MASBATE POLYTHECNIC DEVELOPMENT COLLEGE INC.

BALENO, MASBATE

Sector: AGRI - FISHERY

Qualification Title: ANIMAL PRODUCTION (POULTRY – CHICKEN)
Unit of Competency: MAINTAIN POULTRY HOUSE
Module Title: Conduct preparation activities

Masbate Polytechnic and Development College, Inc.

Poblacion, Baleno, Masbate

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 MODULE CONTENT

UNIT OF COMPETENCY : Maintain Poultry Environment

MODULE TITLE : Maintaining Poultry Environment
UNIT CODE : AFF622101

MODULE DESCRIPTOR:

This module covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to

maintain poultry house and its facilities. It includes activities such as conduct
preparation activities, maintain poultry house and facilities, maintain farm area
and perform work to completion.

NOMINAL DURATION: 40 Hours

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of this module, the trainee/student must be able to:

LO 1. Perform preparatory activities

LO 2. Maintain poultry house and facilities

LO 3. Maintain farm area

LO 4. Perform completion activities

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
● Farm layout of poultry house and facilities are determined with reference
to the housing plan.
● Poultry housing and facilities are checked according to enterprise
procedures.
● Conditions of poultry housing and facilities are reported to the immediate
authority and in compliance with Environmental Compliance Certificate.
● Tools, materials and equipment are prepared according to maintenance
requirements and instructions of authority.
● Poultry housing and facilities are cleaned and disinfected in regular basis.
● Minor repairs and maintenance are done as per instruction of the
authority and per work requirements.
● Major malfunctions and irregular conditions in the poultry house and
facilities are reported immediately.
● Wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is practiced
following OSHS procedures.
● Downtime (rest period) is practiced prior to succeeding loading for at least
one week.
● Safety measures are practiced according to Occupational Safety and
Health Standards (OSHS).

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● Maintenance of farm area and vicinities are done according to production
management and enterprise procedures.
● Vermin and insects control is performed according to Fertilizer and
Pesticides Authority guidelines and DENR regulations.
● Maintenance of farm vegetation are conducted to avoid common vermin’s
and insect’s proliferation.
● Records are kept and updated for reporting and inventory purposes
following enterprise procedures.
● Tools and equipment are cleaned and stored according to manuals and
enterprise procedures.
● Housekeeping is practiced following 5S principles and enterprise
procedures.
● Wastes are managed following 3Rs principles and DENR regulations

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 LEARNING OUTCOME NO. 1
CONDUCT PREPARATION ACTIVITIES

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

1. Farm layout of poultry house and facilities are determined with

reference to the housing plan.
2. Poultry housing and facilities are checked according to enterprise
procedures.
3. Conditions of poultry housing and facilities are reported to the
immediate authority and in compliance with Environmental
Compliance Certificate.
4. Tools, materials and equipment are prepared according to
maintenance requirements and instructions of authority.

CONTENTS:

● Farm layout and poultry houses

● Types and uses of farm tools, materials and equipment
● Recording and reporting conditions of poultry house and facilities
● Safety practices

CONDITIONS:

Students/trainees must be provided with the following:

● Poultry house and facilities

o Work area
o Storage room
o Brooding/growing area
● Tools, materials and equipments

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 Equipment Tools Materials
o Electric fans o Carpentry o Sponge
(ventilation) tools
o Lighting o Wheel borrow o Scrub
equipment
o Feeders o Chick guard o Broomstick and
broom
o Waterers o Trash can
o Sprayers o Sacks
o Electric o Dust fan
generator
o Heater o Pipes
o Pale and basin
o Disinfectants

● Record book
● Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
o Masks
o Gloves
o Boots
o Hard hats

METHODOLOGIES:

● Lectures/ Discussion
● Videos/ Illustrations
● Demonstration

ASSESSMENT METHODS:

