POULTRY FARMING HANDBOOK FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEAN FARMERS

BROILER PRODUCTION

This document was prepared by AGRICARE CONSULTANT for Poultry farmers in Papua New Guinea. The document
was written as a result of having seen the need. With great experience in the poultry sector the book was compiled
and written.

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CONTENT PAGE
Background 2
Introduction 3
Farming in PNG 3
Housing 4
Equipment 5
Brooding 6
Brooder set up 7-8
Brooder management 9
Feeds and feeding 10
Feed calculations 11
Deep litter management 13
Deep litter disposal 15
Feed storage 15
Health and disease prevention 16
Product marketing 17
Revenue calculation 19
Record keeping 20
Budget 22
Conclusion 23

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BACKGROUND

Information is knowledge and knowledge is know how. Having the right kind of
information increases the understanding level. In Poultry productions farmers
need the vital information of everything about starting and managing a
sustainable and profitable poultry enterprise. The availability and accessibility of
information is important because it enables famers to know and understand all
that is needed to look after chickens successfully. Information comes in different
forms and they include; books, catalogue, brochures, magazines, radio and
televisions and publications, onsite trainings, workshops, lectures and more. Any
information provided to rural farmers must be easily accessible, simple to
understand and applicable.
Poultry farming in Papua New Guinea has greater chances of growing as more
farmers grow interest in Broiler, Egg layer, Village chickens and Duck farming.
Broiler productions continues to lead as more poultry farmers see broiler
productions as faster means of making more money within short period of time.
Growing interest in poultry is not proportional to information availability and
accessibility in PNG. Lack of information creates a knowledge gap in this industry
does contributing to the struggles the farmers face in managing sustainable
poultry productions.

AGRICARE CONSULTANTS is an Agricultural Advisory and Consultation

services based in University of Natural Resources and Environment in KOKPO,
East New Britain province. In addition we also provide other sector related
products and services including crop and livestock farming manuals and deliver
in PDF copies. Based on experience and observation for more than five years we
have seen the information gap in the poultry industry hence we are contributing
to the closure of this gap with other private sectors, NGOs and Government
organizations in the country. Believing that information is vital for any growing
economy, in Papua New Guinea this is vital for our growth. Ninety-nine percent
of our population is rural farmers and equipping them with the right kind of
information will see growth in SME activities such as small to medium scale
poultry productions.

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INTRODUCTION

Poultry industry occupy 45% of the total livestock industry in Papua New Guinea, 21%
is occupied by small to medium poultry farmers who raise chickens for meat and egg
production and are consumed or sold for income. The increase in the demand for meat
and egg consumption is allowing the need for more farmers to go into small to medium
scale poultry productions.
A farmer needs basic skills and knowledge of poultry birds and production in order for
him or her to venture into poultry farming. In Papua New Guinea farmers have interests
in poultry farming but availability of vital information about setting up a poultry enterprise
on a commercial or semi-commercial scale is minimal creating a knowledge gap.

In this book the farmers will be able to gain some basic skills and knowledge on Broiler
production. They will be able to source from this book required knowledge that will help
them develop their business into a well managed and sustainable farming business.
The power to grow poultry industry in Papua New Guinea depends on the ability to
increase and empower rural famers and that is simply by making available trainings,
informative books, workshops and more.
The interest in small to medium scale broiler productions continues to grow for two
reasons and they are
1. Higher earnings in a short while and 2. Faster growth and more meat per bird.

UNDESTANDING BROILER CHICKEN FARMING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Broiler chicken farming in Papua New Guinea has been growing both in rural and urban areas.
This trend is due to popular demand for broiler chicken meat consumption in almost every
household. Not only is the demand for meat consumption, Broiler production regarded as the
fast income earning business activity.

The two biggest producers of Day Old chicks are TABLEBIRDS and ZENAG and they are the
dominant players in the industry. The companies have agents and distributors in main towns
and cities distributing Day Old chicks and other poultry farming products. Cobb and Ross
breeds are the common broiler breeds with others that may be added to the list.

