Question

What is the importance of poultry litter management?

Answer 1

In agriculture, poultry litter or broiler litter is a mixture of poultry excreta, spilled feed, feathers, and material used as bedding in poultry operations. This term is also used to refer to unused bedding materials. Poultry litter is used in confinement buildings used for raising broilers, turkeys and other birds.

Answer 2

The importance of poultry litter management:

• In the poultry management, litter management is the importance feature which must be considered.
• The litter is the excreta from the poultry chicks which is present in the poultry farm.
• Litter also includes the feather of the birds, and the materials which are used as the bedding for the chicks and the hens present in the poultry farm.
• This bedding is very much useful in the absorbance of moisture from the field.
• Litter has the harmful reaction for the human and the environment.