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checking flock performance, for determining profit or loss, for determining returns on
investment, for locating excessive costs, and for establishing a manure management plan. The
time a farmer spends keeping records on which to base management decisions will be one of the
best investments a farmer makes.
(l) Experience and know-how: Do not be content to follow a routine. Anyone can follow
cookbook instructions. The farmer should learn all he or she can about physiological functions,
nutrition (feed and water), ventilation, and stress factors of the broiler chick. By doing so, he or
she will understand in greater detail and as such he or shewill be more successful in producing
broilers.
The farmer should also learn as much as he or she can about the market he or she intends to
supply. Know what the market wants, the challenges other producers face in getting the broilers
into market channels. The farmer should keep learning as long as he or she rears broilers.
(m) Waste/Litter management: Keeping litter dry is a critical part of overall management on every
poultry farm. Litter conditions influence bird performance, which in turn affects profits of the
broilers. Dry litter helps control ammonia levels, provides a healthy flock environment, and
reduces condemnations due to hock and footpad burns and breast blisters.
MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES ON A POULTRY FARM
Human Resource Management Defined
Functions of a Farm Manager
Motivating Staff on a Poultry Farm
Motivation is where the individual feels that work is sometimes good and sometimes bad, but that it
is fulfilling, satisfying and capable of development in all ways.
Motivation is also defined as the level of commitment individuals have to what they are doing.
Motivation then is characterized by a certain level of willingness on the part of an individual to
increase effort, to the extent that is exertion also satisfies some need. In using this definition, we
must distinguish between motives and needs.
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