conveyance and delivery thereof to
their consignee at the place of consignment. They shall provide
sufficient food and water for such animals while in transit for
more than twelve (12) hours or whenever necessary. No public
utility shall transport any such animals without a written permit
form the Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry or his/her
authorized representative. No cruel confinement or restraint shall be
made on such animals while being transported.
– SECTION 5. There is hereby created a Committee on Animal
Welfare attached to the Department of Agriculture which shall,
subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Department
of Agriculture, issue the necessary rules and regulation for the
strict implementation of the provisions of this Act, including the
setting of safety and sanitary standards, within thirty (30)
calendar days following its approval. Such guidelines shall be
reviewed by the Committee every three years from its
implementation or whenever necessary. The Committee shall be
composed of the official representatives of the following:
1. The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG);
2. Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)
3. Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) of the Department of Agriculture
(DA)
4. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) of the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
5. National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC) of the DA
6. Agriculture Training Institute (ATI) of DA
7. Philippine Veterinary Medical Association
8.Veterinary Practitioners Association of the Philippines (VPAP)
9.Philippine Animal Hospital Association (PA HA)
10.Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
11.Philippine Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(PSPCA).
12.Philippine Society of Swine Practitioners (PSSP)
13.Philippine College of Canine Practitioners (PCCP)
14.Philippine Society of Animal Science (PSAS).
– SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to torture any
animal, to
– neglect to provide adequate care, sustenance or shelter, or
maltreat any animals or to subject any dog or horse to dogfights
or horse fights, kill or cause or procure to be tortured or deprived
of adequate care sustenance or shelter, or maltreat or use the
same in research or experiments not expressly authorized by
the Committee on Animal welfare. The killing of any animal other
than cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits, carabao, horse,
deer and crocodiles is likewise hereby declared unlawful except in
the following instances:
1.When it is done as part of the religious rituals of an established religion
or sect or ritual required by ethnic custom of indigenous cultural
communities: however, leaders shall keep records in cooperation with
the Committee on Animal Welfare;
2.When the pet animal is afflicted with an incurable communicable
disease as determined and certified by a duly licensed veterinarians;
3.When the killing is deemed necessary to put an end to the misery
suffered by the animal as determined and certified by a duly licensed
veterinarian;
4.When it is done to prevent an imminent danger to the life or limb of a
human being; and
5.When done for the purpose of animal population control;
6.When animal is killed after it has been used in authorized research
or experiments; and
7. Any other ground analogous to the foregoing as determined and
certified by a licensed veterinarian. In all the above mentioned
cases, including those of cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, rabbits,
carabao, hones, deer and crocodiles, the killing of the animals shall
be done through humane procedures at all times. For this purpose,
humane procedures shall means the use of the most scientific
methods available as may be determined and approved by the
Committee. Only those procedures approved by the Committee
shall be used in killing of animals.
– SECTION 7. It shall be the duty of every person to protect the natural habitat
of the wildlife. The destruction of said habitat shall be considered as a
form of cruelty to animals and its preservation is a way of protecting the
animals.
– SECTION 8. Any person who violate, any of the provisions of this Act shall,
upon conviction by final judgment, be punished by imprisonment of not less
than six (6) months nor more than two (2) years or a fine of not less than
One thousand pesos (P1,000) nor more than Five thousand pesos (P5,000) or
both at the discretion of the court. If the violation is committed by a
juridical person, the officer responsible therefore shall serve the imprisonment
when imposed. If violation is committed by an alien, he or she shall be
immediately deported after serviced sentence without any further
proceedings.
– SECTION 9. All laws, acts, decrees, executive orders, rules, and
regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

– SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
AND HEALTH STANDARDS

1) The objective of this issuance is to protect every

workingman against the dangers of injury, sickness or death
through safe and healthful working conditions, thereby
assuring the conservation of valuable manpower resources
and the prevention of loss or damage to lives and properties,
consistent with national development goals and with the
State’s commitment for the total development of every
worker as a complete human being.
(2) This Standards shall apply to all places of employment
except as otherwise provided in this Standard.
– For purposes of this Standards and except as otherwise indicated,
the following shall mean:
– (1) “Employer” includes any person acting directly or indirectly in
the interest of an employer, in relation to an employee, and shall
include government-owned or controlled corporations and
institutions, as well as non-profit private institutions or
organizations.
– (2) “Employee” shall mean any person hired, permitted or
suffered to work by an employer
– (3) “Industrial Enterprise” shall mean any workplace, permanent or temporary,
including any building or collection of buildings, shed, structure, yard or any
other place, where permanently or temporarily one or more persons are
employed in any manufacturing of goods or products processing and any other
activity similar and incidental thereto.
– (4) “Agricultural Enterprise” shall include forestry and logging operations,
farming in all its branches, and among other things, includes cultivation and
tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing and harvesting
of any agricultural and horticultural commodities, the raising of livestock and
poultry, and any practice performed by a farmer on a farm as an incident to or
in conjunction with such farming operations, but does not include the
manufacturing or processing of sugar, coconut, abaca, tobacco, pineapple or
other farm products.
– (5) “Dry Dock” shall include premises where work is performed on shore or on
board ships in which ships or vessels are constructed, repaired, refitted,
finished or broken up and housed.
– (6) “Health” shall connote a sound state of the body and mind of the worker,
which enables him to perform his job normally, in a state of well-being.
– (7) “Safe or Safety” shall refer to the physical or environmental conditions of
work or employment, which substantially comply with the provisions of this
Standards.
– (8) “Work Accident” shall mean an unplanned or unexpected occurrence that
may or may not result in personal injury, property damage, work stoppage or
interference or any combination thereof, which arises out of and in the course
of employment.
– (9) “Work Injury” shall mean any injury or occupational illness suffered by a
person, which arises out of or in the course of his employment.
– (10)”Occupational Illness” shall mean any illness caused by environmental
factors, the exposure to which is characterized or peculiar to a particular
process, trade or occupation and to which an employee or worker is not
ordinarily subjected to or exposed outside of or away from such employment.
– (11)”Recognized Hazards” are those which do not require technical or testing
devices to detect.
– (12)”Workplace” means the office, premises or work site, where the workers
are habitually employed and shall include the office or place where the
workers, who have no fixed or definite work site, regularly report for
assignment in the course of their employment.
– (13)”Approved” shall mean acceptable to the Secretary in writing after proper examination showing compliance
with prescribed Standards.
– (14)”Code” shall mean the Labor Code P.D. 442 as amended.
– (15) “Department” shall mean the Department of Labor and Employment.
– (16) “Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of Labor and Employment.
– (17) “Bureau” shall mean the Bureau of Working Conditions.
– (18)”Director” shall mean the Director of the Bureau of Working Conditions.
– (19)”Standards” shall mean the Occupational Safety and Health Standards.
– (20)”Enforcement officer” shall mean the industrial safety engineer, the labor
regulation officer, or any duly authorized representatives of the Secretary to
enforce this Standards.
– (21)”Authorized Representative” shall mean and include chartered cities,
municipalities, employees or officials of other government agencies
empowered by the Secretary of Labor and Employment to enforce the
provisions of this Standards.
– 1) The Department of Labor and Employment shall administer and enforce the
provisions of this Standards.
– (2) Every employer shall give to the Secretary or his duly authorized representative
access to its premises and records for the purpose of determining compliance with
the provisions of this Standards.
– (3) Every establishments or place of employment shall be inspected at least once a
year to determine compliance with the provisions of this Standards. Special
