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Poultry Management
These are routine activities that a poultry farmer carries out
to maintain good production and avoid losses.
1. Keeping Records
This is taking note of farm expenditures, incomes and other
activities in writing.
Records help us to monitor income and expenditure
We use records for proper future planning of the farm.
Helps to know your expenditure
Examples of farm records
A. Production record: This shows the production per-
centage and nurrber of eggs collected daily.
B. Health records: These indicate the treatment given to
birds e.g vaccination or deworming.
C. Sales and expense records: These show the expendi-
ture and income from feeds, eggs, labour, etc.
D. Flock records: These indicate the total number of live,
sold, killed or dead birds every day.
E. Feed records: These show the type of feed, quantity of
feed eaten and the quantity of spoilt feed.
F. Inventory : show the property
owned by the farm
