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Poultry Raising - Chicken
Quarter 2 - Module 4
Placing Chicks and Pullets in
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Quarter 2 - Module 4: Placing Chicks and Pullets in Brooder House (2)
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Agri- Fishery Arts - Animal Production
Poultry Raising - Chicken
Quarter 2 - Module 4
Placing Chicks and Pullets in
Brooder House (2)

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 Table of Contents

Page
COVER PAGE i
COPY RIGHT PAGE ii
TITLE PAGE iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv
INTRODUCTORY MESSAGE vi

LESSON 1: Brooding and Growing Chicks 1

What I Need to know 1
What I Know ( Pre Test) 2
What’s In 4
What’s New 4
What Is It 5
What’s More 15
What I Have learned 18
What I Can do 19
Assessment ( Post- Test) 20
Additional Activity 22
Key to Answer 23
References 24

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At the end of this module you will also find:

References - This is a list of all sources used in developing this module.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Utmost care of this module is important. Do not put any unnecessary mark/s
on any part of this module.

2. Read the directions carefully before doing each task

3. Observe honesty and with high integrity in doing the different tasks given
especially in checking your answers.

4. Finish the task at hand before going to the next activity

5. Return this module to your teacher or facilitator once you are done.

In the event that you encounter any problem/s or difficulty/ies in doing your task/s in
this module, do not hesitate to ask your teacher/facilitator. Always bear in mind that
you are not alone in this journey.

The module is covered with one lesson:

 Brooding and growing chicks ( BGC)

LO1. Place chicks and pullets in brooder houses.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

 Identify abnormalities of chicks.

 Name methods of culling.

 Give the factors to consider during the brooding period.

 Identify body characteristics which indicate if a bird is capable of

laying eggs or not.

 Cull chicks with abnormalities from the flock.

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What This Module is About

Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Technology and Livelihood Education - Agri-Fishery Arts

Animal Production (Poultry Raising - Chicken) Grade 10 Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Placing Chicks and Pullets in Brooder House (2)!
This module was collaboratively designed, developed, and reviewed by
educators both from public institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in
helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also
aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st-century skills while taking into
consideration their needs and circumstances.
In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the
learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to
manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist
the learners as they do the tasks included in the module.

For the Learners and Parents:

Welcome to the Technology and Livelihood Education - Agri-Fishery Arts
Animal Production (Poultry Raising - Chicken) Grade 10 Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Placing Chicks and Pullets in Brooder House (2)!

This covers the development of the learner’s knowledge, skills, and attitude
required in placing chicks and pullets in brooder house.

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 The knowledge and skills you acquire in this module will help you a lot in
raising poultry particularly in brooding and growing chicks at your own pace.

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises
diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to Know This will give you an idea of the skills or
competencies you are expected to learn in
the module.

What I Know This part includes an activity that aims to

check what you already know about the
lesson to take. If you get all the answers
correct (100%), you may decide to skip this
module.

What’s In This is a brief drill or review to help you link

the current lesson with the previous one.

What’s New In this portion, the new lesson will be

introduced to you in various ways such as a
story, a song, a poem, a problem opener, an
activity or a situation.

What is It This section provides a brief discussion of

the lesson. This aims to help you discover
and understand new concepts and skills.

What’s More This comprises activities for independent

practice to solidify your understanding and
skills of the topic. You may check the
answers to the exercises using the Answer
Key at the end of the module.

What I Have Learned This includes questions or blank

sentence/paragraph to be filled in to
process what you learned from the lesson.

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What I Can Do This section provides an activity which will
help you transfer your new knowledge or
skill into real life situations or concerns.

Assessment This is a task which aims to evaluate your

level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

Additional Activities In this portion, another activity will be given

to you to enrich your knowledge or skill of
the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.

Answer Key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.

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 Lesson
1 Brooding and Growing Chicks

What I Need to Know

This lesson was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the concepts in Agri
Agri- fishery Arts – Animal Production Grade
ade 10. The scope
of this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used identifies the varied vocabulary level of students. The lessons are
arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you
read them can be changed to complement the textbook you are now using. The
content of this lesson comprised of the information about placing chicks and pullets
in brooder house with the following objectives:

 Identify abnormalities of chicks.

