AgricZone Agricultural consultancy Agency

09/06/2025

How to construct a poultry house:

Commercial chicken farming requires a high-level of expertise, understanding and commitment to be successful.

Whilst it’s important to emphasize the need for excellent flock management at all times, something that comes with experience and aptitude, adopting the correct housing techniques and equipment will set a firm foundation for success of your poultry venture.

The following is a guiding checklist for poultry house construction:

"A poultry house should provide the birds with a comfortable environment and protect them from the extremities of the prevailing weather (rain, wind and sunshine).

"It should have adequate space for the flock to be kept in the house. The ideal stocking density is:

1. Layers: one square metre for 6 birds.

2. Broilers: One square metre for 11 birds.

"It should be open-sided to allow natural ventilation with an east-west orientation to minimise the amount of sunlight entering the house directly. Its not good for sun rays to strike directly into the poultry house.

"It should be rectangular in shape and have a wall not higher than three feet on the longer side. The widith should be at least 7-9 metres, but for the length you are only limited by your land. Avoid building poultry houses in a square form.

"The wall can be made from stones, iron sheets, timber, silver boards or bricks

"The rest of the side of the wall should have a chicken wire mesh. The wire mesh on the sides of the house should be of a small gauge to prevent entry of wild birds, dogs and rodents. This normal chicken mesh is not long lasting.....within a few months it rusts and gets off the house. its better to use a plastic quoted mesh.

"The roof of the house should have a reflecting surface and pitched with overlaps to ensure that the house is comfortable and well ventilated. There should be enough gap between the birds and the roof to avoid heat stress. The pin of the house should be 8 metres from the ground, and the sides shoul

09/06/2025

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✍ *EARN MILLIONS FROM GROWING PASSION FRUITS* 🍈
👌 *Background*
Passion fruits are one of the most expensive and not common fruits on market. Its highly nutritious and mainly produced for juice processing.
Passion fruits are heavy feeders and sensitive to water logging therefore require deep, well drained fertile soils.
It grows best at PH 5.5-7. Needs more of Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium and magnesium plus organic matter. (Its prudent that you test the soil to be sure about the availability of these nutrients and know what to add)
*Varieties*
We have the local Purple, a hybrid Upf 12 ,sweet yellow and big purple varieties
You must know your market before choosing the variety to grow.

👉 *ESTABLISHMENT*
▪️ Land preparation
Passion fruits need to be planted in an open place direct sunlight
Remove all trees and bushes
Do some ploughing to remove the unwanted vegetation and shrubs
▪️ Make the holes: Holes should be 2ft wide and 2ft deep.
After making the holes, mix the top soil with half a basin of decomposed manure and fill back the hole.
Make the holes atleast 2weeks prior to planting.
▪️ Spacing: This should be 7*7ft at least for the purple variety.
Meaning we shall make *734* holes in one Acre.
▪️ *Planting*
You can choose to buy ready seedlings at 1500Ushs each or make your own nursery bed.
At planting, get your seedlings, apply some 50gms of DAP in the hole then put your seedling and cover well.
Transplant during cool hours of the day to minimize transpiration shock.

28/12/2022

POULTRY REARING
Poultry contributes to improved human nutrition and food security by being a
leading source of high quality protein in form of eggs and meat. It acts as a key
supplement to revenue from crops and other livestock enterprises, thus avoiding
over dependency on traditional commodities with inconsistent prices. It has a high
potential to generate foreign exchange earnings through export of poultry products
to neighboring countries. Poultry is highly prized in many social-cultural functions
such as dowry and festivities. The poultry industry in Uganda is relatively new. Its
major problem is therefore associated with its further expansion, though care
must be taken to avoid overproduction. The industry is characterized by widely
diverse methods of production which include the following: village flocks, smallscale commercial flocks and large-scale commercial farms. Constraints in poultry
production include: production related constraints (inadequate access to improved
breed, access and affordability of feed, disease control); lack of knowledge and skills,
inadequate capital at all levels and marketing.

Systems of Management
• Free range
• Semi-intensive
• Intensive
Housing: essential features
• Building a large poultry house ideal for chicken
• Be rainproof
• Be secure from windy rains
• Have smooth surface walls to stop mites and other pests from hiding
• Periodically spraying the poultry unit with insecticide and disinfectants
• Periodically removing the dropping/cleaning the poultry house regularly
• Have good ventilation and in hotter areas at least 2 sides should be partly
chicken wire mesh
• Preferably have cemented floor for ease of cleaning and disinfecting
• Be rat-proof
• Using plenty of litter after cleaning the poultry house
• Keeping the right number of birds in poultry houses

28/12/2022

Common poultry disease and treatment

10: *Mushy Chick* which affects chicks

11: *pullorum disease* (solmonellosis)
*Symptoms*
Coughing
White droppings
Treatment is through use of antibiotics

12: *Avian influenza ( bird* flu)
*Symptoms*
Waterly dropping
Inflammation of the face
Reduction in egg production
Blood discharge from the vent

13: *Bumblefoot --* symptoms is swollen foot

14: *Coccidiosis*
Drugs used are
Sulfalox
ESB3
Coxoid
Bremamed

15: infectious bursal disease ( Gumboro )

Clostridial disease infection

28/12/2022

Gd evening everyone here

The common poultry diseases , there drugs to use for treatment and prevention .

*1 Fowl pox* it's a viral disease
*Symptoms*
White spots on the head

Prevention is through vaccination
*Drugs to use*
Aliseryl
Nomovit
Sulfafox
ESB3

2; *Boulism*
Spread through contaminated water and feeds
*Treatment* is by use of anti- toxins

3: *fowel cholera* spread by the rats and wild birds
*Symptoms*
Difficult in movement

Treatment is by use of
Penicillin
Erythromycin
Tetracycline
Sulphonomide

4: *infectious Bronchitis* which is a viral disease caused by the corona virus and transmitted through AIR
*Symptoms*
Abnormal respiratory sounds
Coughing
Sneezing
Waterly discharge
Swelling of the face
Reduction in egg production

*Treatment drugs*
Respimint
Coloxin
Doxin
Interflox
Coliflox oral
*Prevention* is through vaccination

5: *infectious coryza* respiratory disease common in layers which transmitted through air, direct contact
*Symptoms*
Swollen eyes
Discharge from the nose
Reduction in egg production
Moist feathers
*Treatment*
Anti- biotics
Sulphur drugs
Which are
Oxytetracycline soluble power

*Others*
Respimint
Coloxan
Doxin
Interflox
Coliflox oral

6: *Marek's disease which* is common in young birds
*Symptoms*
Paralysis of the legs
Loss of weight
Reduction in egg production

*Drugs* to use for treatment
Aliseryl
Nemovit
Terranox oxytetracycline
Virukill

7: *thrush or candidiasis* which is a chicken skin disease
*Symptoms*
Increase in feed intake
White discharge at the vent
Rough feathers

8: *chonic respiratory* disease also known as microplasmosis
*Symptoms*
Is poor laying
Reduction in egg production
Swollen joint
Coughing
*Others drugs to use*
Tylasin
Oxytetracycline
Neomycin
Chlortetracycline
Gentai
Tiamuln
Enrofloxacin.
Erythromycin
*More option*
Respimint
Coloxan
Doxin
I terflox
Coliflox Oral

9: *Newcastle disease* which is a viral disease
*Symptoms*
Breathing problem
Discharge