● Written examination
● Practical demonstration
● Interview

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 Learning Experiences

Learning Outcome 1
CONDUCT PREPARATION ACTIVITIES

Learning Activities Special Instructions

Read Information Sheet 1.1-1 Determine farm layout of poultry house and
on farm layout and poultry facilities with reference to the housing plan.
houses Prepare tools, materials and equipment
according to maintenance requirements and
instructions given by the authority.
Answer Self-Check 1.1-1 Try to answer self-check without looking at the
answer key.
You are required to get all answers correct. If
not, read the information sheets again to
answer all the questions correctly.
Compare answer using Double Check the answer in case you forgot to
Answer Key 1.1-1 answer correctly using self-check 1.1-1.
Perform task sheet 1.1-1 on Check accomplished work against performance
housing designs and housing criteria checklist 1.1-1. Request assistance to
materials/equipment your trainer to check your accomplishment.
specifications Ask your trainer to evaluate you. The results of
your assessment will be recorded in your
progress chart and achievement chart.
Read Information Sheet 1.1-2 Always remember the different types and uses
on types and uses of farm of farm tools, materials and equipment.
tools, materials and
equipment
Answer Self-Check 1.1-2 Try to answer self-check without looking at the
answer key.
You are required to get all answers correct. If
not, read the information sheets again to
answer all the questions correctly.
Compare answer using Double Check the answer in case you forgot to
Answer Key 1.1-2 answer correctly using self-check 1.1-2.
Read Information Sheet 1.1-3 Familiarize the different record-keeping
on recording and reporting practices in the farm. Always remember the
conditions of poultry house important factors to be considered in writing
and facilities reports.
If you have some problem on the content of the
information sheet don’t hesitate to approach
your facilitator

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Answer Self-Check 1.1-3 Try to answer self-check without looking at the
answer key.
You are required to get all answers correct. If
not, read the information sheets again to
answer all the questions correctly.
Compare answer using Double Check the answer in case you forgot to
Answer Key 1.1-3 answer correctly using self-check 1.1-3.
Read Information Sheet 1.1-4 Familiarize different bio-security procedures in
on safety practices the farm. Apply proper waste management and
environmental management in the poultry farm.

Answer Self-Check 1.1-4 Try to answer self-check without looking at the

answer key.
You are required to get all answers correct. If
not, read the information sheets again to
answer all the questions correctly.
Compare answer using Double Check the answer in case you forgot to
Answer Key 1.1-4 answer correctly using self-check 1.1-4.

Information Sheet 1.1-1

Farm Layout and Poultry Houses

Learning Objectives:

After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, YOU MUST be able to:

1. Determine farm layout of poultry house and facilities with reference to

the housing plan.
2. Maintain poultry environment according to industry.
3. Check poultry housing and facilities according to enterprise
procedures
4. Report the condition of poultry housing and facilities to the immediate
authority in compliance with Environmental Compliance Certificate
5. Prepare tools, materials and equipment according to maintenance
requirements and instructions of authority

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 Philippine National Standard
Code of Good Animal Husbandry Practices for Chickens – Broilers and
Layers

Scope
This code sets out the general principles of good practice and minimum
requirements for the production, handling, transportation and storage of chicken
and its products within the farm, in the commercial or backyard rearing/farming
of broiler and layer chicken for food use. Industry specific requirements for the
different types of chickens and different types of production system may be
developed provided that it satisfies the minimum requirements set out in this
Code.
Objective
The purpose of this Code is to ensure that the farming practices of the
establishment provide greater confidence in consumers’ expectations that the
final products are safe and fit for human consumption, while improving farmers’
viability, ensuring health safety and comfort to both the farm workers and
chickens, and sustaining the least damage to the environment.
❑ Farm Location / Site Selection
The farm should:
✔ Be within the approved land use plan of the local government and
should be compliant with national regulations, e.g. DENR, etc., and
other regulatory bodies.

