Ordering your chicks: plan, book, arrange transport with a carrier on the 3 routes, receive
The planning says house 2 must receive 2,000 chicks on 17 May. Between that line of the calendar and 2,000 chicks drinking in a warm, ready house, there are six weeks of organised work: calculate the quantity, book with NEXTEKCI, prepare the house backwards, find the carrier and the route, be there on arrival, count, weigh, record. A chick that arrives in a house that is not ready, or after six hours on the road in the sun, has already lost part of its potential before it has drunk. This lesson describes the complete chain, who does what at each step, and the reception sheet to fill in.
13 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006This lesson is part of Level 13 — Organising the farm: staff, procedures, planning. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 12 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
- ✓Calculate the quantity to order from the floor area, the season and the density advised by NEXTEKCI, and book 4 to 6 weeks before arrival
- ✓Choose the collection mode (at NEXTEKCI in Agnibilékrou, at the arrival point of a route, or with your own carrier) and arrange transport with a professional carrier
- ✓Prepare the house backwards (D−14 to D0) and receive the chicks according to a sheet: counting, weighing, condition, time
- ✓Share out the roles between manager, technician, worker and guard all along the ordering chain