Taking Care of Fishes

and Birds

GRADE V-IPIL-IPIL
Fishes
- fishes can be raised inside or outside your home. Raising fishes inside your house
is called indoor aquaculture.
The following are the possible indoors fishes that you can raise at home.
1. Tilapia it grows fast in
warmer climate. One of the
Advantages of raising this fish is that it is resistant to
Diseases and parasites.
2. Trout – requires precise water conditions. It grows
quickly as well.
3. Catfish grows quickly and is resistant to diseases and
parasites.

4. Bass –is suitable to grow in cages but is harder to

raise. Fingerlings need to close monitoring as large bass
fishes have the tendency to eat the smaller ones.
2. Some terms when raising
fishes at home
a. Fry refers to baby fishes that are
less than a week old.
b. Fingerling refers to young fishes
with three to four months of age.
c. Yearling refers to fishes that under
one year old.
 B. Birds
Chickens Some terms in chickens:
They are omnivorous and can a. Boiler –refers to 6 to 9 months old chicken
be fed with vegetables, b. Fryer – refers to 12 to 14 weeks old chicken that
fruits,and grains among others. weights 3 to 4pounds.
c. Hen refers to a female chicken

d. pullet – refers to a young female chicken that is less than one year old.
e. Cockerel - refers to a male chicken that is less than one year old.
f. Rooster –or a cock refers to a male chicken
g. Chicks – or peeps refer to a baby chicken of both genders.
h. Chicken – refers to both genders.
 c. Ducks They are intelligent birds that can
are easy to care for and have low
also be trained. They can be
food maintenance. They can be
taught simple commands. Some
left in the pond or in any
of the popular duck breeds are
.
freshwater sources. They can eat
Peking ducks and Khaki
aquactic plants in the freshwater
Campbell ducks.
area.

some terms that you should know with when raising

ducks at home:
a. Duckling refers to baby ducks
b. Young drake (male) and young ducks(female) are
under one year of age.
c. Drake refers to adult male ducks. Whereas, duck
refers to its female counterpart.
 Geese

Are strict vegetarians They prefer to be in a grassy place where

they can eat grass and weeds. They produce more droppings
unlike chickens and ducks. They are also intelligent birds like
ducks, however geese are noisy by nature.
 Some terms when raisng geese at
home:
a. Gosling b. Young gander c. Gander
Gander is an adult
Refers to a Male and young gander male goose and
young goose and young goose
goose is it female
(female) uner one
year of age. counterpart
 Turkey
Is known to be prepared
during Thanksgiving Day
and Christmas day in other
countries. This bird can be
raised not only for its meat
and eggs but it can also be
raised as a pet.
 Terms when
raising turkeys:
a. Poult – refers b. Young tom (male)
to a young and young
domesticated hen(female) are under
turkey. one year of age.

c. Tom is an adult male turkey and

hen is its female counterpart
 General requirements needed in raising
domesticated poultry animals:
1. Bird coop and brooder 6. Bird feeds
2. Food and water 7. Pine shavings
3. Water containers 8. Heat lamp
4. Nest box 9. Thermometer
5. Shovel for manure 10. Fence
 Be ready for a
graded recitation on
Tuesday Dec.
7,2021
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