ORGANIC FREE RANGE
CHICKEN PRODUCTION and
MANAGEMENT
CONTENT
Introduction
Basic Housing Requirements
Stock Selection
Management Practices
Feeds and Feeding
Health
Important Reminders
INTRODUCTION
Why free-range chicken?
- Less cost of production
- Antibiotic free
- Good meat and egg quality
- Healthy and safe to eat
- Give supplement income to the family
Key to success in free-range chicken
production
- Have personal interest
- Knowledge in chicken production
- Have pasture area and easy access to forage crops
BASIC HOUSING REQUIREMENT
Use local materials:
Bamboo
Nipa, as roofing
Laminated Film (trapal) protection during
heavy rains
Feeder and Waterer
Roof orientation (north – south)
Roof height (8 ft.) for better
ventilation
STOCK SELECTION
Improve Breeds
Grimaud (meat type) Dominant CZ (layer type)
Native
Broiler
BREEDER STOCKS
• Select pullets that have good characteristics
and it came from the flocks of good laying
performance
• Select rooster that shows aggressive behavior
• Uniform in age and size
• No physical abnormalities
• No sign of diseases and parasitism
• Reddish comb and wattles
GROWING CHICKS
• Vaccinated
• No physical abnormalities
• Purchase from reputable sources (Farm /
Breeder, Dealer)
MANAGEMENT
PRACTICES
Maintain rooster
to hen ratio of
1: 5 to
achieve fertility
in hatching eggs
Laying starts at
18-20 weeks of
age
Provide nesting
box/baskets
Install perches, not
above the nest to
avoid soiling the nest
with droppings
Collect eggs daily to
delay the onset of
broodiness
Collection of eggs;
maximum of seven
days only for hatching
purpo
HATCHING
• Artificial Hatching
• Natural Hatching
Brooding
Set up waterer, feeder and brooding lamp
before the arrival of the chicks
Used newspapers, wood chips or clean rice
hull as litter flooring
Install curtains or flappers
The optimum temperature depends on the
age of the chicks
1st week, 31-34oC
2nd week, 29-31oC
3rd week, 26-29oC
4th week, 22-26oC
Heat source:
INCANDECENENT BULB
COAL STOVE
LANTERN or
NATURAL BROODING
• For the first 2 weeks of brooding,
chicks should be light throughout the
day.
Expand Brooding area after 7 days
Open the flappers/curtains gradually to
introduce fresh air from day 10.
Hardened
Chicks
Semi-confinement 3 to 5 weeks of age
Starting 21 days of age, gradually
introduce the chicks to outside condition
by letting them loose in the ground.
On the 3th week
-Day 1- 3 (2 hours)
-Day 3-4, (5 hours)
-Day 5-7, (over night)
At one month of age, gradually
introduce the chicks to range condition
by letting them loose in the field
On the 4th week
-Day 1-3, (2 hour)
-Day 4-7, (4 hours)
On the 5th week
-Day 1-3, (half day)
-Day 4-7, (whole day)
• Always keep record on inventory,
mortality and other activities
• Always be clean and organize
• Focus on bio – security inside the farm
Ranging Area
• Flood free area
• Sufficient grass and forage crops
• Partially shaded
• Required, 1 sq. m. per bird
• Range Area must be divided into
four parts and surrounded by nets.
RANGE AREA
CHICKEN ON THE
RANGE
FEEDING
Feeds and Feeding
• Carbohydrates – lakas at enerhiya (mais, darak,
prutas, kamote, kamoteng-kahoy, bigas, saging, atbp)
• Protein – paglaki, pag-ayos ng mga nasirang laman,
paggawa ng itlog (bulate, anay, insekto, fish meal,
soybean meal, kadyos, copra meal, atbp)
• Fats – lakas at enerhiya ( copra meal, sapal ng niyog)
• Vitamins – normal na paglaki (papaya, bayabas, hinog
na saging, atbp prutas)
• Minerals – normal na pagproseso ng pagkain (eggshell,
oyster shell, asin, buto ng hayop)
Day old chicks:
- After the chicks are brought to their new home,
they should be allowed to rest for 10-15 minutes
- Then they should be given drinking water
containing extracted malunggay leaves and (50g)
sugar/liter of water for seven days
- Give broken brown rice or fine corn w/ chopped
bamboo leaves for seven days
Day 8 to Day 21:
- Feed the chicks ad libitum with commercial chick
booster ration with (20-22% crude protein) until
they reach 21 days of age
- Provide fresh drinking water w/ OHN
Hardened Chicks
The chicks should be fed 3 times a day of
commercial starter ration with (18-20% crude
protein) mixed with homemade feeds when they
reach 21 days of age
Additional feeders and waterer is important
(Use Bamboo or old tires for feeder)
Feed just enough to create a sence of hunger
Provide fresh drinking water at all times
Always keep record on the amount of feeds and
supplements given
Growers and Breeders
- Feed free-range laying hens with mixed commercial
to homemade ration like corn, palay, rice middling's,
vegetables and forages or other available feed materials
in the area.