Limiting factors.

Lack of` constant accessibility to Broiler Day Old Chicks , poultry equipments, stock
feed, high cost of production inputs, available markets to sell products, lack of basic
skills and knowledge to manage production and income and funding incentives to
support expansion continues to be the limiting factors for broiler farming in many parts
of the country.
With the growing interest for small to medium scale broiler farming in both rural and
urban farmers there is a need to grow this interest to extensive levels. Encouraging
equal participation in this sector by all levels of farmers across Papua New Guinea and

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involvement of Government, private sectors and NGOs in providing needed support is
the way forward for Broiler farming and Poultry industry as a whole.

Generally a broiler chicken is made up of water, fat, protein and bone ash in different
compositions as shown in the table below.

Water Fat Protein Bone ash

Percentage (%) 64 14 18 4
Grams (g) 1152 252 324 72

HOUSING

To raise fifty (50) broiler chickens a farmer will need a house measuring no less than
two meters length by two meters wide and five meters in height. The room space to
look after fifty (50) chickens must be 100 cm by 100 cm (1m *1m).

The house must have enough protected windows for air circulation and strong doors
and walls to avoid predators and burglars. The house must be weather proof
meaning rain, wind and sunlight must not easily penetrate and destroy the house
and the animals inside the house or cause illness to the chickens.

EQUIPMENT

Drinkers

Water allocation should meet these requirements:

Number of chickens Age in weeks Litters per day

50 chicks 0-3 5
50 broilers 4-6 12

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Feeders

Broiler chickens should have a continuous supply of feed at all time. Any attempt to
restrict their feed will result in slow growth and starvation. Feed and water troughs can
be made from local material (bamboo) or plastic feeders bought from shops. Feeders
and drinkers are either put on the floor or suspended from the ceiling and adjusted
according to bird age. It is required that feed and water feeders must be purchased to
allow proper feeding as provided in the table below.

A standard drinker and feeder measurements for 50 chickens

CHICKENS AGE NUMBER OF DRINKERS

Broiler chicks 0 – 3 weeks Two drinkers for 50 birds
Broilers 3 - 5 weeks Three drinkers for 50 bids
Broilers 5 – 8 weeks Four drinkers for 50 birds
AGE NUMBER OF FEEDERS
Broiler chicks 0 – 3 weeks Two feeders for 50 birds
Broilers 3 - 5 weeks Three feeders for 50 bids
Broilers 5 – 8 weeks Four feeders for 50 birds
TOTAL Drinkers: 4. Feeders: 4

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BROODING

Brooder is a confined area prepared and ready prior to receiving Day Old chicks .The
chicks need to be kept warm (brooded) as there is normally no mother hen to brood
them for the first three weeks. Brooder can be made of flat iron sheet or card box with
wood shavings put inside as bedding, Also placed inside must be feed, water and
lighting to provide light and heat. Most farmers in rural areas have been using small
kerosene lamps as a source of light and heat to the chicks.
Brooder must be about 90 centimeters in diameter and 50 to 90 centimeters in height. It
is required that brooder be extended in diameter after every week and be removed at
four weeks old.
A cold-box brooder can be used but only for up to 50 chicks and it does not have heat
source, the chicks keep each other warm in an insulated box.

Materials needed for a brooder setup.

Material Purpose Measurement

Flat iron sheet or Build confinement 90 cm diameter
cardboard area
Wood shavings Bedding 10 -30 cm thick
Drinkers Store water for Placed inside the brooder where all chicks can drink
chicks
Feeders Store feed for Placed inside the brooder where all chicks can eat
chicks
Lamp Heat and light Placed inside 10 cm above the bedding in the center.

Water and feed must be changed after every feeding with drinkers and feeders washed
with detergents before new feed and water is put into the feeders. Dip litter must be
turned every day and be replaced as soon as possible.

