Storing feed: moisture, heat, rodents, moulds and mycotoxins
Feed is alive: it breathes, it heats up, it attracts rats, it moulds. Between the day the truck drops it and the day the chicken eats it, it can lose part of its vitamins, take on water, feed rodents and make invisible poisons. In Côte d'Ivoire, with the heat and the rainy season, a badly kept store costs the equivalent of several bags every month, without a single bag disappearing.
12 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006Lesson reserved for students following the steps
This lesson is part of Level 7 — Feed and nutrition. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 6 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
What you will learn
- ✓Set up a feed store that protects against moisture, heat and rodents
- ✓Explain what a mycotoxin is, how it appears and what it does to the birds
- ✓Apply the "first in, first out" rule with a simple stock sheet
- ✓Inspect the store every week in eight points