Open invitation to an International Seminar
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If you only attend 1 seminar this year ............. this is the one!!!

Topics:-
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1.  How to feed a day old chick to slaughter age for under $100
2.  The importance of vitamins and minerals in the Ostrich diet
3.  Incubation - everything you ever needed to know
4.  Hatching - a complete guide
5.  Breeder care - complete handling and maintenance instructions
6.  Eggs - collection, storage and hands on candling demonstration
7.  Keeping your birds alive - do's and don't for good husbandry
8.  Hands on demonstration - bird handling and transportation
9.  Record keeping - the importance of accurate data on today's farm
10. Farm tour including incubation and hatching viewing
11. Complete question and answer session
12. Gourmet Ostrich dinner to be served on Saturday 5th April at 7.30 PM

Location
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Canton Ohio USA

Dates
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5th April 1997 start time 11.00 am
Gourmet Ostrich dinner 7.30 PM

6th April 1997 start time 8.30 am
Farm tour, bird handling demonstration and hands
on incubation room visit starting at 2.30 PM

Details of what we will cover for you
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How do you feed out day old chicks to slaughter age for under $100?

The use of minerals, vitamins, probiotics and correct feeding is
essential for today's Ostrich farmer. Our guest speakers will cover
all aspects of:

  Commercial Pellets
  Prices
  Ingredients
  Brand Name versus Local Mill
  Grinding and mixing your own feed
  Raw form ingredients
  Base Mix
  Nutritional
  Equipment and Storage
  Corn and Alfalfa supplement
  Forage utilization
  Know the nutritional requirements of growing Ostriches - all ages
  Determining relative feed value
  Balance of forage and supplements
  Using specific forages and grazing tolerance
  Harvest and crop rotation
  Plant age - and the effect of protein, fibre and energy
  Seasonal adjustments for growing Ostriches and crop nutrition
  Correct stocking levels of Ostriches in pens

Egg collection and handling - a common sense guide to:-

  Collection in the pen
  Cleaning equipment
  How to handle wet dirty eggs
  Disinfectants
  Gloves
  Handling
  Data recording on the egg
  Storage
  Ideal temperature
  Ideal Humidity
  Embryonic development
  Albumen - its effect on incubation rates

How do you incubate Ostrich eggs and obtain a 90% plus hatch rate?

Our discussion on incubation will provide the answers to :-

  Equipment
  Brand names
  Prices
  Number of hens versus egg production
  Features
  Egg position
  Auto controls
  Air flow
  Purification
  Air exchange
  Planning the incubation and hatching room
  Fogger
  Candler
  Gloves
  Scale
  Racks
  Charts
  Work station
  Schedules
  Setting days and times
  Hatching in batches
  Weighing and candling
  Record keeping
  Weight Loss
  Fertility
  Genetics
  Candling
  Checking fertility
  Bacterial problems
  Air cell damage
  Weighing
  Set weight versus current weight
  Changing humidity
  Ring on scale to hold egg
  Biosecurity
  Traffic
  Clothing
  Shoes
  Egg trauma
  Cooling
  Alarm for power failure

Hatching - the all important first day will be extensively covered:-

  Transfer
  Clean
  Pre-heat and stabilize temperature and humidity
  Line trays
  Checking internal pipping
  38th or 39th day transfer
  Setting eggs
  Recording egg and tray numbers
  Watching the hatch
  Lighting
  Stimulating the hatch
  Candle the pip
  Struggling chicks
  Activation of metabolism
  Strength gain
  Problems
  Malpositioned chicks
  Weak chicks
  Slow pipping
  Wet versus dry chicks
  Helping hatch - when to do it
  Culture and necropsy
  Brooding
  Before removing chicks from hatcher
  Tags
  Microchips
  Bands
  Splayed legs
  Weigh
  Record data
  Sexing
  Naval treatment
  Heat
  Good footing

How to care for your Ostriches - from day old all the way through
to those very valuable breeders

  Winter care
  Substrate
  Heat
  Outdoor time
  Food supplements
  Hay
  Corn
  Sickness
  Cold
  Pneumonia
  Frost bite
  Feather Picking
  Stress
  Over crowding
  Ventilation
  Air exchange
  Body condition
  Worming
  Feeding
  Summer care
  Breeding habits
  Disturbances
  Behaviour
  Aggression
  Nests
  Location
  Nest eggs
  Seclusion
  Nutrition
  Supplements
  Oyster shell
  Grit
  Probiotics
  Pre feeding exams
  CBC
  General chemistry
  Ultrasounding
  Cultures
  Problems
  Nutritional deficiencies
  Infections
  Prolaps phallus
  Egg bound
  Soft egg
  Scarred Egg
  Bacteria
  Colony egg identification
  Charting time
  Place and location laid
  Colour
  Porosity
  Shape
  Size
  Exact weight
  Cycle
  Feeding
  General health care
  Worming program
  Delouse
  Toe nail and feather care
  Supplements
  Knowing your birds' behavior
  Posture
  Eating habits
  Vet care
  Prompt diagnostics
  Illness or condition
  Finding a vet
  When to call the vet
  Trauma - to treat or not to treat
  Facilities
  Fencing
  Green houses
  Fences
  Isles between breeder bens
  Sight barriers

A whole session will be given to General Farm talk. Experienced
farmers will be discussing their own experiences of:-

  Feed conversion ratios
  Myth - reality
  Comparison of hogs and cattle
  Age of bird is a factor
  Comparing costs and profits of other livestock
  Equipment
  Labor
  Profit at slaughter age
  Market demand
  How a small Ostrich farmer CAN make a good living
  Microbial
  Feed is better metabolized
  Feed conversion and rate of gain increase
  Fighting bacterial infections
  Balance
  Rate of Gain
  Genetic potential
  Feed quality
  Health status of flock
  Environment
  Management
  Improvements
  Feeder space
  Genetic trends
  Egg production
  Hearty chicks
  Slaughter weights
  Breeds
  Objectives
  Results
  African Blacks
  Crossing with reds and blues
  Hide quality
  Temperament
  Size of species
  Commercial raising properties

There will then be a full open floor discussion where you can raise
all your outstanding questions and share your views with many other
farmers, breeders and other members of our great industry.

On the afternoon of the 6th April there will be a farm tour where
you will see and be encouraged to participate in

  Handling and unloading of breeding birds
  Incubation room visit
  Candling eggs
  Safe handling of eggs

The cost for our seminar is just $395.00 per person
Additional people in the same party are just $250.00 each

Price includes:
Full seminar, Gourmet Ostrich dinner and Continental Breakfast

Price excludes:
Hotel accommodation and all your traveling arrangements.

Seminar Location:
North Canton Holiday Inn  Tel. +1 330 494 2770
Please book your room directly (we are unable to book rooms on
your behalf - Holiday Inn have a worldwide booking facility)
Each room will be $59.00 for up to 2 people sharing

Canton is well served with major airlines - please consult
your travel agent. A complimentary shuttle bus is provided from
the airport to the hotel

This seminar is ALWAYS over booked and many people are ALWAYS
disappointed when we have no places left.

To reserve your place(s), we need to receive your payment in full by
29th March 1997

Alternatively, a down payment now of $75.00 per person will secure your
place until the 29th March 1997 at which time payment in full is
a prerequisite

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Ostriches On Line - The World's Largest International Ostrich Company
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