White broiler track
From preparing the house to depletion, with the growth targets
Drawn from the School’s technical guide: open-sided house and preparation, brooding, water and feed by phase, heat, weekly weight targets, health and end of flock. Benchmarks: Cobb 500, Ross 308, Efficiency Plus.
This track is open to every registered student. The full text is in the technical guide.
- 1Growth targets: checking against the tables every weekA white broiler is sold at around 35 to 45 days. Over such a short period, a growth delay spotted too late can no longer be made up. The breeding companies’ tables, the scales and the uniformity calculation are your three tools for knowing, every week, whether the flock is on track.11 min read · 5-question quiz
- 2The open-sided house and preparing for the chicks’ arrivalA successful flock starts before the chicks arrive: a well-oriented house, a stocking density suited to the heat, thorough cleaning, dry litter and heating switched on in advance. This lesson gives the complete checklist, from the empty period to the day before arrival.11 min read · 5-question quiz
- 3The first 14 days: heat, checks and lightingThe first 14 days decide whether the flock succeeds: a well-started chick keeps its lead until sale, while a badly started chick struggles to catch up. This lesson gives the precise benchmarks: temperature and humidity by age, the two checks on feet and crops, air speed and the lighting programme.12 min read · 5-question quiz
- 4Water and feed: measuring to steer the flockWater is the broiler’s first nutrient, and feed is the flock’s biggest expense. Both are measured every day and compared with the benchmarks: the amount of water according to heat, chlorine according to pH, cumulative feed by phase. Whoever measures sees problems before mortality does.12 min read · 5-question quiz
- 5Heat and ventilation in open-sided housesIn Côte d’Ivoire, after three weeks, the broiler’s enemy is no longer cold but heat. The heaviest birds, at the end of the flock, are the first to die. In an open-sided house, the main weapon is air moving over the birds: used well, it lowers the temperature the bird feels by several degrees.11 min read · 5-question quiz
- 6Health, vaccination in drinking water, sale and recordsPrevention always costs less than treatment. This last lesson of the track brings together what protects the flock right to the end: biosecurity, the right way to give a vaccine in the water when the vet prescribes it, catching without damage, and records that help you do better with the next flock.11 min read · 5-question quiz