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Bounty Fresh free range colored broilers is a meat type bird that has
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birds can be readily ranged in open areas requiring minimal
supervision as these can forage and source food from naturally
Introduction. 2 available food sources to supplement normal feed ration. These
birds are well suited to our climatic conditions with better growth
Standard equipments and materials. 4 rate, feed conversion, higher meat yield, and faster time to attain
slaughter weight compared to our native chicken without
Chick brooding 7 compromising disease resistance.
Ranging time... 10 Why raise Bounty Fresh free range colored broilers?
Feeding 14 Over the years, the demand for high quality free-range chicken meat
that is free from antibiotics, synthetic growth hormones, animal
Growth performance... 17 protein, pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals have consistently
grown due to the increasing awareness of consumers of its health
Common diseases and problems. 18 benefits. Traditionally, for this purpose, the Philippine native
chicken is used but with some drawbacks and disadvantages as the
Philippine native chicken tend to grow slowly, is not a good feed
converter and day-old to slaughter weight takes at least 18 weeks.
To address these problems brought about by the limits of the genetic
capability of our native chickens, Bounty Fresh has introduced the
colored broilers that can be ranged and raised like the Philippine
native chicken. These colored broilers are suitable for backyard as
well as commercial type of farming. Bounty Fresh free range
colored broiler is a meat-type bird capable of averaging 1.6 kilos
live weight at 56 days if raised on a fast grow system. It can have a
livability of up to 97% if grown correctly. This is a considerable e. Are hatched in our own state of the art hatcheries.
improvement from the 1.2 kilos at 126 days for the native chicken. Not in any toll hatcheries ensuring clean, uniform,
and healthy chicks
Why choose Bounty Fresh free range colored broilers?
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OUR CHICKS ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY OUT IN THE For areas without electricity
MARKET!
Used 3 kilo capacity powdered milk can = 3 pieces
Standard equipments for 100 Bounty Fresh free range colored Charcoal = 1 sack
broilers under Philippine condition or as needed
Other standard equipments:
Feeding equipments
Light source: two 18 watts CFL lighting or petromax (for
For brooding stage (day old to 21 days) areas without electricity)
Chick feeder troughs (1 meter length) = 2-3 pcs Emergency light source
Chick feeder trays (20 inches diameter) = 2-3 pcs 1x50 gallon drum as water reservoir
1x5 gallon plastic pail
For growing stage (22 days up to harvest, minimum 60 days) 1 unit weighing scale of 10 kilo capacity
Tube feeders (5 kilos capacity) = 8 pieces Fishnet for perimeter fencing of range area = 100 meters
Feeder troughs (
Housing dimension and living space requirements for 100 heads
Watering equipments Bounty Fresh free range colored broilers
For brooding stage (day old to 21 days)
BROODING AREA (day old to 21 days)
Water galloners (medium) = 2-3 pcs
o 8 square meters per 100 heads ( or a double decked
cage of dimensions 2x1x0.5 meters per deck can
For growing stage (22 days up to harvest, minimum 60 days)
house 50 heads for each deck)
Water basin with basin guards (1 pair) = 8 pairs
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MOBILE RANGING HOUSE (22 days up to 80 days)
o 7x2x2 meters or 14 square meters per 100 birds
o Option of putting up ranging house per ranging area
or ranging house can be transferred to another
ranging location as flock is transferred from one
ranging area to another to save cost of building new
ranging house
o Ranging house should offer protection from bad
weather conditions
Fig 2. Improvised brooding area by utilizing pig pens covered with RANGING AREA (space requirement up to harvest age of
fish net to protect from predators with incandescent bulb as heat 80 days)
source o At least 1 square meter of ranging area per bird
excluding ranging house
o Ranging area is enclosed in fishnet 5 feet in height to
prevent birds from roaming too far away and to
protect birds from predators
o Presence of forage materials is an added advantage to
encourage natural foraging behavior of chickens
CHICK BROODING
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performance until harvest. It is necessary to give your Recommended brooding temperature during the first week
chicks a good head start.
Day Brooding Area Temperature (C)
Brooding Management 1 34
Provide clean and dry litter (dried grass, rice hulls, 2 34
wood shavings) free from moulds, bacteria, viruses 3 34
that can be a possible source of infection 4 32
o Newspaper placed on top of litter for the first 5 32
few days to enable floor feeding 6 30
Provide right number of waterers (please see 7 30
recommended poultry equipment ratio) and place in
strategic locations where chicks can easily have
access to the waterers
Make sure that brooding area/cage is protected from
cold drafts but with openings to keep brooder house
temperature from getting too hot
Provide heating source (please see recommended
poultry equipment ratio)
Pre-heat the brooding area at least 2 hours before
chick arrival to avoid cold stress to the birds
Upon chick arrival, do not give feeds during the first
30 minutes to encourage birds to drink first. Floor
feed birds first to encourage them to eat.
