Name: Timothy Parris

School: St. Clair Dacon Secondary School

Form: 5 Room 14
Subject: Agricultural Science
Teacher: Mr. Welwyn Lanferman

Name of Project: Broiler Production

Location: St. Clair Dacon Secondary School Farm

Duration: 8 weeks
Sketch of Layout of plot

Materials:

Equipment:

Description of Activities

Activities

Description

Cleaning/ Preparation of pen

The pen was prepared by removing old

litter. We cleaned and disinfected the
Walls, floors and cracks. We wash down
the pen with boiling hot water in case
there were any diseases.

Preparation of Brooder

The floor of the brooder was constructed

1 foot for one broiler. It was covered with
a cardboard that was from a fridge box. A
hundred watt bulb was placed about 18
inches above the floor though the
cardboard. A drinker was placed on the
floor and filled with water. 2 feeders was
placed hanging over the brooder about 18
inches as well.

Purchased of chicks

We received 30 chicks from Baker

Enterprises in Kingstown.

Arrival of chicks

The brooder housing temperature was

measured. The temperature showed about
95 F. The Feeders and drinkers were filled
1 hour before the chicks arrival. Vitamin
was added to the water to comeback
stress.
The water and feed levels were
maintained regularly.

Once a day the chickens were fed while

the litter was raked. After three weeks
they were being fed broiler starter and
they were moved to a larger pen than the
brooder.
Weighting of chicks

The weight of the chickens were recorded

after they were weighted once a week and
at 6 weeks they had an average weight of
4 pounds.

Slaughtering and Dressing

A live chicken was taken and the feathers

were plucked using a plucking machine.
After the feathers were plucked the
chicken was washed and dried, it was
placed in boiling hot water at 60 C.

Marketing

The school staff was very anxious to buy

the chickens because of the upcoming
Christmas season.

Complete Budget

Projected Income

Price

30 broilers @ $5 pounds each

($30 x 5 pounds = 150 pounds)
x $5.00
Total Income

150
$750.00

Projected Expenditure
2 sacks broiler starter @ $35.40 each
$88.50
2 sacks broiler grower @ $33.10 each
$66.20
3 sacks broiler finisher @ $33.05

$99.15

15 pounds of feed

$10.05

Sub Total

$263.90

30 broilers @ $1.75 each

$52.50

Cleaning job

$30.00

Plastic bags

$10.00

Transportation

$10.00

Light

$10.00

Water
Labour
Total Expenditure

$10.00
$100.00
$222.50

Total Projected Expenditure

$486.40

Projected Surplus
(Projected Income
Projected Expenditure)
$486.40

$750.00 -

Projected Surplus

$263.60

Actual income
Actual income
29 broilers {147*5}

$735.00

Total income

$735.00

Actual expenditure
Materials
30 broilers at $2.50 each
2.5 sacks broiler starter at $35 per sack
2 sacks of broiler grower $33.10 per sack
3 sacks of finisher at $33.05 per sack

$75.00
$105.00
$66.20
$99.15

Sub total

$345.35

Labor and Utilities

Slathering
Bags
Clean up
Light
Water
Sub total

$30
$10
$10
$10
$10
$70