 Name methods of culling.

 Give the factors to consider during the brooding period.

 Identify body characteristics which indicate if a bird is capable of

laying eggs or not.

 Cull chicks with abnormalities from the flock.

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What I Know (Pre Test)

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.

1.Which of the following is not a by-product of Poultry Raising?

A. eggs B. manure
C. meat D. milk

2. Which of the following are the possible causes of beak abnormalities?

A. all of the choices
B. Exposure to pesticide
C. genetic trait and poor hen nutrition
D. hatching eggs exposed to near freezing temperatures

3. Brooding period last for how many weeks?

A. eight weeks B. nine weeks
C. seven weeks D. six weeks

4. What is the required measurement in floor space of birds raise for egg
production?
A. five square foot per bird B. four square foot per bird
C. three square foot per bird D. two square foot per bird

5. Why adequate amount of air movement is important in poultry house?

A. all of the choices
B. helps to regulate the temperature
C. it supplies the birds with oxygen
D. prevents build up of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ammonia which in
excess is harmful.

6. Which of the following device is used to produce heat to protect chicks from
the cold?
A. brooder B. dispenser
C. feeder D. heater

7. What are the most common parasites found on chickens?

A. mites and lice B. stomach and gut worms
C. protozoa D. worms

8. Which of the following refers to the removal of the non-laying or low

producing hens from a laying flock?
A. culling B. layering
C. pruning D. tilling

9.Which of the following is the cause of small or missing eye/eyes of the

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 chicks?
A. Genetic trait
B. High temperature during incubation
C. low temperature during incubation
D. No proper nutrition

10. When is the right time to cull?

A. at the time eggs are selected for incubation.
B. if chicken are not ready for hatching.
C. during hatching period.
D. time of year in which she molts.

11. Which of the following is not a factor of growing healthy chicks?

A. Clean chicks and hatch chicks early.
B. Clean brooder house and feeds.
C. Clean ground.
D. Clean the garden area.

12. Which of the following cannot cause cannibalism in a flock?

A. crowding B. enough water and eating space
C. idleness D. poor ventilation

13. Why should we buy chicks from the hatchery and not form any flocks?
A. cheap cost of feeds results to very small profit.
B. chicks from the hatchery is not quality and therefore not good for
growing
C. not all flocks which were tested for pullorum
disease .
D. Sometimes good chicks can be secured from any places with good
advertisements.

14. Why should we give 24 hours of light to the chicks for their first 48 hours?
A. so that they can easily find the feeders and waterers.
B. so that young chicks can sleep well.
C. so that they will become more comfortable.
d. so that they will grow faster.

15. Which of the following factors is the very foundation of a successful

poultry business?
A. value of body changes in culling
B. value of molt in culling
C. value of vigor in culling
D. value of yellow pigment in culling

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 What’s In

Hello everyone! Do you have animals at home

home? Does your parents raised
animals? What animals you raised at home?
People love to raise anima
animals
ls for different reasons. Some raise animals for
food, others for income, and others are for pleasure.
If you can still recall the lesson in your exploratory course, Animal Production
in Grade 7 & 8, what was your favorite one? What animals would you like to raise?
Yes, In reality, we raise animals particularly chicken because we know that
aside from food and pleasure
pleasure, poultry
try products is high and prices of these products
are constantly changing.

What’s New

We know that in raising chicken , they will reach to a point that they are not
productive anymore. So there’s a need to eliminate those low producing individuals
from the flock. The detection and elimination of these low producing individuals is
called CULLING. Culling is one of the several necessary phases of successful
poultry management.

McRich 8-5-2020
2020

Below is a table showing body characteristics which indicate if a bird is

capable of laying eggs. Complete the table and choose your answer from the given
words from the box below. Write answers on your activity notebook.

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 Character Layer Non-layer
Non
Comb and wattles Large, bright, red, glossy Small, dull, shrivelled
head
eye
Eye ring
beak
abdomen
Pubic bones
vent

Bright, prominent neat, refined shallow, tough, tight

Yellow tented beefy, weak stiff, close together
Bleached deep, soft, pliable small, dry, puckered,
yellow flexible, wide, apart
Dull, sunken large, moist, bleached
Shallow, tough large, moist, bleached

What Is It
What is the main objective in brooding chicks?