inspection visits, however, may be authorized by the Regional Labor Office or as
authorized under Rule 1980 of this Standards, to investigate accidents, occupational
illnesses or dangerous occurrences, especially those resulting in permanent total
disability or death, to conduct surveys of working conditions requested by the
Bureau for the purpose of evaluating and assessing environmental contaminants and
physical conditions or to conduct investigations, inspections or follow-up inspections
upon request of an employer, worker or a labor union of the establishment.
– (4) The enforcement officer shall determine
reasonable periods of compliance with
recommendations depending on the gravity of
the hazards needing corrections or the period
needed to come into compliance with the order.
– : Special Inspection, Investigation and Review:
Any worker or representative of workers or any
concerned person who believes that a violation of
any provision of this Standards threatens physical
harm or imposes imminent danger to life,
– Duties of Employers, Workers and other Persons:
(1) Each employer covered by the provisions of this Standards shall:
– a. furnish his workers a place of employment free from hazardous conditions
that are causing or are likely to cause death, illness or physical harm to his
workers;
– b. give complete job safety instructions to all his workers, especially to those
entering the job for the first time, including those relating to the familiarization
with their work environment, hazards to which the workers are exposed to and
steps taken in case of emergency;
– (2) Every worker shall cooperate with the employer in carrying out the
provisions of this Standards. He shall report to his supervisor any work hazard
that may be discovered in his workplace.
– (3) Every worker shall make proper use of all safeguards and safety devices
furnished in accordance with the provisions of this Standards for his protection
and that of others, and shall follow all instructions given by the employer in
compliance with the provisions of this Standards.
– (4) It shall be the duty of any person, including any builder or contractor or
enforcement agent, who visits, builds, renovates, or installs devices, or
conducts business in any establishment or workplace, to comply with the
provisions of this Standards and all regulations of the employer issued there
under as well as with other subsequent issuances of the Secretary.
 PROVISIONS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS
”Workplace” means the office, premises or work site, where the workers are
habitually employed and shall include the office or place where the workers,
who have no fixed or definite work site, regularly report for assignment in the
course of their employment.
Every worker shall cooperate with the employer in carrying out the provisions
of this Standards. He shall report to his supervisor any work hazard that
may be discovered in his workplace.
– NOTIFICATION AND KEEPING OF RECORDS
– The employer shall maintain and keep an accident or illness record which shall
be open at all times for inspection to authorized personnel containing the
following minimum data: a. Date of accident or illness; b. Name of
injured or ill employee, sex and age; c. Occupation of injured or ill
employee at the time of accident or illness; d. Assigned causes of accident
or illness; e. Extent and nature of disability; f. Period of disability
 TRUE OR FALSE
1. Animal Welfare Act to protect and promote the welfare of all animals in the
Philippines by supervising end regulating the establishment and operations of all
facilities utilized for breeding, maintaining, keeping, treating or training of all animals
either as objects of trade or as household pets.
2. ”Occupational Illness” are those which do not require technical or testing devices to
detect.
3. “Safe or Safety” shall refer to the physical or environmental conditions of work or
employment, which substantially comply with the provisions of this Standards.
4.Cruelty in transporting includes overcrowding, placing of animals in the trunks or
under the hood trunks of vehicles.
5. No public utility shall transport any such animals without a written permit form the
Director of the Bureau of Animal Industry or his/her authorized representative
 TRIM BEAK
– Beak trimming is the removal of part of the top and bottom beak of a bird. It is
also called “debeaking”, although this term is inaccurate as only part of the
beak is removed. It is an animal husbandry practice commonly carried out in
the poultry industry. Farm managers have their flocks beak-trimmed to blunt
the beaks enough to prevent the occurrence of damaging pecking. Re-trimming
may also be carried out if a bird’s beak grows back enough to cause pecking
damage. Birds are often re-trimmed at 8–12 weeks of age to avoid this
happening. Some non-trimmed adult birds may need trimming if a pecking
outbreak occur.
Why is beak trimming done?