A circular brooder made of flat iron sheet or cardboard

This end open
100 cm

100 cm

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 A cubic brooder with top end opening made of empty carton or wooden box

This end open

100 cm

100 cm

Brooder setup for the first two weeks (Day old to 13th day)
Stick

Rope
Lamp

Saw dust

Card box Drinker

Feed

After two weeks replace the card box or newspaper with plastic or metal feeders bought
from the shop. Feed and water must be filled to maximum for chicks to eat and drink
every day.
Make sure that the feeders and drinkers are placed at their chest level to avoid feed
and water spillage. The following applies to chickens in the brooder and those that are
outside.
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Feed and water spillages results in feed and water wastage, deep litter becoming wet
leading to maggots and other parasite growth and smelly broiler house. The deep litter
in the brooder must be turned frequently and replaced whenever the deep litter can no
longer absorb chicken wastes.
In bad weather when temperature gets too low or at night times cover the top of the
brooder allowing a smaller gap for air circulation. This is to avoid chickens getting too
cold and die and this is common problem at Day old to the first one week of age.

The picture below shows the feeder and drinker raised up to chest level of the chickens to avoid feed and
water spillage that will lead to feed wastage and dip litter damping

Chick separations in the brooding stage.

Chick separation according to weight range is one way to increase growth rate in
broilers. At Day old or after one week of age separate the chickens according to the
weight range. Any chick that weighs above 50 grams must be put together in a different
brooder away from those that weigh below 50 grams and feed them separately. In this
way competition for feed, water and space will be reduced and increase chicken growth
and performance.

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CHICK BEHAVIOUR IN THE BROODER

Chick behavior in the brooder indicates their comfort and stress conditions. It is
important that the farmer is well aware of that and knows exactly what to do. The table
below shows the group behavior of chicks responding to heat level in the brooder and
what farmer must do.

Chick Behavior Temperature What to do

Crowded at one end of the Too cold Increase the heat
brooder
Crowding around the edges Hot Reduce the heat
Dispersed evenly within the Just right
brooder

Death is normally highest during the first few days so the chicks need special care. Very
small chicks are particularly vulnerable and dead chicks should be removed
immediately and buried or burnt.

BROODER REMOVAL

Brooder must be removed after three weeks and the chickens occupy the bigger room
space. Prepare and put in place feeders and drinkers filled with water and feed
immediately after the dismantling of brooder. In the bigger space the chickens will live
there for another three weeks before they are killed or sold live. Turn the deep litter
thoroughly after the brooder has been removed and replace with new deep litter if
required. This is to prevent or reduce growth of harmful organisms like bacteria to live,
breed and make chickens sick. At every stages of production it is important to avoid
animal losses as every loss is worth money.

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6.0 FEEDS

Feed covers 70% of the total operational costs in a broiler enterprise whether it is big or
small scale. Feed is the major constraint (difficulty) to producing and sourcing in
developing countries like PNG. Compounded (mixed) feed is expensive and there may
be no feed mill and mixed feed is not readily available. Feed have to come a long
distance and probably will be very expensive and unreliable so you have to plan and
order in advance.
The most common stock feeds that are available in the country and those that you can
find and buy in any agricultural shops are Broiler starter and Broiler finishers. Others
are concentrated feeds such as fish meal and copra meal that does not provide enough
of the required amounts of ingredients.
The three main producing and supplying stock feed companies in PNG are MAINLAND
HOLDINGS LTD, TABLEBIRDS and ZENAG. All three have distributing companies like
Farmset PNG Limited distributing Zenag stock feeds in most urban centers of PNG.
There are small retailers buying stock feed from distributors and resell to the farmers.
NARI Concentrate is a locally formulated feed formulated by team of NARI scientists
and Nutritionists using local feed resources available in PNG. The concentrated feed
was tested and proven and now available for chicken farmers to source from any NARI
stations nationwide.