Brooding - means keeping chicks warm and comfortable. Baby

aby chicks need

special care. This is the time when you can expect a few chicks to die. Brooding

period lasts about six weeks.

The main objective in brooding chicks is to efficiently and economically

provide a comfortable, healthy environment for growing birds.

Here are some of the factors

actors to consider during the brooding period so you can have
a healthy flock.

1. SPACE

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 For the first four to five weeks, each chick should have one-half square foot or
more of floor space. For broilers to be housed until ready for market, they
need one square foot of floor space per bird. For layers, they require two
square feet of floor space per bird and for the dual-purpose birds, 21/2 to three
square feet per bird.

2.DRAFT-FREE VENTILATION
Good ventilation is needed to remove excess moisture, to keep the litter dry
and help control diseases. It is Important to have an adequate amount of air
movement to the poultry house for these reasons: it supplies the birds with
oxygen; prevents the build up of carbon dioxide and ammonia which in excess
is harmful; and helps to regulate temperature. Always remember that young
birds are more sensitive to drafts than older birds.

3. LIGHT
In order that the chicks can easily find their feeders and waterers, they should
be given light for 24 hours for the first 48 hours. A 25 watt-light bulb is
enough to provide light for a 10 ft. by 10 ft house.

4. TEMPERATURE
It is difficult for the young chicks to maintain their body temperature without
additional heat source. You can use brooder in giving the young chicks
additional heat. A brooder is a device used to produce heat to protect the
chicks from the cold. At six weeks old, birds are well-feathered and
supplemental heat is no longer needed.

5. EASY ACCESS TO FEED AND WATERER

Seventy percent of the cost of raising chickens is due to feed cost. Consider
that as an investment rather than an expense because the better the birds are
feed, the greater the return in eggs and/or meat.

Why do we need to CULL? When is the right time to CULL?

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 McRich 8-5-2020
2020

Birds are to be culled if there are evidences of low production. By removing

the inferior birds, it increases the available space for more productive birds.
Culling begins at the time eggs are selected for incubation. Weak, malformed,
and undesirable chicks are to be culled when transferring from the incubator to the
brooder. Chicks which has low vitality should be culled during the developing period.
Pullets that are late in laying than the average of the flock should be culled.
Individual cull hens can be removed at any season of the year.

ABNORMALITIES OF CHICKS

https://www.slideshare.net/mujahiddr/abnormalities
https://www.slideshare.net/mujahiddr/abnormalities-in-hatching-chicks
chicks-16032422

1. Crippled chicks – are disabled in their feet and legs

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 Causes
a. Improper incubation temperatures.(usually too high)
b. Improper egg position and turning during incubation.
c. Low humidity during incubation
d. Improper ventilation
e. Heredity
f. Improper nutrition of breeders
g. Slick hatching trays

Corrective measures:
a. Follow recommended incubation temperatures.
b. Increase incubation humidity
c. Set eggs with ends down. Turn eggs at least three times a day.
d. Proper culling and breeding practices.
e. Use trays with wire floor

2. Crooked toes – Chicks have bent toes or any other irregular shape.
Causes:
a. Improper temperature
b. Improper ventilation
c. Improper nutrition of breeders

Corrective measure:
a. Follow recommended incubation temperatures
b. Provide a well-balanced
balanced nutritional diet to
breeders

3.Spraddle legs- the feet are pointing to the side instead of forward making walking
difficult.
Causes:
a. Temperature fluctuations during incubation
b. Difficult hatch
c. Brooder overcrowding
Corrective measures:
a. Follow recommended temperature settings
b. Provide proper conditions for normal hatching

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4. Closed eyes- Baby chicks have eyelids crusted or blued shut.
Causes:
a. High temperature in hatcher
b. Low humidity in hatcher
c. Improper nutrition of breeders

Corrective measures;
a. Follow recommended incubation
temperatures
b. Increase incubation humidity by evaporation
c. Provide a well-balanced
balanced nutritional diet to br
breeders

5.Missing eyes- chick hatched with no eyes.

Causes:
a. High temperatures
b. Improper egg handling during incubation

Corrective measures:
a .Follow recommended temperature settings
b. Proper egg handling during incubation.

