1. Producing Broilers & Turkeys For Show
2009 Show VIP
By: Keith Staggs
Show Poultry Ambassador

2. Outline Housing / Equipment Getting Started Pre-Brood Set-Up
Feed Type & Feeding Schedules
Culling Birds & Pen Selection

3. Housing Should Be Totally enclosed Flooring - concrete or wood
Solid wall
Open sided (Chicken wire w/ Plastic Curtains)
Flooring - concrete or wood
Minimize access to outside predators

4. Solid Wall - Forced Air Ventilation

5. Open Sided - Natural Ventilation

6. House Lighting 40 Watt light bulbs – No more / No less
Incandescent or Fluorescent lights only
House lighting should be evenly distributed
Eliminate Shadows / Dark Spots

7. Incandescent or Flourescent

8. Housing - Floor Space
Start the birds in the area in which they will grow and live
Do not reduce floor space as bird numbers decrease:
Culling
Mortality

9. Floor Space - Broilers 2 ft.2 per chick at one day of age
Culling allows increase in square footage
2 ft.2 = 15 ft.2 per bird at 4 Weeks of age

10. Floor Space - Turkeys Flock = 2 ft.2  1 Day to 4 Weeks
Flock = 6 ft.2  4 to 8 Weeks
Hens = 10 ft.2  8 Weeks to Show
Toms = 15 ft.2  8 Weeks to Show

11. Two Feet Square

12. Floor Space

13. Floor Space

14. Gold Fish Story

15. Industry Perspective

16. Feed & Water Equipment

17. Equipment - Feeder & Water
Minimum Recommendations:
25 birds per feeder
15 birds per waterer
Supplemental feeders & waterers for brood
Clean waterers daily

18. Feeder Space is Crucial

19. Supplemental Feed / Water

20. Feeder Space

21. Equipment - Heating Lamps
Use the following per 25 Birds
Watt
Watt
Note: This is a Minimum Requirement
Red Livestock / Pet Lamps
Clear lamps create health issues
Create brood temperature first week

22. Bird Temperature Requirements
Week 1  900F (Brood Temp = Floor temp) 12” measured from center of light.
Week 2  800F (Room Temp)
Week 3  750F (Room Temp)
Week 4  700F (Room Temp)
Week 5  680F (Room Temp)
NOTE: Room Temp is measured 6” above bird level

23. Temperature Control / Regulation

24. Temperature Control / Regulation

25. Adequate Temperature Control

26. Adequate Temperature Control

27. Inadequate Temperature Control

28. Use Thermometers Correctly

29. Incorrect Thermometer Use

30. Pasted Vents – Excess Heat Exposure

31. What Housing IS IS NOT

32. What Housing IS IS NOT

33. What Housing IS IS NOT

34. Set-up & Pre-Brood Set-up house  1 week prior to hatch
Heat house  3 days prior to hatch
Record temps  1 day prior to hatch
Add feed and water 1 hour prior to receipt of chicks / poults
Water temp. = 800F for the first week

35. Pre-Brood

36. Pre-Heat the House

37. Feed Type & Feeding Show Chow Branded Products Feed Continually
Freshen Feed Daily
Change Feed Out Every Third Day
Raise feeders & Waterers to be even with the birds back throughout the grow-out

38. Avoid This!!

39. Encourage This!!

40. Broiler Feeding Schedule
Week 1 → 100% HSC TS
Week 2 → 100% HSC TS
Week 3 → 75% HSC TS – 25% HSC BC
Week 4 → % HSC TS – 50% HSC BC
Week 5 → % HSC TS – 75% HSC BC
Week 6 → 100% HSC BC
Week 7 → 100% HSC BC
NOTE:
HSC TS = Honor Show Chow Turkey Starter
HSC BC = Honor Show Chow Broiler Complete

41. Roaster or 6-Week Feeding Schedule
Week 1 → 100% HSC TS
Week 2 → 100% HSC TS
Week 3 → % HSC TS – 50% HSC BC
Week 4 → 25% HSC TS – 75% HSC BC
Week 5 → 100% HSC BC
Week 6 – Till Show → 100% HSC BC
NOTE:
HSC TS = Honor Show Chow Turkey Starter
HSC BC = Honor Show Chow Broiler Complete

42. Turkey Feeding Schedule
Week 1 – → % HSC TS
Week 13 – → % HSC TS – 25% HSC TGF
Week 15 – → % HSC TS – 50% HSC TGF
Week 17 – → % HSC TS – 75% HSC TGF
Week 19 to Show → % HSC TGF
NOTE:
SCTS = Honor Show Chow Turkey Starter
SCTF = Honor Show Chow Turkey Grower / Finisher

43. Finish Feeding If you choose to do so
Rule # 1 – KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!
Keep it fresh!
Do not cook it!
Do not add whole or cracked grains
Feed as supplement – min./feeding
Spoon in on top of feed in feeders
If droppings become loose – STOP!!!
NOTE: This does not win the Show!

44. Vitamins & Electrolytes Antibiotics
They have a specific purpose
V & E – Hydration of birds & vitamin Supplement
Antibiotics – treat bacterial infection
If the condition noted above is not present – these products are not needed
Preventative measure for these products are no benefit to the bird!

45. Physical Stimulation Several times per day No strenuous activity
Adjust your schedule
No strenuous activity
Walk to feed and water – No Laps around house!!
Minimize Stress
Too much excitability causes mortality

46. House Clean-outs No Defined Schedule Monitor Ammonia and Air Quality
Bird density determines clean-out frequency
Monitor Ammonia and Air Quality
If you smell Ammonia upon entering house – MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
Maintain Dry Litter
Wet litter encourages Ammonia, Bugs, Bacteria, etc.

47. Culling & Pen Selection

48. Culling WHY? Remove Unthrifty Birds Reduce Competition of Flock
Separate Male / Female (sexed show)
Reduce Feed Expense
Create Additional Floor Space

49. Culling
How??
Look for same qualities/characteristics that you would when selecting the pen for show!
Length of Breast
Width of Breast
Depth of Body
Taper of Breast Muscle

50. Length & Width

51. Depth & Taper

56. Purina’s Winning Matrix

57. Land O’Lakes Purina Feed HAS YOUR FEED!!
Honor Show Chow Turkey Starter
Honor Show Chow Turkey Grower Finisher
Honor Show Chow Broiler Complete

58. Benefits
Provides Increased Moisture and baseline nutrition to chicks / poults during transport
Attracts birds to feed  Increased Consumption
Reduced Ph level  better nutrient absorption

60. Feeding Recommendation
Top dress Oasis for four (4) consecutive days each week.
Sprinkle lightly on all feeder space
Finish Feeding – If you choose to do so
Top dress on finish feeding mixture once per day
Feed four (4) days each week after

61. Oasis is Working!!

62. Packaging Pricing 1 Bag = 22 Lbs 1 Box = 2 – 22 Lb. Bags
$75.00 / Bag (Retail)
$ / Box (Retail)

63. Birds that look like this….. Produce

64. THE WINNING RESULTS

65. Thank You!
Questions?