✔ Have a continuous supply of adequate power, potable water and

good access road.

✔ Not be near bodies of water and wetlands that are frequented by

migratory fowl.

✔ Not be prone to flooding. Perimeter canals that drain to a closed

lagoon may be constructed to prevent runoff from contaminating
bodies of water and/or adjacent farms.

✔ Not be near slaughterhouse facilities and other poultry facilities

such as dressing plants and processing plants.

✔ Not be on a site that could be a possible source of physical, chemical

and microbiological hazards.

✔ Existing farms that are not in compliance with numbers i to vi

should have full control of the risks and ensure that there are
mitigation measures in place.

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 ✔ Be accessible to major facilities of production (i.e. feed mill, water
system).
❑ Site History
If there is available data/information from relevant government
agencies or organizations on the prior land use, then it should be used to
establish that the site is not a possible source of physical, chemical and
microbiological hazards. However, when these data are not available and
uncertainty exists as to the suitability of the land for agricultural use, it is
recommended to have the soil analyzed for heavy metal contamination,
etc.

❑ Farm Layout

The farm should:

✔ Have a suitable area set aside for storage of feed, carcass

destruction, waste management, workers area including toilets and
washrooms.

✔ Have a design that incorporates ventilation and ease of cleaning.

✔ Have buildings and perimeter fences constructed to prevent contact

between farm animals and potential disease carriers such as wild
animals and stray animals like game fowls and pets.

✔ Electrical conduits should be properly installed and covered to

prevent possible electrocution.

✔ Layout and emergency procedures shall be placed in the most

conspicuous place.

❑ Animal Housing

✔ The chickens should be housed in a suitable structure or building,

appropriate for the intended use of rearing and housing chickens,
with sufficient shelter and ventilation to protect chickens. Farm
owners/operators when building chicken housing facilities may also
refer to the Standard on Animal Housing established by competent
authorities, e.g. Philippine Agricultural Engineers Standards.

✔ Have a logical layout for the chicken husbandry activities with

sanitation as a guide making it easy for staff to move from clean

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 areas into dirty areas following biosecurity protocols (refer to ASEAN
Biosecurity Management Manual for Commercial Poultry Farming).

✔ The premises should be kept clean at all times to prevent disease

occurrence, establishment of breeding ground for pests and avoid
environmental degradation.

✔ The building intended for keeping chickens should be constructed

in the orientation that minimizes the adverse effects on chicken
performance and eliminates possible hazards to its surroundings.

✔ The building should be designed and constructed using materials

that:

a) Should not cause any injury or impart hazard to the welfare

of chickens
b) Provide comfort
c) Can be easily cleaned and disinfected
d) Can be easily replaced when damaged
e) Create efficient stock management; f) Enhance biosecurity.

✔ There should be an effective drainage system in place at the

building.

✔ Chickens should be provided with sufficient floor space/size

suitable for their age, body weight and size to ensure comfort to the
chickens.

✔ Chickens should be provided with appropriate space to feed and

drink comfortably.

✔ The feeding and drinking equipment and facilities should conform

with the standards/requirements for each species and should be
constructed and conspicuously placed such that:

● chickens are allowed to eat and drink freely, allowing them to

behave normally; and
● contamination with chicken feces and urine is prevented.

✔ Pens should be:

● designed and constructed to prevent chickens from escaping;
● free from protruding objects or structures (e.g. nails and bolts)
that may cause injury to the chickens and farm operators and
farm workers.

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 ✔ Housing design (particularly roof height and sides) should provide
proper ventilation (whether natural of artificial) to maintain a
comfortable environment.

✔ Animal buildings should have adequate lighting to ensure that

chickens can be thoroughly inspected as required.

✔ Electrical installations and wirings should be protected and should

not be accessible to the chickens.

✔ The fence, including its posts and gates, should be effectively

designed to prevent entry of stray animals, and escape or injury of
the chickens. If electric fence is used, it should be operated as per
manufacturer’s instructions.