FEEDING

Baby chicks (Day old - 3 weeks) need very high quality feed that is rich in protein and
other useful ingredients. In Papua New Guinea Broiler starter is the recommended feed
that is given to chicks from Day old to three weeks of age. Broiler starter is high in
protein (21 % CP) and chicks need this feed for growth and development.

At the first week of the fourth week broiler starters is mixed with broiler finisher. This is
to allow chickens to shift from broiler starter to broiler finisher feed gradually. Broiler
finisher contains less protein (18% CP) with other vital ingredients. As the chickens
reach fifth and sixth week of their age most feed given is used up for maintaining bodily
functions. It is unwise to look after broiler chickens exceeding the marketable age, 5 – 6
weeks old. Avoid feed wastage by giving right amount of feed and in good feeders and
drinkers.

The table below shows the total amount of feed in kilograms that will be consumed in a six weeks growth
period.

Stage Feed type Amount

Day old – three weeks Broiler starter 80 Kg / 50 birds
Four – six weeks Broiler finisher 120 Kg / 50 birds

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DAILY FEED RATIONS CALCULATION

The above table shows in total kilograms broiler birds will consume from day old to the
sixth week. We can now use the above table to calculate daily rations of each feed for
one day meal.

Number of chickens: 50 chickens. Number of weeks: six weeks. Number of

feed types: Two

Broiler Starter: 80 Kilograms

____________ = 1.6 Kilograms per chicken
50 chickens

1.6 kilograms or 1600 grams

_________________________ = 76 grams / bird / day. 76 grams*50 birds/day = 3800
grams / day
21 days (3 weeks)

 Around 3800g or 3.8 kilograms of feed is needed to feed 50 broilers per day at
any time of the three weeks period.

Broiler finisher: 120 Kilograms

____________ =2.4 kilograms (2400 grams)
50 chickens

2400 grams
__________ = 114 grams*50 chickens = 5714 grams/day
21 days

 Around 5714 grams or 5.7 kilograms of broiler finisher will be consumed every
day by 50 chickens or 114.28 grams per bird per day.

Therefore, a broiler farmer will need two bags of broiler starter (40 Kg) and three bags
of broiler finisher (40 Kg) to look after one batch (50 chickens) from day old to six weeks
old.

Example of calculation for 100 broiler chickens to determine performance

Starter period (1-21 days)

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Weight at 1day old 4.5 kg
Weight at 3 weeks old 62.0 kg
Weight gain (21 days) 57.5 kg

Feed at start 100 kg

Feed at finish13.75 kg
Feed eaten (0-21 days) 86.25 kg

Feed conversion ratio (0-21 days) 86.25

____ = 1.50

57.50

Finisher period (22-49 days)

Weight at 21 days: 62.0 kg

Weight at 49 days: 180.0 kg
Weight gain: 118.0 kg

Feed at 21 days: 300.0 kg

Feed at 49 days: 5.0 kg
Feed eaten (21-49 days) 295.0 kg

Feed conversion ratio (21-49 days) 295 = 2.50

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Whole period (1-49 days)

Weight gain: 175.5 kg

Feed eaten: 381.25 kg
Feed converse: on ratio (1-49 days)

Feed eaten: 381.25

--------- = 2.17
Weight gain:
175.5

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DIPLITTER AND MANAGEMENT

Dip litter is any material like sawdust or dried grass that is put all over the floor where
chickens will be raised on. The purpose of the dip litter is to absorb chicken wastes,
moisture, spilled water and act as a cushion for the chickens. Make sure that the
thickness of the litter from the floor should be around 20-30cm thick. The saw dust that
will be used as a dip litter material must not be too fine; this is to avoid chickens from
dust choking.
To manage dip litter well make sure to do the following,
 should be turned twice weekly
 should be kept dry always to avoid damping
 changed every two batches of meat birds or every batch of layers
 The dip litter to be used must not be too fine to avoid dusting
 Should be free of chemical contamination such as engine oils from saw mills.
 Have readily stored replacement dip litter.

 A dry and fresh sawdust ready to be used as dip litter in a poultry house.

