Housing and Equipment Systems Objective: Describe the housing and equipment used in the beef, swine and poultry industry.
Beef Housing and Equipment Careful planning of facilities is important to success land requirements location is very important building requirement fence and pen requirement water
Beef Housing and Equipment Wise planning makes handling easier saves labor ensures a safe working environment cost less
Beef Housing and Equipment Types of facilities: Cow-calf facilities require the simplest facilities 1. Confinement barns cold- open on one side warm- closed, insulated and temperature controlled. Most expensive to build
Beef Housing and Equipment 2. Open feedlot no buildings windbreak fences and sunshades limited protection 3. Open barn and feedlot open front barn and feedlot provides some protection for animals
Beef Housing and Equipment Open Barn and Feedlot, UC Davis Photo
Beef Housing and Equipment 4. Feeding barn and lot Feeding bunks are in the barn offers some protection for cattle protects feed from being damages by the weather
Beef Housing and Equipment Feedlot with a feeding barn
Beef Housing and Equipment Corrals Needed for all types of beef cattle enterprises Holding pen, working chute and headgate easier to handle reduces labor saves time reduces stress safer for the workers and cattle
Beef Housing and Equipment Corral with a loading chute, working chute and squeeze chute
Swine Housing and Equipment Types of Housing: Pasture or range Confinement houses cold- no heat, mainly for finishing operations warm- heated, used for farrowing and young animals
Swine Housing and Equipment Most North Carolina swine farmers use warm confinement houses Ventilation is used to control temperature, moisture, odor and airborne diseases
Swine Housing and Equipment Location: Regulations Odor is the main problem Colorado already has Amendment 14, which regulates odor at the property boundary of a swine farm Missouri has regulations for odor on large farms and has required that these farms develop odor-control plans
Swine Housing and Equipment Automatic feeding and watering more expensive requires less labor Hand watering and feeding low cost requires more labor
Swine Housing and Equipment Farrowing enterprises require small equipment castrating knives ear notchers teeth clippers
Swine Housing and Equipment
Swine Housing and Equipment
Swine Equipment and Housing
Poultry Housing and Equipment Facilities Range Confinement housing Confinement has become more popular because it reduces: land requirements diseases predators protects from weather
Poultry Housing and Equipment In recent, most poultry operation are confinement type houses with: automatic waters automatic feeding artificial lighting artificial ventilation
Poultry Housing and Equipment Brooding: 90 to 95 degrees F Temperature taken 3 feet off the floor Temperature reduced 5 degrees per week Temperature no lower than 70 degrees F Hover guards keep chicks from wondering away
Poultry Housing and Equipment Broiler and turkey houses: used for meat type animals dirt floors covered with litter wood shavings newspaper straw lights are on 24 hours per day
Poultry Housing and Equipment Laying houses Confinement with wire cages saves space cleaner eggs Artificial lights automatic timer 14 hours of light per day
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing Bio-security
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing and Equipment
Poultry Housing and Equipment