1. Housing and Equipment Systems
Objective: Describe the housing and equipment used in the beef, swine and poultry industry.

2. 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

3. Beef Housing and Equipment
Wise planning
makes handling easier
saves labor
ensures a safe working environment
cost less

4. 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

5. 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

6. Beef Housing and Equipment
Open Barn and Feedlot, UC Davis Photo

7. 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

8. Beef Housing and Equipment
Feedlot with a feeding barn

9. 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

10. Beef Housing and Equipment
Corral with a loading chute, working chute and squeeze chute

11. 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

12. Swine Housing and Equipment
Most North Carolina swine farmers use warm confinement houses
Ventilation is used to control temperature, moisture, odor and airborne diseases

13. 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

14. Swine Housing and Equipment
Automatic feeding and watering
more expensive
requires less labor
Hand watering and feeding
low cost
requires more labor

15. Swine Housing and Equipment
Farrowing enterprises require small equipment
castrating knives
ear notchers
teeth clippers

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19. Poultry Housing and Equipment
Facilities
Range
Confinement housing
Confinement has become more popular because it reduces:
land requirements
diseases
predators
protects from weather

20. Poultry Housing and Equipment
In recent, most poultry operation are confinement type houses with:
automatic waters
automatic feeding
artificial lighting
artificial ventilation

21. 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

22. 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

23. Poultry Housing and Equipment
Laying houses
Confinement with wire cages
saves space
cleaner eggs
Artificial lights
automatic timer
14 hours of light per day

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30. Poultry Housing Bio-security

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