The dip litter not managed well will get cemented, moldy and muddy, allow flies to lay
eggs and hatch maggots. The overall result will see chickens having breast blisters,
chicken feathers looking grey colored, chickens having mud balls on leg and internal
parasitic infections

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 A picture showing a well managed dip litter

USED DIPLITTER DISPOSAL

Chicken manure is an excellent fertilizer for gardens but needs to be aged left for a
month or two before application otherwise it may burn the plants. Dip litter removed
from broiler houses can be used almost immediately on the garden in the food gardens
or flower gardens and flower pots. Manure can also be bagged in bags and sold to
make additional income.
It is an environmental hazard when dip litter is disposed in water ways, rivers and
streams and anywhere. Make sure that used dip litters are disposed correctly at a
proper place or dumped in a hole and buried.

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FEED STORAGE

Feed ingredients and mixed diets must be stored in a clean, dry space about 5 cm
above the floor in a rat-proof area. The feed should be labeled and old feed used first
before opening new feed ingredients. In warm countries like Papua New Guinea
especially the coastal areas, feed should be kept for a period of 4-6 weeks and after
that it will deteriorate. Keeping feed in room temperatures or below will help to reduce
gradual nutrient loss. Stock feed beetles live and breed in the feed and this result in
nutritional losses affecting chicken growth. Fumigate the feed storage house or store
feed in a storage shed or house made of brick with insect and rat proof ventilation
windows. Avoid feed from getting contact with water when in storage because it will
make it smell attracting army flies to lay eggs destroying the feed quality.
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HEALTH AND DISEASE PREVENTION

Chickens are fragile and can get sick very easily especially when young. There are
three main causes of diseases in the poultry birds and they are: Environmental,
Infectious and Non-Infectious causes.

Cause Disease example

Environmental Heat stress
Infectious New castle disease
Non-infectious Stunted growth

In most cases much of the diseases in poultry birds are infectious and are caused by
organisms that are categorized into five classes as seen in the table below.

Class Disease example Cause

Bacterial diseases Pullorum disease Salmonella pullorum

Viral Infectious bronchitis IBV Virus

External parasite Skin sore Head lice
Internal parasite Diarrhea Round worms
Protozoa coccidiosis Eimeria

Viral and bacterial diseases are difficult to diagnose. There is need for a specialist with
laboratory backup to identify diseases. Once the birds have contracted a disease, it may
be too late to treat it effectively although for some bacterial diseases antibiotics in the
drinking water may be successful.

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Respiratory diseases can be identified when the birds cough and wheeze. Only a few
may die from infectious bronchitis if they are put on a mineral supplement (electrolyte
replacer) to make up for mineral losses that occur in the watery excreta.
External parasites can be treated with chemical sprays, and for internal parasites the
chemical is put in their drinking water. A dust (sand) bath helps to control some external
parasites.
Blood in excreta may be a sign of coccidiosis - common in meat chickens. Mortality can
be high in infected birds and any treatment is often too late. Birds on a slatted floor or in
cages are less likely to become infected than those on solid floors. In commercial
practice, a coccidiostatis usually added to broiler diets.
Chickens can be vaccinated using four methods (1) by placing a drop in the eye (2) put
vaccine in the birds’ drinking water (3) spray the birds with the vaccine (3) inject with a
needle usually into the wing.

“Remember that “prevention is better than cure!”

PREVENTATIVE MEASURES

Here are some things that must be done to avoid pest and diseases from causing harm
to the broiler chickens.
1. Many diseases can be prevented by keeping your poultry house very clean
2. Do not overcrowd chickens, overcrowding of birds can cause disease
3. Do not allow other poultry on to your farm (e.g. neighbor’s scavenging chickens)
4. Do not allow other poultry farmers to enter your shed.
5. Remove sick animals out from the flock
6. Provide clean feed and water every day to the chickens.
7. Place a foot bath with a disinfectant in it or limestone outside the door of your
poultry house
8. Have a special pair of boots/shoes that you will use only when you are working in
your poultry house
9. Leave sufficient time between batches of birds to clean the house and get rid of
diseases that need to have a bird (host) to survive
10. Discard damp, old feed. It can grow mould which can produce toxins. They can
kill or make your chickens sick
11. All in-all out systems in which all birds are the same age help to reduce disease
out breaks