❑ Storage Facilities

✔ The farm should have facilities for proper storage.

✔ The storage facilities should be kept clean at all time.

✔ The storage facilities should have adequate ventilation, adequate

protection from moisture and should be vermin proof.

✔ If applicable, First in First out (FIFO) should be practiced.

❑ Holding Pen for Culled Chickens

✔ Sufficient pens and floor space should be provided to prevent

overcrowding and permit necessary segregation of chickens.

✔ The holding pen should be constructed in such a way that it will

adequately protect the chickens from adverse weather conditions
and will provide sufficient ventilation.

✔ The holding pen should have proper facilities for chickens to feed
and drink.

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Building a chicken house

A good chicken house, no matter what its size or which materials are used
for it, has certain essential features. These essentials, discussed further below,
include a water - tight roof, good ventilation with no cold drafts, internal surfaces
that are easy to clean, adequate floor space for the number of birds contained,
rat proof floors and walls and a well-chosen location.

Floor Space Requirements

A crowded chicken is an unhappy, unproductive chicken prone to peck

other chickens, sometimes so severely that they die. Putting too many birds in a
confined space is a false economy.

Below are recommendations on space requirements. Large layer breeds

will need somewhat more space than small ones. More space will be needed in
very hot and/or humid climates. Some farmers have experimented with crowding
chickens purposely to reduce their per bird investment in housing and
equipment. They have reduced the space per bird to as little as 930 sq.
centimeters (1 sq. ft.), but usually have found that providing less than 2,25Q sq.
cm (2 - 1/2 sq. ft.) per bird, even with sophisticated ventilating equipment, is
unprofitable.

A common sign of overcrowding is when the birds begin pecking each

other. The only practical remedies available to small farmers are to provide more
space, which may be difficult, reduce the size of the flock or debeak the chickens.

Meat breeds - Space requirements should be based on the maximum size

the flock may attain with good care and good luck. If 110 chicks are purchased,
ten probably will die during the 8 - to 12 - week growing period. One hundred
ready - for - market birds need 14 sq. m (150 sq. ft.). If they are kept beyond 12
weeks, they will need more space - at least 28 sq.m (300 sq. ft.) by 14 weeks, but
they should be sold before this age.

Layers - Because they will be kept longer than meat birds, start with 115
sexed chicks for every 100 layers desired. Average space requirements for small
breeds of layers (White Leghorns, for example) are given in the table on the
following page. Under good management, 0.225 sq. m (2.5 sq. ft.) per lighter
breed layer is sufficient, and this is recommended for more experienced farmers
using a deep - litter system. On slatted floor systems, 0.18 sq. m (2.0 sq. ft.) is
sufficient space per adult bird. A space of 27 sq. m (300 sq. ft.) should be enough
for 100 layers throughout their life, and enough for 200 broilers up to the age
of12 weeks. Note: This is living space needed. It does not include space occupied
by feeders, waterers and other equipment.

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Space Requirements for Chickens on Deep Litter

Dual - purpose breeds - Space requirements for dual - purpose breeds are
the same as for meat birds until the males are sold. After that, use the
recommendations for layers.

Ventilation

Chickens need more fresh air per unit of body weight than any other
livestock. In addition to stale air, they exhale or excrete large amounts of
moisture, up to 0.37 liter (3/4 pint) per bird each day. High humidity in a chicken
house encourages the spread of disease, so good ventilation is important.
Electrical fan systems are needed for wide or densely populated houses. Natural
air circulation or gravity systems (natural circulation assisted by flues) should
not be used for houses wider than 9 m (30 ft.). In hot, humid climates, many
large windows or screened openings are needed. They should not be blocked by
brush or nearby buildings.

• Tile - Although usually more expensive than thatch, sun - baked tile will last
much longer. Because of its weight, the framing for a tile roof must be stronger
than for other materials.

