Completion time of brooding activities for a twelve thousand capacity conventional brood-grow house for egg-type chicks Completion time of brooding activities for a twelve thousand capacity conventional brood-grow house for egg-type chicks

Date

5-2014

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Animal Science

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Clarita T. Dagaas

Abstract

A study was conducted to provide vital information on the time and duration of brooding activities under conventional housing system of a commercial layer farm. Timing of each activity started from the time a laborer touches an apparatus and ended when the activity was completely done. Time and duration of important activities before, on the first day of the chick?s arrival, and during the brooding period were gathered. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The average time spent per pen containing 1,290 chicks was computed. Pre-brooding activities such as curtain installation was done by five laborers for an average of 58:34 minutes. Paper mats installation and heater adjustment was done by one laborer for an average of 27:52 minutes, and 41 seconds, respectively. During the arrival of chicks, activities such as hauling of boxes containing day old chicks (DOCs) and unloading was done by four and three laborers for an average of 3:21 and 9:51 minutes, respectively. The distribution of chick boxes was done by one laborer for an average of 3:21 minutes. During the brooding period (19 days), all the daily activities are done by only one farm worker. These include feeding and drinking water provisions done twice a day. In the morning, an average time of 20:48±3:03, 24:20±2:30 and 26:03±2:09 for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd week, was utilized respectively, while the afternoon provision, an average of 12:51±2:08 minutes, 11:13±2:58 minutes, and 18:29±2:08 minutes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd week, was utilized respectively. Adjustment of chick guards was done three times during the entire brooding period. The 1st adjustment utilized an average of 6:26 minutes while the 2nd and 3rd adjustment took an average time of 2:51 minutes, and 4:17 minutes, respectively. At the end of the brooding period, the removal of paper mats utilized an average time of 4:34 minutes while the removal of chick guards utilized an average of 24:17 minutes. In conclusion, the time and duration of various brooding activities in a commercial egg farm can be quantified and documented and be a basis for labor efficiency and wage standard. It was found out that there is a need to define well the activities for the starting and ending point of timekeeping. Future time study for various poultry enterprises can be conducted for better work efficiency (time allotment) and likewise serve as a basis to establish labor wages/ fees.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2014 A3 /M47

Document Type

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