6. Sticky chicks – have albumin sticking to them.

Causes:
a. High temperature
b. Low humidity
c. Too late egg transfer
d. Inadequate ventilation
e. Inadequate eggs turning during incubation

Corrective measures:
a. Follow recommended temperature settings
b. Increase humidity by evaporation
c. Egg transferring must be its proper time
d. Proper ventilation
e. proper egg handling

7. CHICK CAN’T STAND - unable to stand. No splayed legs.

Causes:
a. Improper temperature in hatcher.
b. High humidity in hatcher
c. Malposition during incubation
d. Improper nutrition of breeders

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Corrective measures:
a. Follow recommended temperature settings
b. Provide normal humidity level
c. Proper egg handling during incubation
d. Provide a well-balanced
balanced nutritional diet to breeders

8. ROUGH OR UN - HEALED NAVELS

Causes:

a. High temperatures ( 1 1-19 days )

b. High humidity ( 20
20-21 days)
c. Navel infection ( Omphalitis)
d. Improper sanitation in incubator
e. Improper nutrition of breeders

Corrective measures:
a. Follow recommended incubation
temperatures
b. keep humidity level at normal
c. Clean and disinfect incubator and hatching units
d. Proper sanitation in incubator
e. Provide a well-balanced
balanced nutritional diet to breeders

9. DEHYDRATED CHICKS

Causes:

a. Low humidity level in hatcher

b. Eggs set too early
c. Improper transportation

Corrective measures:
a. Maintain normal humidity level in hatcher
.b. Eggs setting should be at proper time
c. Proper transportation

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10.SOFT OR MUSHY CHICKS

Causes:

a. High setter temperature

b. High hatcher humidity
c. Improper sanitary conditions in incubator

Corrective measures:
a. Follow recommended temperature settings
b. Proper sanitation

11.CHICKS TOO SMALL

Causes:
a. Small eggs
b. Thin egg shell
c. Too low humidity in setter ( 1
1-19 days)
d. Egg produced in hot weather
e. Diseased or poor breeder flock
f. Improper nutrition of breeders

Corrective measures:
a. Follow recommended temperature settings
b. Set only standard sized eggs
c. Used eggs from disease
disease- free sources only
d. Provide a well-balanced
balanced nutritional diet to breeders

12.CHICKS TOO LARGE

Causes:
a. Large eggs
b. High humidity in setter
c Diseased or stress breeder flock
d. Poor ventilation
e. Hatched trays are not uniform

Corrective measures:
a. Set only standard size egg
b. Used eggs from disease
disease- free sources only
c. Proper ventilation
d. Keep humidity level in normal range

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13. CROSSED BEAK

Causes:

a. Virus infection
b. Heredity

Corrective measures:
a. Proper disinfection of incubating and
hatching units

14. EXPOSED BRAIN

Causes:

a. Heredity
b. Too high humidity
c. malposition

Corrective measures:

a. Follow recommended temperature settings

b. Proper egg handling

15. CHECK DEATH AFTER PIPPING

Causes:

1. Genetic factors
2. Improper nutrition of breeders
3. Disease breeder flock
4.Eggs incubated with small end up
5.Improper egg turning during first two weeks
6.Eggs transferred from setter to hatcher too
early
7.Improper ventilation
8.High CO2 level in incubator
9. High temperature and humidity

Corrective measures:
a. Used eggs from disease
disease- free sources only
b. set eggs with small ends down. Tirn eggs at least three times daily
c. Proper ventilation
d. Follow recommended temperatur
temperature settings
e. Provide a well-balanced
balanced diet to breeders

https://www.slideshare.net/mujahiddr/abnormalities
https://www.slideshare.net/mujahiddr/abnormalities-in-hatching--chicks-16032422

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METHODS OF CULLING
Several methods are used to cull chicks:
1. Maceration- (also called 'grinding', 'shredding' or 'mincing'); the chicks are placed
into a large high-speed
speed grinder.

2. Asphysiation -(also
(also called gassing or controlled atmosphere
mosphere killing);carbon
killing);

dioxide (CO2) is used to induce unconsciousness and then death.

3. Cervical dislocation - the neck is broken.

4.Electrocution - an electric current is passed through the chick's body until it is

dead.