Windows

Window design depends on local climate. Chickens need more fresh air
than humans, but should be sheltered from wind, dust and rain. Prevailing

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strong winds should be controlled. During storms, windows on the windward
side of the house can be covered by hinged, permanent shutters, burlap bags,
straw or bamboo mats, etc. In humid climates, window design should take as
much advantage of the sun as possible to reduce the amount of moisture in the
house, but the chickens should have some shade at all times.

Window areas are best covered by wire mesh or expanded metal. Bamboo
or wooden slats can be used, but this will reduce ventilation. In the end walls of
gable buildings, a ventilation hole should be located near the roof peak.

A basin - like dip should be no more than 1/2-inch-deep with a large

centre area. This has advantages over a deeper dip because the disinfectant
solution and the accumulated dirt can be swept out. People also are more likely
to walk through a shallow dip than a deep one.

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Cement - lined Disinfectant Dip - The dip should be large enough so that it is
difficult to avoid stepping into.

Raised Floors

Again, local practicalities will influence selection of materials and design.

Pillars that are not rot resistant should have stone or concrete footings. Pillars
may be made of wood, bamboo, oil drums, concrete blocks, etc.

Floors should be about 1 m (3 ft.) above the ground - lower floors are
difficult to clean under; higher one’s result in an unsteady building. Floor joists,
depending on their strength, are spaced 1 to 2 m (3 to 6 ft.) apart. The floor can
be:

• Wire mesh - The wire should be strong or "heavy gauge", as large in diameter
as a standard pencil lead, if possible. The maximum space between wires in at
least one direction should be 2.5 cm (1 in.).

• Slats - Made of either wood or bamboo, slats should be 2.5 cm (1 in.) at the top
and slightly tapered downward. They should be set 2.5 cm (1 in.) apart.

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Slatted Floors

• Expanded metal - Expanded metal, although expensive, is extremely durable.

It should meet the same requirements as wire mesh (above).

Self-Check 1.1-1

Multiple choice: Choose the correct answer. Write the answer on the separate
sheet

1. What is the common sign of overcrowding in a poultry?

a. Noisy
b. Pecking each other
c. Dirty
d. Scratching each other

2. What do you called the like dip that should be no more than 1/2-inch-
deep with a large center area?

a. Pale
b. Basin
c. Hole
d. Cage

3. A crowded chicken is an _________chicken

a. unhappy, unproductive

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 b. unsatisfied, unconscious
c. undying, under age
d. none of the above

4. Made of either wood or bamboo, slats should be 2.5 cm (1 in.) at the top
and slightly tapered downward. They should be set 2.5 cm (1 in.) apart.
What is it?

a. Raised floor
b. Wire mesh
c. Slats
d. None of the above

5. Putting too many birds in a confined space is a __________.

a. True economy
b. Failed economy
c. Successful economy
d. False economy

Answer Key 1.1-1

1. A
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. D

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 TASK SHEET 1.1-1
Title: Housing designs and housing materials/equipment specifications

Performance Objective: Given required supplies and materials you

should be able to:
1. Illustrate a cage.
2. Build the cage using the local materials.

Supplies/Materials : nails, bamboo, anahaw leaves

Equipment : 20 mins

Steps/Procedure:
1. Make a sketch of the cage.
2. Build first the frame of the cage.
3. Make a triangle frame.
4. Nail each edge and start putting the bamboo as wall of the cage.
5. Put heavy things on the top of the cage to make it stronger and cannot
be move by the wind and rain.

Assessment Method:
Demonstration

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 Performance Criteria Checklist 1.1-1

CRITERIA
YES NO
Did you….

Illustrate the cage according to their size

requirements?
Make the frame first before putting the bamboo as
wall of the cage?

Nailed all the bamboo to the frame?

Used local materials?

Secure the cage for the being safe in the strong

wind and rain?

Practice 5’s?

Wear PPE?

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