Bird seriously injured through pecking

– Beak trimming is performed early in the life of commercial hens to decrease
injuries caused by cannibalism, bullying, and feather and vent pecking. Birds
naturally peck at the environment and each other to investigate and work out
where they fit into the flock (pecking order). This behavior can become a
problem in commercial situations and many deaths have been recorded among
untrimmed hens. Feather pecking and cannibalism affects all birds in all
production systems. When laying birds are kept in systems that give
the opportunity for aggressive birds to contact many other birds, cannibalism
and feather pecking can spread rapidly through the flock and result in injuries
and mortality. Mortality of up to 25–30% of the flock can occur and cause huge
mortality and morbidity problems as well as financial losses to the farmer.
When is beak trimming done?

Infrared beak trimming machine

Beak trimming is carried out at various ages depending on the
preference of the farm manager.
The most common ages for birds to be beak-trimmed are:
– Day-old
– 5–10 days old (most popular)
– 4–6 weeks
– 8–12 weeks
– Touch up trim of adult birds (mainly in alternative systems)
 True or False
1. Beak trimming is performed early in the life of commercial hens to
decrease injuries caused by cannibalism, bullying, and feather and
vent pecking.
2. The most popular ages for birds to be beak-trimmed is 12-14 days.
3. Beak trimming is the removal of part of the top and bottom beak
of a bird.
4. Beak trimming is carried out at various ages depending on the
preference of the farm manager.
5. Debeaking is necessary in order to avoid hurting other and
cannibalism.
 Task Sheet
Title: “Beak Trimming”
Performance Objective: Beak Trimming tools, equipment are presented. The
trainee must be able to know beak trimming.
Equipment: Debeaker

Steps/Procedure: Beak Trimming

– Used appropriate PPE
– Prepare chicks to be trim
– Check the debeaker machine
– Follow the proper beak trimming
 Beak Trimming Procedures
Procedures in beak trimming:
– To beak trim, hold the bird with the left hand and use the right hand to grasp
the upper neck near the head. Use the right forefinger to open the bird's
mouth and leave the finger over the lower beak and tongue during the beak
trimming process. This method makes it easier to slip the upper beak over the
beak support. When the bird's beak is in position, hold the head square with
the blade and operate the foot pedal or power unit so that the cauterizing
blade cuts through the beak at a constant rate. Avoid burning the tongue.
Bleeding can occur if beak trimming is done too fast or the blade is not clean.
Use only the amount of heat necessary to stop bleeding and keep the beak
against the blade a sufficient time to obtain proper cauterization.
– Do Not move the bird's head from side to side or remove the bird's beak too
quickly and then re-cauterize repeatedly. If the bird's head is held at a high
angle, it will not rest on the beak support properly.
– Remember: Different areas of the beak have different bleeding rates so it is
generally preferred to beak trim the bird at the base of the nostrils or a short
distance out to reduce bleeding. Even so, some birds are bleeders as are
humans, and will belled to some extent.
– When only the upper beak is removed, the lower beak will continue to grow
and occasionally become quite long. While this is not considered to be a
disadvantage if feeders of sufficient depth are used, the lower beak can also be
cut off slightly to retard its growth and allow the bird to eat more easily.
– Some poultry men prefer to cut both beaks if the bird is not too old. For this
method, hold the bird in the left hand and grasp the neck near the head with
the right hand. With the thumb on the back of the head, use the forefinger on
the throat to draw back the lower beak and tongue so the lower beak will be
cut less than the upper. This gives a brief choking action, but it is necessary to
withdraw the tongue far enough to avoid its being burned. With the method,
approximately 3/4 of the upper beak and 1/4 of the lower beak is removed.
 How is beak trimming done?
– It is most commonly done using a hot blade beak trimming machine with an
electrically heated blade. An infrared beak trimming method is also in use,
particularly for beak trimming of day-olds in the hatchery. It uses a non-contact,
high intensity, infrared energy source to treat the beak tissue. Initially the beak
surface remains intact but after a few weeks the sharp hook of the beak
erodes. Experiments have also been conducted using lasers for beak trimming,
however this technology is not used for beak trimming on farms.
 True or False