5. Suffocation - the chicks are placed in plastic bags

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_culling

SAFETY PRACTICES:

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A. SAFE HANDLING

Wash your hands well with soap and water before handling your chicks. If
possible, bring always an alcohol or hand sanitizer to make sure your hands are
clean. If children are handling your chicks, be sure to keep their hands out of their
mouths. Change your shoes and clothes before handling your chicks or fowl, if
you’ve been to areas where o
other
ther chickens or fowl have been, to avoid transmitting
disease. Visitors should follow similar protocol;

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B. SOCIALIZING THE CHICKS

Chicks are also adjusting for the first couple of days in your brooder so, try to
avoid handling them if possible. There’s no need to rush them. They are getting used
to new surroundings.

On the third day, you can place your hands in the box, let them walk around it
use slow movements so they will not run or jump. On the fourth day, allow them to
eat feed out of your hand.

On the seventh day, you can hold your chicks, pick them just a few inches
from the ground, if they are unsteady, delay another day or two, Never over-handle
chicks that are stressed, If they used to being held, you can handle them well.

How to keep the birds healthy?

Isolating your birds from other animals is one way of keeping them healthy.
Limit visitors from entering your poultry house and yard because they might bring
disease from outside. Flocks should be free from rodents. It might be a carrier of
disease.

Controlling parasites is another way of keeping your birds healthy. You

can do these by rotating yard and range areas so that birds are not on the same
ground. Clean the surroundings of your flocks as often as possible.. Check the
birds for lice and mites occasionally.

Vaccination is advisable for chicks or pullets against Pullorum-typhoid. It is

important to vaccinate them to protect them from any diseases. If possible,
isolate the bigger birds from the younger ones. Young birds should be given care
and attention first.

Cannibalism usually occurs in the growing and laying flocks. There are
factors that plays a role in cannibalism like crowding, nutrient deficiencies, poor
ventilation, too little drinking or eating space, idleness and too much light.

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 These factors can be controlled by giving them proper care. Beak trimming
can be a permanent solution in cannibalism Beak can be trimmed at any age but
it should be done properly.. It should be avoided in times of stress.
stress

What’s More

To deepen your knowledge and understandin

understanding,
g, do the activity given below.
Directions:
A. Identify what abnormalities of chicks shown in the picture and write its
corrective measures in your notebook.

Corrective measures

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B. Bubble Map

Using a bubble map, write d down the factors to consider during the brooding
period and report in front of the class.

FACTORS TO CONSIDER DURING

THE BROODING PERIOD SO YOU
HAVE A HEALTHY FLOCK

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What matters is, Your Opinion

Directions: Explain briefly the following

1. Among the methods of culling, which do you prefer to use? Why?

2. Explain safety practices and proper handling of chicks.

Rubrics

Content Outstanding Good Fair Poor Very

5 4 3 2 poor
1
Knowledge Writes well Writes fairly Fair Incomplete, Very
and and very clear. . presentation. choppy and unclear.
understanding organized. . Presentation Few confusing Topic
Statements and supporting was not
sentences.
are clear and organization details. address.
concise. is good. No thoughts
Shows Detail is of
thorough sufficient. organization
understanding
of the topic
Responsibility Exceeded Finish task Failed to Frequently Failed to
expectations most of the complete failed to complete
on timely time task on time complete task all
completion on sometimes. task on time the time
task
Effort Students put Students put Students put Lazy in Shows
full effort in some effort little effort in answering no effort
answering the in answering answering the activity at all
activity the activity the activity

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 What I Have Learned

Hi learners! You already identify some of the abnormalities of chicks and the
methods of culling. It also emphasized the reason why we need to cull chicks and
when do we need to cull. This time you will do some activity. Answer it in your
notebook or report in front of the class.

A. The Manager
You plan to start a new poultry business with the members of your group.
Make a roll play on how you are going to start the business.

B. Visitation
Try to visit a poultry farm in your locality. Observe the design and construction
of their brooder, growing and laying houses. Make a plan of your design of a house
and report in front of the class.