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PRODUCT ADVERTISING AND MARKETING

Product advertising is important; information about a product must be able to reach

potential buyers who are your clients. There are many ways that a product can be
advertised and some include; Face book, Instagram, LinkedIn, WhatsApp groups, Text
messaging, Radio and TV broadcasting, Public notice board notices, phone calls,
emails and verbal communication. Analyze each of them and select the best that suits
your budget and effective for your use. In today’s world the technologies have made the
world to be in our finger tips and product advertising and marketing is no longer a
problem to live with.

MARKETING

A product must be sold to bring in income and cover the cost of production and make
profit. There are many ways of selling chickens and here are some;
 Alive on a bird or on a weight basis. E.g. K40 per live broiler or K40 per 1Kg live
broiler.
 Through middle man who will take some of your profit for himself.
 Dressed, plucked, eviscerated (guts) and organs (lungs, liver, and heart)
removed. This is time-consuming and need proper processing and storage
facilities.
 sell to an abattoir for processing
Downstream processing must be promoted to add value to the product and increase
income. There are shops in the country currently selling small, medium and bigger
chicken plucking machines that one can buy and use for feather plucking broiler
chickens. After feather plucking remove the offal, (head, intestines, liver, heart, giblets
and feet) pack as whole chicken, store in deep freezers and sell to the customers. Get
further advice from DAL extension officers or NAQIA on the regulation requirements.

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 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE CALCULATION
Here is a revenue and expenditure calculation in a tabular form to show the profitability
of broiler farming. As expressed the broiler farming is one of the quickest ways of
generating good income that will lead to profit accumulation.

Expenditures Quantity Unit Total Expenditu Quantit Unit Total Expenditu Quan Unit Total cost
cost(K) cost (K) res y cost( cost (K) res tity cost(K) (K)
K)
Broiler 1 300 300 Broiler 1 300 300 Broiler 2 300 600
chicks chicks chicks
Stock feed 3 130 390 Stock 3 130 390 Stock 6 130 780
feed feed
Stock feed 3 125 375 Stock 3 125 375 Stock 6 125 750
feed feed
Drinkers Local Drinkers Local 0 Drinkers Local 0
Drinkers Local Drinkers Local 0 Drinkers Local 0
Feeders Local Feeders Local 0 Feeders Local 0
Feeders Local Feeders Local 0 Feeders Local 0
Kerosene 1 15 15 Kerosene 0 Kerosene 0
lamp lamp lamp
Kerosene 5 3 15 Kerosene 5 3 15 Kerosene 5 3 15
Sawdust Free 0 0 Sawdust Free 0 Sawdust Free 0
Transport 1 100 100 Transpor 1 100 100 Transpor 1 100 100
hire t hire t hire
Labor cost Family 0 Labor Family 0 Labor Famil 0
cost cost y
Other costs 1 100 100 Other 1 100 100 Other 1 100 100
costs costs
TOTAL COST 1295 TOTAL 1280 TOTAL 2345 4920
COST COST
INCOME INCOME INCOME
Broilers 50 50 2500 Broilers 50 50 Broilers 100 100
TOTAL 2500 TOTAL 2500 TOTAL 5000 10000
INCOME INCOME INCOME

Sales 1 profit Income 2500 Sales 2 Inco 2500 Sales 3 Income 5000
profit me profit
Expenditu 1295 Expen -1280 Expendi 2345
re ditur ture
e
After three 1205 1220 2655 5080
sales

