Poultry-rearing

Fisheries REARING August 2011 Ministry of Agriculture, Advisory Services Animal Industry and National Agricultural POULTRY USER GUIDE ON POULTRY REARING 2 Poultry Rearing • Free range • Semi-intensive • Intensive • Building a large poultry house ideal for chicken • Be rainproof • Be secure from windy rains • Have smooth surface walls to stop mites and other pests from hiding • Periodically spraying the poultry unit with insecticide and disinfectants • Periodically removing the dropping/cleaning the poultry house regularly • Have good ventilation and in hotter areas at least 2 sides should be partly chicken wire mesh • Preferably have cemented floor for ease of cleaning and disinfecting • Be rat-proof • Using plenty of litter after cleaning the poultry house • Keeping the right number of birds in poultry houses • Separating chicks from old birds Systems of Management NAADS - July 2011 Housing: essential features Poultry contributes to improved human nutrition and food security by being a leading source of high quality protein in form of eggs and meat. It acts as a key supplement to revenue from crops and other livestock enterprises, thus avoiding over dependency on traditional commodities with inconsistent prices. It has a high potential to generate foreign exchange earnings through export of poultry products to neighboring countries. Poultry is highly prized in many social-cultural functions such as dowry and festivities. The poultry industry in Uganda is relatively new. Its