Handbook Of Poultry Practices

Maximising production is not necessarily the most profitable strategy to use because the additional cost required providing the diet that will give maximum production might be greater than the value of the increase in production gained. A lower quality diet, while resulting in lower production may bring in greatest profit because of the significantly lower feed costs. There are available for use by stockpersons a number of different management techniques that, while not essential for the welfare of the stock, do result in better performance. Examples of these are the regulation of day length, the management of live weight for age and of flock uniformity. The good manager will utilise these techniques when ever possible to maximise production efficiency and hence profitability. This book emphasises practical instruction. It sets out to inform its readers how certain tasks should be done. The text includes information about the myriad small points which face the man in the field doing the job. Such matters as quantities of water for so many birds, trough space and perching space per bird are essential pieces of information in the successful poultry-man’s armoury.