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RECORD KEEPING

It is essential that you keep good records of feed used, dead birds, weight of birds at the
end. These records will then be used to determine if you made a profit or a loss. It is
important to keep good records of broiler performance.
 record when you open a new batch of feed of known weight
 mark when a bird dies or is removed from the pen
 record weight of birds when weighed at 4 and 7 weeks
 At 4 weeks take a sample of say 10 birds in a batch of 50 and weight them
 divide total bird weight by number of birds weighed to get average broiler weight
 add up all feed used (weight of bag x number of bags) then divide by total weight
of birds, then by the number of birds
 Feed conversion ratio is feed consumed divided by the total weight of birds
 calculate mortality (%) by dividing the number of birds at the end by the number
placed in the pen at the start x 100,
Records can be divided into two categories, financial records the expenditures and
income while physical records the nonfinancial activities.

Below are some of the basic records kept in a broiler production farm anywhere.

Physical farm records Financial farm records (K)

Stock feed (KG) Income records
Broiler losses Expenditure records
Stock take Asset valuation records
Inventory Banking statements
Labor records

A broiler physical deaths record sheet

Batch Number: 1
Date arrived: 21st January 2016
Supplier: ZENAG
Number of chicks: 52 (one box)

Week 1 2 3 4 5 6
DEATHS
Day
1
2
3

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5
6
7
Total =
Accumulative deaths =

Feed usage Records

Feed type Date Used (Morning) Used (Afternoon) Total (Kg) Remarks
Broiler starter
Broiler finisher

Sales and income record

Date Number of Credit sales Cash sales Total sales Remarks

birds sold

TOTAL

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BUDGET

A statement of expected expenses, income and

profit or loss is then calculated.
Expenses are always divided into two categories.
Direct cost involve expenses on tangible items like
feed, equipment, chemicals while indirect cost
involves expenditures non tangible items such as
electricity and phone bills, water bills and rentals.

Below is an example of a budget.

Expenses and Direct Costs

1 box chicks K300
Feed (10 bags of each K765
kind x K100 per bag)
Heating ( cost of fuel) K100
Medicine, vaccines, K100
disinfectants
Transport for everything K100
Litter K50
Other costs (5%) K100
A. TOTAL DIRECT K1515.00
COSTS
Indirect costs
Water K100
Electricity K100
Telephone K100
Rent K100
Bank loan interest K100
B. TOTAL INDIRECT K500
COSTS
Total costs : K2015.00

Monthly income
50 broilers sold at K50 K2500.00
per bird for 50 birds

C. TOTAL INCOME K2500.00

PROFIT (C-A+B) K485.00

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CONCLUSION

Raising Broilers for revenue generation has been a struggle to most rural farmers in
Papua New Guinea. The obstacles for this enterprise include cost of feed, lack of
technical information availability, lack of training and extension services.

Poultry industry in Papua New Guinea will explode if more effort is put in to properly
educate, train and supply rural farmers. Competition must be created to reduce cost of
Day old chicks and stock feed. Currently two biggest companies who are suppliers of
Day old chicks, Zenag and TableBirds are running a monopoly in this sector.

At AGRICARE CONSULTANTS we have always try our best in contributing to the

closing of the gap in the poultry production information sector. We believe that making
available right kind of information at cheaper cost is the way forward for the SME growth
in Papua New Guinea. We all must work together to empower farmers in order to make
PNG the Richest Black Nation in the world.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

AGRICARE CONSULTANTS would like to acknowledge the team for compiling and
writing this Broiler production manual for all poultry farmers in Papua New Guinea. The
tireless efforts that we have contributed to gather and compile information suited and
applicable in our country was purely based on our experience in the poultry sector for
many years.
We also want to thank the University of Natural Resources and Environments Farm
Operations in East New Britain Province for allowing us to get some on field information
and photographs to contribute to the compilation of this very useful document. Joining
hands together and working together to growing the poultry sector by empowering rural
farmers with such resource will go a long way.

Lastly to our families and friends who have supported our work by providing us the
physical strength through moral encouragement to make this document a success.

Thank you every one and God bless us all.

Mr. Gerald ENDA

Managing director.

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