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What Is Litter In Broiler Production?
- Litter in poultry farming can be referred to as the bedding lay on the floor of the bird's pen to give them maximum comfort and allow easy absorption of the manure.
When it's comes to choosing the litter materials to use for bedding in poultry production, there are definitely different numbers of options available though it sometimes depends on which materials is available in your area but irrespective, it must be a good absorbent materials. Example of litter materials to use are sawdust which is my what have been using in my pen, then we have wood shave, rice hulls, pin shavings, peanut hulls, sand, crushed corn cobs and so on....
Reason Why Good Litter Is Important In poultry Farming
Litter material is very important in broiler production because it's serves multifunctional purposes. Litter is so much important in the poultry farming that it's can make or break poultry production depending on the best understanding of the farmers.
Some Purposes Litter Serves In Broiler Production Include:
Like I said earlier that your litter materials must be a good absorbent materials as it absorbs excess moisture from the droppings and drinkers of the birds, and also aid fast drying by increasing the surface area of the house floor;
it dilutes feces material,and also limit contact between birds and manure.
Litter serves as the protective shield between the floor and the birds as it's restrain chicks from the cooling effect of the floor.
Consequences of poor litter on your birds
Like I said earlier that litter must be a good absorbent materials but when litters started to withhold moisture, it tends to cluster together and become caked. Cake d litter is very dangerous to broilersbird as it's can leads to different negativity such as footpad burns and also limit the dressed quality of the birds.
And if proper measure is not taken, an increase of moisture content in the bird's pen will give rise to temperature increase which could leads to fermentation processes in the litter. Fermentation of wet litter give rise to emission of ammonia and when the ammonia levels is higher in poultry farm, it will affect the performance of the birds, limit birds feed intake and cause irritation and also wet litter can give rise to increase of pathogen and this can lead to high chance of disease outbreak.
It is very important to have good litter management practices and finding the right balance between ventilation and temperature is very important as it will help litter to maintain dryness and free of disease which leads to the birds reaching their potential growth in no time.
Litter quality and performance
Paying close attention to litter management is very important in broiler production as it play a crucial role in achieving good production.
In lieu of this, keeping litter dry is very important to keep away disease from your poultryfarm as dry litter helps to upkeep ammonia levels and provide a conducive and healthy environment for the birds.
In order to ensure a great profit in broiler production or poultry farming, it is very important to understand that, apart from getting a good litter materials for your bedding, it is very important to properly managed the litter by keeping it dry if possible at all time to prevent any sort of disease.
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