– 1. Different areas of the beak have different bleeding rates so it is generally

preferred to beak trim the bird at the base of the nostrils or a short distance
out to reduce bleeding.
– 2. Move the bird's head from side to side or remove the bird's beak too quickly
and then re-cauterize repeatedly.
– 3. An infrared beak trimming method is also in use, particularly for beak
trimming of day-olds in the hatchery.
– 4. It is most commonly done using a hot blade beak trimming machine with an
electrically heated blade.
– 5. Some poultry men prefer to cut both beaks if the bird is not too old.
 Job Sheet
Title: “Beak Trimming”
Performance Objective: Materials to be used for beak trimming are presented. The
trainee must perform beak trimming.
Materials: net, pail and medicines
Equipment: debeaking machine
Steps/Procedure: Beak Trimming
– 1.) Gather all the materials needed.
– 2.) Clean the place to perform debeaking.
– 3.) Make a trial run of the equipment to be used.
– 4.) Restrained the bird properly.
– 5.) Follow the procedures in beak trimming base on the industry standard.
 RETRIM BEAK
– Re-trimming is any beak trim after a bird has already been trimmed. It is carried
out to avoid or correct pecking problems due to beak regrowth. Some farm
managers will re-trim routinely as part of their bird management, whereas
others will re-trim only to improve poor or incorrect trimming done previously.
– Re-trimming often occurs 8-12 weeks of age and sometimes as a touch-up for
older birds. If proper beak trimming is carried out at an early age, there is less
need for re-trimming.
– During re-trimming there is greater variability between beaks than when beak
trimming younger birds. This means that beak trimmers must assess the trim
requirements for each bird carefully and be prepared to adjust as required.
– When re-trimming, beak trimmers need to maintain good bird control, as birds
will be bigger and stronger. Farm managers should ensure that the gap
between the top and bottom beak is maintained.
– Re-trimming may not be required in many birds but is done to avoid
subsequent cannibalism.
The technique may vary according to the age required of the bird. The key thing
beak trimmers must do are:
– 1. Squarely place the beak on the cutting blade.
– 2. Use marks on the base plate, or use a blade stop, to align the blade to the
position where the cut is to be made.
– 3. Gently lower the blade on the top of the beak, or insert the beak into the
appropriate hole in the gauge plate.
– 4. Hold the beak in position for about two seconds to allow cauterization to
occur as the blade makes contact with the bottom bar.
– 5. Take care that the bird does not move during cutting.
– 6. Remove the beak residue from the blade regularly (at least every 15 to 30
minutes).
 True or False
1. Re-trimming often occurs 8-12 weeks of age and sometimes as a touch-up for
older birds.
2. Farm managers should ensure that the gap between the top and bottom beak is
maintained
3. Hold the beak in position for about two seconds to allow cauterization to occur
as the blade makes contact with the bottom bar.
4. Re-trimming may not be required in many birds but is done to avoid subsequent
cannibalism.
5. When re-trimming, beak trimmers need to maintain good bird control, as birds
will be bigger and stronger.
 Restrained Birds to Facilitate Calm
When handling day-old birds, beak trim crews should be asked to pick them up by
one hand, wrapping the fingers gently around the chest and abdomen. Birds can
also be scooped with both hands cupped. Up to four chickens can be handled in
this manner, ensuring they do not spill from the sides of the hands.
Five-to 10-day-old birds can be gently caught whilst still contained within the
brooding surrounds. Birds can be picked up by one or two legs and transferred
directly to the beak trimmer. With 7-to 10-day-olds, five birds can be held in each
hand. Alternatively, birds can be gently pushed into a large laundry bucket held on
an angle, or placed into crates before beak trimming.
The crates should be sufficient height for birds stand, be properly maintained and
prevent escape or entrapment. Crates should not tilted while birds are still in the
crate. Birds should not be held in crates for more than 2 hours before beak
trimming. When birds are reared in cages they can be very flighty. Some birds may
clutch the cage floor and will need to be held by both legs to loosen their grip.
Birds suffer from bone breakage when handled roughly and must not be lifted or
carried by the head, neck, tail or wing. The operator can reach over the lower
fence to pick up buckets or a crate of birds, or receive them directly from the
catcher. For 7-to-10-day old birds the catcher should be located close to the beak-
trim operator.
– The catcher should collect five birds in each hands and hold them by both legs,
or by one leg. Birds should be prevented from flapping, as flapping will cause
them to overreact when trimmed. With a bucket of birds between the knees or
on a suitable stand at hip height, the right-handed operator uses his or her right
hand to hold the bird that is being beak-trimmed. Alternatively, birds can be
held in the left hand of the operator and one bird at a time transferred to the
right hand. Holding birds upside down for extended periods may result in an
increase in beak bleeding after trimming. When birds are being handled for re-
trimming it is recommended that no more than 10 birds(five per hand), each
weighing up to 2 kg. be carried.
 True or False
– 1. When handling day-old birds, beak trim crews should be asked to pick them
up by one hand, wrapping the fingers gently around the chest and abdomen.
– 2. When birds are being handled for re-trimming it is recommended that no
more than 10 birds (five per hand), each weighing up to 2 kg. be carried.
– 3. Birds should be allowed from flapping, as flapping will cause them to
overreact when trimmed.
– 4. Birds suffer from bone breakage when handled roughly and must not be
lifted or carried by the head, neck, tail or wing.
– 5. Holding birds upside down for extended periods may result in an increase in
beak bleeding after trimming.
 Job Sheet
Title: “Retrimming Beak”
Performance Objective: Materials to be used for beak trimming are presented. The
trainee must perform beak trimming.
Materials: net, pail and medicines
Equipment: debeaking machine
Steps/Procedure: Retrimming
– 1.) Gather all the materials needed.
– 2.) Clean the place to perform retrimming beak.
– 3.) Make a trial run of the equipment to be used.
– 4.) Restrained the bird properly.
– 5.) Follow the procedures in beak retrimming base on the industry standard.
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COMPLETION

