According to most poultry experts in the Philippines, the house temperatures for your poultry should be maintained at between 18-29 degrees Celsius. Ensure that you maintain a uniform house temperature as possible once your poultry have grown past two weeks. Please remember that this house temperature is different from the brooding temperature. Refer to our Philippines Poultry Farming manual for information on the right brooding temperatures during the first two weeks.
The health and performance of your poultry will be very dependent on both good ventilation and the control of the house temperature. Sudden changes in temperature will significantly impact your poultry production. If you want to maximize on the genetic potential of the high performance chicken which are frequently kept in the Philippines, then you must figure out how to maintain constant temperatures during the production cycle of your poultry.
During the hotter summer months, consider installing fans in the poultry houses in order to help in ensuring proper ventilation and ensuring the right temperatures are maintained inside the poultry house. If you are building Philippines poultry house which are environmentally controlled, you should consider allowing for sufficient air movement during the hotter summer months. Another way to ensure the houses are cooler is by facilitating evaporative cooling.
Addition poultry house environmental control measures that you can take include the following:-
- Feeds and fresh water should always be available in the poultry house. You can add antibiotic supplements to the drinking water during the first few days. Consult your Philippines poultry feeder distributor for additional information about the composition of the feed as well as for the antibiotic supplements that you can add in feed or poultry water.
- Before you sleep at night, pass by and check the chicks in order to ensure everything is alright.
- You can remove the brooder floor mats after 7-10 days
- Add more feeders and drinkers as the chicks grow bigger. Check our Philippines Poultry Farming Manual for additional information on the number of feeders and drinkers that you should include in the house based on the number of chicks.
- Cull all the weak and deformed chicks and dispose the well.
- All dead birds should be immediately burned or buried deep in the soil. For large numbers, you can use an incinerator as a public health and safety measure.