LITTER

MANAGEMENT
by
Dr. Julius Afolayan
 WHAT IS LITTER?
Two meanings ascribed to poultry
litter:
• Admixture of beddings,
feathers, excreta and feed.
• Fresh bedding materials –
shavings or saw dust
WHY BOTHER ABOUT LITTER?
•To keep the birds
comfortable
•To keep the birds dry and
clean
 WHAT IS CONSIDERED AS A GOOD
LITTER
• Coarse texture (to prevent
pecking)
• Highly absorbent
• Dry rate
• Free from moulds\toxins
 WHAT IS CONSIDERED AS A GOOD
LITTER
• Easily and readily available
• Minimum dust
• Cheap
• Post bedding use
WHY GOOD QUALITY LITTER
• Birds performance
parameters such as
• Growth rate Are all
affected
• Food efficiency by good
• Carcass quality litter
 SOME DELETERIOUS EFFECTS OF
BAD LITTER
• Predisposes to diseases particularly
coccidiosis
• Build up ammonium level (> 30ppm)
• Impedes mobility- birds unable to
access feed/water
• Toxins/moulds being ingested
 WHY THE NEED FOR PROPER POULTRY
MANURE MANAGEMENT
• Enormous heaps of manure
generated creates a nuisance to
the environment
• Increasing
awareness/enforcement of
environmental sanitary codes and
laws.
WHY THE NEED FOR PROPER POULTRY MANURE
MANAGEMENT

• Possibility of recycling
what is termed waste to
useful areas.
• Source of recycling
infection
 ORCHESTRATED MANURE
MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
• It comes under
1)Collection
2)Transport
3)Storage
4)Disposal/utilisation
 CONCLUSION
• It is important that poultry producers take
cognisance of the litter management in their
production scheme.
• Proper litter management will in no small
measure add value to your final product, in
the broiler industry.
• It allows what could be considered as waste to
be ploughed to useful purpose.
• Make Litter Management a HABBIT in your
production scheme
 INSPIRATION
“IN A COCK FIGHT”
It is not the size of the
cock in the fight but the
size of the fight in the
cock