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uf ER OR So 8 - TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1995 THE PORT PERRY STAR - Here's how to get FARM & COUNTRY LIFE spring chicks off to a good start By Peter Peacock they plan to raise some Poultry Nutritionist ~~ Roaster chickens this Shur-Gain year. Chick delivery days are just around the corner and farmers should consider if To satisfy the legal as- pects of chicken produc- tion in Ontario, make sure HOME......coeren.... (905) 263-2615 SHOP.....oereeenennnnn(905) 263-2918 CELLULAR............905) 432-4529 WITH US-- Account Managers can help you goals by establishing a sound savi ~ make it happen. Community for over 100 years. Clb At CIBC, our Agricultural Specialists and investment program that is right for you and , if necessary, providing the financing you need to CIBC is proud to have served the Scugog For all your financial needs, call 985-4444 FARM | FINANCIAL SERVICES you have quota to produce and market chicken. Chicken may be grown without quota if the birds are for consumption by the people that live on the premises where the chick- ens are raised. These rules stem from the Farm Products Mar- keting Act and failure to comply could result in a fine of up to $2,000. So, where do you start? Understand that the ob- jective is to produce a high quality 2.5 to four Kkilo- gram carcass with a mini- mum of mortality. You will need a clean, draft free area to grow out your birds - count on about seven square metres per 50 birds. Once you have the pen area established, make sure the area is clean and disinfected. Spread out lit- ter about seven centime- tres thick throughout the pen area - wood shavings or chopped straw work well. Set up heat lamps, wa- ter supply and feeders. A five-litre water fount is sufficient for 25 birds and one metre of feeders space is needed for every 75 birds. . It is a good practice to achieve your ngs and 145 QUEEN ST Th SD, 8 Bh Ss ge, Su SOY Bee JES Te BR SN TER So JR SR BJ REET - PORT PERRY WE aR ERE . lyte 'stress' packa Bob, Jennifer, Scott and Diane Stone stand in front of their new chicken barn which was built last fall. They've had two weeks to get the barn ready for their next shipment of over 20,000 chickens which arrive this week. Local farmer investing in future of agriculture fill the waterers before the birds arrive so the water will be at room tempera- ture and to provide addi- tional feed in trays made from egg cartons to make it easier for the chickens to locate the feed and begin eating. It is also a good practice to add an electro- to the water because birds on ar- rival may be dehydrated. Confine the chicks to a circular brooding area. This will prevent them from huddling and smoth- ering each other. | The chicks should be started in a warm, draft- free area - about 30 to 32 degrees C at chick level for the first week. A heat lamp set 50 cm above the chicks should accomplish this. You can then de- crease the temperature 3 degrees C per week until the chicks are feathered. At that point, ensure the temperature does not drop below 13 degrees C. If the birds are crowded to one side of the pen, there is a draft. If they are, all huddled along the brooder guard, the pen is too hot - raise the heat lamp. If the birds are huddled below the heat lamp, the brooding area is too cold so lower the heat lamp slightly and add another heat lamp. Ideally, the birds should be spread evenly throughout the pen. Feed your birds with a properly formulated start- er diet. I recommend a commercially prepared diet that contains an anti- coccidial. Coccidiosis is a parasitic disease that is common to poultry and can result in 90 per cent mortality in a flock of young birds. The anti-coccidial in the start- er diet will prevent the dis- "ease effect from coccidio- 318. By David Stell Port Perry Star Bob Stone sure has a lot of work to keep him busy on his farm just north of _ Seagrave. On any given day you can find Mr. Stone taking care of over 30 head of beef cat- tle, selling seed as a dealer for Pioneer Seed, planting his own crops on 100 acres of land, or taking care of his main concern; chickens. In fact this week he will be starting out fresh again when over 20,000 cockerels are delivered to his farm. And Mr. Stone certainly has the facility to take care of those chicks. His two lev- el chicken barn is 260 ft long and the sophisticated feeding equipment and climate control are almost brand new. Mr. Stone decided to start raising chickens last year. He had experience in farming with 13 years in the dairy business with his brother before that. But he's had his farm for 15 years now and he wanted to continue in farming. "I made the decision I was going to invest in agricul- ture," he said when explaining why he chose to raise chickens. 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