Provide chicks with clean, new feeds 30 minutes after
placement
Provide feeds in small amounts but in frequent
interval to ensure feeds are fresh encouraging chicks
to feed
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Fig. 4. Charcoal heaters as heat source for brooding
Ranging Time
Stage where birds are set loose to forage for grass, insects,
legumes, as supplementary diet aside from feeds
These stage will help birds develop lean meat due frequent
foraging and acquire the taste of native chicken
Fig 5. rice hulls burned in drums provide artificial heat source
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Ranging Proper
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FEEDING
Feed type:
22-35 days: chick starter
35-56 days: grower finisher feeds
Feeding: Full feeding 3x a day
Watering: provide water as needed
Fig 8. chickens confined for three days inside ranging house to
familiarize them to their new environment 2. Medium grow system with use of mixture of high density
and low density feeds
CLASSIFICATION: STANDARD GROW FREE
RANGE
Expected average live weight of 1.50 kilos in 56 days
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Brooding time (day old to 21 days) Feed type:
22-32 days: 50% grower finisher feeds
Feed type: chick booster 50% corn grits
Feeding: frequent but in small amounts 33-55 days: 35% grower finisher feeds
Watering: change water every 3 hours 65% corn grits
56-70 days 80% fresh corn
Ranging time (22 days until harvest time) 20% binlid/palay
Supplemented with vegetables,
Feed type: fruits, herbs as additional food
22-32 days: grower finisher feeds source
33-43 days: 50% grower finisher feeds Feeding: Full feeding 3x a day
50% corn grits Watering: provide water as needed
44-56 days 35% grower finisher feeds
65% corn grits
Feeding: Full feeding 3x a day
Watering: provide water as needed
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*GROWTH PERFORMANCE COMMON DISEASES/PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN FREE
Performance obtained with crumble feed at 3200 kcal RANGE CHICKEN PRODUCTION
AGE WEIGHT **FEEDS
FCR
(days) (grams) (g/bird) Infectious Coryza
14 251 28 1.22-1.26 New Castle Disease
21 471 37 1.36-1.40 Fowl Pox
28 733 47 1.50-1.54
Worm Infestation
35 1023 62 1.64-1.68
External parasite infestation (mites and lice)
42 1316 70 1.78-1.83
Diarrhea
49 1601 83 1.91-1.97
56 1877 99 2.06-2.12
Steps in preventing these problems from occurring in your
63 2136 110 2.21-2.27
operations
70 2405 120 2.37-2.43
Vaccinate your birds against NCD and other disease that are
*The performance data contained in this graph was obtained from
prevalent in your area. Vaccination is an accepted practice in
the results of Hubbards research flocks and flocks of their
free range farming especially if you are going into
customers. In no way does the data contained in this graph constitute
commercial scale of production. It is necessary to consult a
a warranty or guarantee of the same performance under different
veterinarian regarding the right vaccination program
conditions of nutrition, density, or physical or biological
o Vaccination will protect your birds from potentially
environment.
dangerous diseases if an outbreak may occur
**under Philippine field conditions
o Vaccination will protect your birds from disease
outbreaks from unvaccinated flocks
Practice good biosecurity in your farm
o Although an overused clich, An ounce of prevention
is better than a pound of cure still holds true!
o It is of extreme importance to keep your farm and
farm premises as clean as possible to eliminate
possible source of infection
o Limit the number of people coming in and out of
your farm especially people coming from other farms
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o If possible, practice all in, all out system of rearing REMINDERS!!!
o Cull/remove weak or sick birds that would not
recover and practice proper disposal of mortalities to BOUNTY FRESH FREE RANGE COLORED BROILERS ARE
eliminate risk of possible source of infection NOT INTENDED FOR BREEDING!
Adapt a deworming program for your operations as free
range chickens are more predisposed to internal parasites due PROGENY FROM BOUNTY FRESH FREE RANGE BROILERS
to prolonged contact with the ground. WOULD BE LOWER IN PERFORMANCE COMPARED TO
THEIR PARENTS.
Basic Farm Layout
BREEDING BOUNTY FRESH FREE RANGE BROILERS WITH
EACH OTHER WOULD BE INBREEDING AS THESE
CHICKENS ARE CLOSELY RELATED AND WOULD RESULT
IN DECREASED PERFORMANCE OF OFFSPRING AS WELL
AS INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASES
References:
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