- On the average, about 100 g. consume per head per
day.
- Always check the feeds if they consume them or
not.
- Provide the birds fresh drinking water at all times.
- For the growers, for the last 15 days mix lemon
grass (tanglad) or oregano extract in drinking water.
(lasang tanglad at oregano ang karne)
HOMEMADE FEEDS
INGREDIENTS
Corn (grits/crack/fine) 40%
Rice middling 30%
Copra meal / sapal ng niyog 20%
Chopped vegetable or forage 10%
Mixed 100ml. Of solution/kg. of Homemade feeds.
(NF1) for growers
(NF2) for breeder/Layer
Natural Fermentation (NF1)
Group 1 (Plant Protein)
Trichantera, Rensoni, Indigofera, Flamengia
Group 2 (Vitamins and Minerals)
Vegetables: Kang Kong, Camote, Saluyot, Alugbati, Talinum, Malunggay
Fruits: Banana, Avocado, Papaya, Squash
Group 3 (Animal Protein)
Fish Amino Acid, Kuhol Amino Acid
Group 4 (Herbal Nutrients)
Ginger, Garlic or Turmeric
NF1 Solution
G1 (Plant Protein) 25% (250 ml.)
G2 (Vitamins and Minerals) 35% (350 ml.)
G3 (Animal Protein) 25% (250 ml.)
G4 (Herbal Nutrients) 15% (150 ml.)
Natural Fermentation (NF2)
Group 1 (Plant Protein)
Trichantera, Rensoni, Indigofera, Flamengia
Group 3 (Vitamins and Minerals)
Vegetables: Kang Kong, Camote, Saluyot, Alugbati, Talinum, Malunggay
Fruits: Banana, Avocado, Papaya, Squash
Group 3 (Animal Protein)
Fish Amino Acid, Kuhol Amino Acid
Group 4 (Herbal Nutrients)
Ginger, Garlic or Turmeric
Group 5 (Calcium and calcium phosphate)
Egg shells and animal bone
NF2 Solution
G1 (Plant Protein) 20% (200 ml.)
G2 (Vitamins and Minerals) 35% (350 ml.)
G3 (Animal Protein) 20% (200 ml.)
G4 (Herbal Nutrients) 10% (100 ml.)
G5 (Calcium) 15% (150 ml.)
Types of free range chicken
Meat types Inasal types
• 60 days start of harvest • 80 days start of harvest
• 1.6 kilos • 1.7 kilos
• 3.5 kilos feeds consumed • 2.7 kilos feeds consumed
Layer types
• 150 days of growing; 7 kilos feeds
• Start of egg at 165 days or 4.5 months
HEALTH
Vaccination Program
Herbal Plants as Supplements
Common Disease and
Treatment
Vaccination programs
Age Type Route Layer type Meat and
inasal type
Day 7 NCD B1B1+ IB eyedrop ✔ ✔
Day 28 NCD La Sota Drinking ✔ ✔
water
Day 67 NCD La Sota & Fowl Water / ✔
pox wing web
Day 107 NCD La Sota Drinking ✔
water
Day 152 NCD La Sota Drinking ✔
water
Day 197 NCD La Sota Drinking ✔
water
Day 242 NCD La Sota Drinking ✔
water
every 60 days NCD lasota Drinking ✔
water
Herbal Plants
Common Disease/ Karaniwang
Sakit ng manok
SAKIT : Sipon at Halak
SINTOMAS : Matamlay, hirap huminga at may likidong
lumalabas sa ilong.
PAGGAMOT :
Herbal treatment
- ½ cup oregano leaves and bamboo leaves
- ½ cup siling labuyo (pounded) and mix together
- Mixed two cups of warm water, from this pure
mixture get 1 tbsp. mix for every liter of drinking
water.
SAKIT : Fowl fox, Bulutong Tubig, Buti.
SINTOMAS : Maputla at may butlig sa mukha at ibang
parte ng katawan.
PAGGAMOT :
Herbal treatment
- Ipakain ang buong butil ng paminta o siling labuyo (3-5
butil sa loob ng 5 araw)
- Dinikdik na sili at ipahid sa sugat (dry fox)
- (wet fox), Alisin ang sipon sa loob ng lalamunan sa
pamamagitan ng balahibo nito. Sunugin ang balahibo
pagkatapos gamitin para maiwasan ang pagkalat ng sakit.
Ipalunok sa manok ang buong butil ng paminta o siling
labuyo. Ibigay sa umaga bago kumain ang mga manok.
Important Reminders
Always check feeds if consume them or
not
Feed just enough to create a sense of
hunger (gugutumin ng kunti)
Always focus on Bio-security and disease
prevention rather than using of
ANTIBIOTICS.
Always be clean and organize the farm
Recording is very important to track the
progress and profits.