Rubrics
Very Good Good Fair
Content 15 10 5
Students were able Students were able Students were able
Knowledge to convey several to convey a few to convey limited
and ideas on the topic ideas on the topic ideas on the topic
understanding with a good degree with some degree with little
of knowledge of knowledge knowledge
Work was Work was Work was prepared
prepared and prepared and and planned with
Accuracy planned with planned with some little effectiveness
considerable effectiveness
effectiveness
Learners put full Learners put some Learners put
effort into this effort into this little or no effort
Effort
activity activity into this
activity.

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 What I Can Do

A. Poster Making

Base on the topics that you’ve learned, draw the chicken of your choice, and
make it as realistic, colorful
rful and attractive.

Rubrics is use to rate your work

Criteria Very good Fair Poor

10 5 2
content Shows good Shows fair Hardly shows an
understanding of understanding of understanding of
concepts concepts concepts
clarity Understand easily It shows sense Hardly make sense
creativity Has excellent Quality of work is Has poor quality of
quality of work, fair, shows little work, shows no
competent, shows imagination imagination
imagination

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 Assessment (Post-test)

Congratulations learners! You did a great job. Rest and relax then take the
post- test to evaluate your learning.

1.. Which of the following factors is the very foundation of a successful poultry
business?
A. value of body changes in culling
B. value of molt in culling
C. value of vigor in culling
D. value
ue of yellow pigment in culling

2. Why should we give 24 hours of light to the chicks for their first 48 hours?
A. so that they can easily find the feeders and waterers.
B. so that young chicks can sleep well.
C. so that they will become more comfortable.
d. so that they will grow faster.
3. Why should we buy chicks from the hatchery and not form any flocks?
A. cheap cost of feeds results to very small profit.
B. chicks from the hatchery is not quality and therefore not good for growing
C. not all flocks which were tested for pullorum
disease .
D. Sometimes good chicks can be secured from any places with good
advertisements.
4. Which of the following canno
cannot cause cannibalism in a flock?
A. crowding B. enough water and eating space
C. idleness D. poor ventilation

5. Which of the following is not a fa

factor of growing healthy chicks?
A. Clean chicks and hatch chicks early.
B. Clean brooder house and feeds.
C. Clean ground.
D. Clean the garden area

6. When is the right time to cull?

A. at the time eggs are selected for incubation.
B. if chicken are not ready for hatching.
C. during hatching period.
D. time of year in which she molts.

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7.Which of the following is the cause of small or missing eye/eyes of the chicks?
A. Genetic trait B. High temperature during incubation
C. low temperature during incubation D. No proper nutrition

8. Which of the following refers to the removal of the non-laying or low producing
hens from a laying flock?
A. culling B. layering
C. pruning D. tilling

9.. What are the most common parasites found on chickens?

A. mites and lice B. stomach and gut worms
C. protozoa D. worms

10. Which of the following device is used to produce heat to protect chicks from the
cold?
A. brooder B. dispenser
C. feeder D. heater

11. Why adequate amount of air movement is important in poultry house?

A. all of the choices
B. helps to regulate the temperature
C. it supplies the birds with oxygen
D. prevents build up of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ammonia which in excess
is harmful.

12. What is the required measurement in floor space of birds raise for egg
production?
A. five square foot per bird B. four square foot per bird
C. three square foot per bird D. two square foot per bird

13. Brooding period last for how many weeks?

A. eight weeks B. nine weeks
C. seven weeks D. six weeks

14. Which of the following are the possible causes of beak abnormalities?
A. all of the choices
B. Exposure to pesticide
C. genetic trait and poor hen nutrition
D. hatching eggs exposed to near freezing temperatures

15.Which of the following is not a by-product of Poultry Raising?

A. eggs B. manure
C. meat D. milk

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 Additional Activity

In thiss pandemic times, you should always stay healthy especially in taking
care of your chicks. Below are the preventive measures for poultry workers.
Complete the table in your own idea or understanding.

