The next phase of our system in the rearing of Manok Pinoy chicks involves moving them to a bigger confined area on the ground where they are “hardened” before they are set loose in the free-range.
The pens are roofed and in the first few days after they are transferred from the circular brooders, they are protected from the cold nights by covering the pens with plastic tarps.
Since we don’t use electric bulbs anymore to give them heat, the protective plastic tarp is a must, especially since the nights are extremely cold in my farm in Kidapawan City.
In the continuous process of experimentation, I addressed the problem of odor from the droppings by scattering crushed charcoal in the pens.
The farm produces a lot of charcoal because we are cutting down old rubber trees for replanting.
The crushed charcoal is actually waste material but I asked the boys in the farm to gather it and broadcast this in the pens.
The result was spectacular.
Not only did we succeed in eliminating the odor, we also noticed that the chicks are healthier and the incidence of respiratory ailments was reduced to almost zero.
Perhaps, you could try this in your farm too and share with us your observations.
Or maybe some animal health experts could give us a scientific explanation to what we have achieved in the farm.
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