RECORDKEEPING
Even if maintaining your small flock is a hobby, recordkeeping helps keep track of
your expenses. It can aid in monitoring the progress of your flock. Records are
important to the financial health of a business or operation. Efficient and
profitable poultry operations are not guaranteed by good record keeping, but
success is unlikely without them. Records are essential tools for management to
maintain a successful flock. Recordkeeping involves keeping, filing, maintaining,
and categorizing inventory, financial and production information for your
flock. This can be accomplished by hand recording or by using computer software.
– Recordkeeping is important. Records tell an owner or manager where the
business/operation has been and the direction in which it is going. Records
show the strength and weaknesses of the poultry operation. They provide
useful insite to financial stability for your flock. If there are any shortcomings,
records will show where adjustments can be made. Along with showing where
adjustments can be made and being a good reference tool, there are several
other purposes of recordkeeping.
 Purposes of Records
– Measure profit and access the financial ability of the business/operation.
– Provides data for business/operation analysis.
– Assists in obtaining loans.
– Measure the profitability of individual operation.
– Assist in analysis of new investments.
– Help prepare income tax returns.
– Records assist in avoiding management problems, helping prevent potential
problems with your flock. More so, producers are being encouraged to keep
accurate records about the activities on their farms due to increasing
environmental concerns. Farm records consist of three distinct categories:
inventory, financial, and production records. All records are used to compile
useful information that is used in record analysis for an individual operation or
the entire business. Records are only useful when maintained and categorized
correctly.
 What Should I Record?
– The needs and size of your small flock will determine the type of records you as
an owner or manager should keep. Financial statements are an intricate part of
recordkeeping. As a general rule of thumb, the larger the enterprise, the more
detailed records and financial statements should be kept. Regardless of flock
size, records should always be kept up-to-date.
 Other records that should be kept along with financial records include:
– Where, when, and types of birds acquired
– Poultry Registration Papers
– Age and number of birds in each flock
– Vaccination dates
– Vaccine expiration dates
Methods of Recordkeeping:
Traditionally, growers have kept records by hand. In many cases, a hand recording
system is still useful for many growers. Yet, the use of computers and computer
software has expanded on farms in recent years because of better record accuracy.
The farm manager decides on the system that best fits his/her situation.
 True or False
– 1. The record for at least 12 months from the date the birds leave the premises
and will be required to produce your records to an inspector if requested.
– 2. Computer Recording System more accurate & faster ,tax deductible as an
expense and much easier to create analysis.
– 3. Records assist in avoiding management problems, helping prevent potential
problems with your flock.
– 4. Records provide data for business/operation analysis.
– 5. Recordkeeping involves keeping, filing, maintaining, and categorizing
inventory, financial and production information for your flock.