Wash your hands…

Keep it clean by…
Keep equipment and vehicles clean…
Wear PPE…
Use ventilation to reduce heat and
gases…
Drink plenty of fluid…
Use biosecurity…
If you or your family get sick…

Rubrics

Content Outstanding Good Fair Poor Very poor

5 4 3 2 1
Knowledge Writes well Writes fairly Fair Incomplete, Very
and and very clear. . presentation. choppy and unclear.
understanding organized. . Presentation Few confusing Topic was
Statements and supporting not address.
sentences.
are clear and organization details.
concise. is good. No thoughts
Shows Detail is of
thorough sufficient. organization
understanding
of the topic
Responsibility Exceeded Finish task Failed to Frequently Failed to
expectations most of the complete failed to complete
on timely time task on time complete task all the
completion on sometimes. task on time time
task
Effort Students put Students put Students put Lazy in Shows no
full effort in some effort little effort in answering effort at all
answering the in answering answering the activity

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 activity the activity the activity

Key to Answe
Answer
LESSON 1 What’s More 3.SPRADDLE LEGS
What I Know Activity 2 Corrective measures:
measures
A. a.Follow recommended
1.D 6.A 11. A 1. CRIPPLED CHICKS
2.A 7.A 12. B Corrective measures: temperature settingsb.
settingsb
3.D 8.A 13. C a. Follow recommended incubation Provide proper conditions for
4.D 9.B 14. A temperatures. normal hatching
5.A 10.A 15. C b. . Increase incubation humidity
c. Set eggs with ends down. Turn 4. CHICK CAN’T STAND
eggs at least three times a day Corrective measures:
c. . Proper culling and breeding a. Follow recommended
What’s new practices temperature settings
Layer Non-layer d. Use trays with wire floors
bright,prominen dull,sunken b. Provide normal humidity
2. ROUGH OR UN - HEALED
t yellow,tented NAVELS level
bleached yellow Corrective measures: c. Proper egg handling during
bleached shallow,tough incubation
a.Follow recommended
deep,soft,pliabl tight
incubation temperature d. Provide a well-balanced
well
e
stiff,close b. keep humidity level at nutritional diet to breeders
br
together normal 5. CROSSED BEAK
flexible,wide, c.Clean and disinfect incubator Corrective measures:
apart small,dry. and hatching units a.Proper disinfection of
Puckered,yellow d. Proper sanitation in incubating and hatching units
large,moist, incubator
bleached
e. Provide a well-balanced
nutritional diet to breeders

What’s more Assessment (Post-test)

B. Bubble map (In any order) 1.C 6. A 11. A

1.space 2.A 7.B 12. D
2. Draft- free ventilation 3.C 8 .A 13. D
3. light 4.B 9. A 14. A
4. temperature 5.D 10. A 15. D
5.easy acces to feed and waterer

What matters, is your opinion Additional Activity

Answers may vary .Refer to rubrics given.
Answers depends to the response of the learners,
Refer to rubrics given

What I can do
Poster making:

Refer to rubrics given

.

What I have learned

Activities for Enhancement

Refer to rubrics given

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References

Poultry farming::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poultry_farming

https://www.dummies.com/home-garden/hobby-farming/raising-chickens/how-to-spot-
problems-of-newly-hatched-chicks/

Methods of culling: Good and bad layers

Morphomologies: https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/zoology/process-of-culling-in-poultry-
farming/24096

Culling of chicken
https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/zoology/process-of-culling-in-poultry-farming/24096
Abnormalities of chicks.. https://www.dummies.com/home-garden/hobby-farming/raising-
chickens/how-to-spot-problems-of-newly-hatched-chicks/
: https://www.slideshare.net/mujahiddr/abnormalities-in-hatching-chicks-
16032422

http://openprairie.sdstate.edu/agexperimentsta_circ
Culling the poultry flock: https: // ir.library.oregonstate.edu/downloads/rj4308167
Brooding chicks
https://www.google.com/search?q=brooding+chicks+meaning&oq=brooding+chicks&aqs=c
hrome.3.69i57j0l7.7835j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Brooding chicks factors

https://extension.tennessee.edu/Sumner/Documents/ANR/Poultry/Brooding%20Chicks.pdf

Methods of culling chicken:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_culling
Rubrics:
https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/education/classrooms/upload/Concept-Map-Scoring-
Rubric.pdf
brooding chicks
https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=B1287&title=Environmental%20
Factors%20to%20Control%20when%20Brooding%20Chicks
safety practices:
https://www.southernstates.com/farm-store/articles/safe-handling-techniques-and-procedures-
for-baby-chicks

How to keep the birds healthy

https://extension.umn.edu/small-scale-poultry/raising-layer-chicks-and-pullets

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