david speller
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The Potential From Farming
The Ross 308
Presented by
David Speller Owner Applied Group Companies
2004 @ Lower Farm
• Customer require more bird places
• Customer offers a financial incentive for new
building programme, not a contracted sum
• Improved bird welfare
• Improved bird quality/ uniformity/ consistency
• Improved environmental controls
Customer Driven Investment
Half Way There?
Finished
Current Farming Operations • Own 180,000 bird places
• Rent 115,000 bird places
• Building 335,000 bird places share farming
• Supervise for the bank 160,000 bird places
• 1,700,000 bird places under negotiations
• Potentially farming 2.25m birds on 7.5 batches per farm per year (49 day chick to chick)
• Potential total annual output 17m birds/yr
• All Ross birds for performance and efficiency
To do all that means staff (Currently 30, growing 1 man extra/month)
Important factors for me and my
business
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• Efficiency/ Productivity
• Optimal Welfare Standards
• Good Customer Relations
• Suitable Size/ Scale
• Sound Investment
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EPEF – 379 (Best 404.29) Aviagen 400 Club
FCR – 1.61 (Best 1.54)
DLWG – 61.41 g/day (Best 66.25)
Average Kill Age – 36.6 Days
Average LW @ Kill – 2.22 Kg (As hatched)
Top performer into our customers factory last 5 years in a row
Performance 3 year averages
Practical Broiler Efficiency • All about EFFICIENCY & maximising genetic
potential of the bird
• Main factor food conversion
• Mortality early on has minimal impact
• Late issues (legs or mortality) big impact
• Every 1g at 7 day = 9g at 28 days
• Technology can be used to optimise genetic
potential
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7 day weight Vs 28 Day weight (Ratio 1:9)
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Production Costs (%)
Improving FCR – Feed Manangement
• Can be as simple as not running out of feed
• Ensure sufficient feed bin space
• Monitor consumption tightly to predict any tight spots
• Record shed feed usage (batch weighers, etc)
• Alarm feed systems to ensure breakdowns minimise starvation periods
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Feed & water monitoring
Cleanout / Disinfection
• We take our time
• All areas cleaned including canteen and toilets
• We use the right products and rotate products
• Orchard sprayer used to improve coverage/ efficacy
• We chemically treat floors for Cocci every time
Brooding / Early Environment
• UFH – warm floors across whole shed
• Indirect heating reduces CO2
• Manage airflows, especially with
indirect heaters that may be on for
longer.
• Humidity is free heat (5% RH = 1oC)
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Underfloor Heating
Biomasss/ RHI
Hot Water Distribution & Air Heating
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CO2 monitoring
Managing 12-22 day period
• Crumb to pellet change over
• Increasing ventilation
• Vaccination
• Feathering up
• Remote cameras help access behaviour
• Good data used as a management tool
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Remote Cameras
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Summary Overview
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Automatic Bird Weighing
Remote Access Via Smart
Phones
Monitor Activity
• Activity levels indicate welfare/ potential performance
• Visual and sound used
• Part of an EU project (Precision Livestock Farming)
• Ensure feeder and drinker facilities can cope (Eyenamics suggest inconsistent demands)
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Eyenamic Cameras
Eyenamic Data Managing Poor Chick Activity
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Aims From Eyenamics •Monitor distribution of birds around the sheds and ensure even access to food, water, etc •Link data to a welfare score/ Prove welfare •Link behaviour trends with performance to ensure consistent good performance •Look for activity trends and adjust food and water access to meet demands •Monitor consistently and in a quantitative way that can be recorded and monitored
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Future data analysis takes a lot
of computer processing
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Farm - Speller Average
Daily Liveweight Gain
Eyenamics
Introduced
Conclusion
• It is essential to have good genetics to
maximise efficiency potentials
• You also need good facilities, good feed
and water and good management skills
