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Technical Vocational
Livelihood
ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
RAISING ORGANIC CHICKEN (OC)
Quarter 1 Week 2 Day 1-5

TVL
Name: ____________________Date: __________
Grade: ________________Section: ___________

Raising Organic Chicken

Learning Competency: Selecting of healthy stocks and suitable

housing (TLE_AFOA9-12OC-Ia-j-IIa-j-1)

 Select healthy chicks based on industry indicator for healthy chicks

Learning Objectives:

A. Identify the external parts of a chicken

B. Visit local poultry house and conduct physical inspection of the raised
chicks
C. Recognize the importance of physical indicators in selecting healthy
chicks.

What I Need to
Do

This activity sheet was designed and written with you in mind. It is
here to help you master the nature of Organic Agriculture specifically in
Selecting healthy chicks based on industry indicator for healthy chicks. The
scope of this activity sheet permits it to be used in many different learning
situations.
Moreover, it is very important that the poultry raiser, prospective
poultry raisers and students of poultry raising should know how to select
chicks of good quality so that they may buy or cull chicks intelligently. A

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group of poor chicks can leave their effects behind them for two to three
years. Some cases may even force a poultry man to go out of business.

Gearing
Up

Activity 1. Fill me In

Fill in the external parts of a chicken. Write your answer in the

numbers below given in the drawing.

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 Getting
Better

Activity 2. In my situation

Read each item carefully. Put a smiling face :) on the item that
conforms to industry standards in selecting healthy chicks, and a sad face :( if
it does not.

_______ 1. Large and prominent eyes

_______ 2. Uniform size and color

_______ 3. Crooked beak

_______ 4. Weigh about 2lbs.

_______ 5. Main tail feathers are carried to one side

_______ 6. Main tail feathers are carried at an angle of more than 90

degrees

_______ 7. Decided knock-kneedness

_______ 8. Pale thin legs

_______ 9. Thin, white, pale shank

_______ 10. Decided bow leggedness Choosing a chicken breed to raise is a

critical decision.

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Activity 3. Easy me. (10 points)

Answer the following questions on the space provided after each

question.

1. What is/are the indicators of healthy chicks?

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2. Is/are the indicators in selecting healthy chicks important? Justify.

_____________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________

Gaining
Mastery

Activity 4. Tell me

Visit a local poultry house near you. Take a closer look of the chicks
raised and inspect if the indicators fit to industry standards. Refer to the
checklist below. Put a check mark (/) under Visible, if it is so, put a check
mark ( ⁄ ) under Not Visible, if it is not. Copy the table and write your answers
to the given box.

Physical Characteristics Indicators Visible Not Visible

Eyes Large and prominent

eyes

Strong well filled legs of

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Legs good bright color

Creamy white down

(the fluffy fine feathers
just below the anus)

Weight and color Weigh about 2 lbs.per

chick

Uniform size and color

Down Well fluffed out and

have proper color of the
breed/strain

Deformities Crooked legs and toes

Crooked beaks

Small eyes

Questions:

1. Based on the checklist above, what have you found out?

2. Is it important to select healthy chicks based on industry standards?

Why?

Rubrics for
Scoring
Activity 1 & 2
Accuracy 15 points

Organization of Ideas 20 points

Content 15 points

TOTAL 50 Points
Activity 3.

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 SHORT ANSWER
CRITERIA 5 3 2 0
exceeds Meet Partially Do not meet
expectations expectations meets expectations
expectations
Content There are 3 There are 2 There is only 1 The question
answers for the answers for the answer for the was not
question and questions but question but answered
each answer they both make that answer
makes sense sense for the makes sense to
for the question question. the question.
Organization The sentences The sentences The sentences The question
are complete are not are not was not
sentences that complete but complete and answered.
relate to the still relate to the they do not
question. question. relate to the
question.
Grammar There was little There were a There were The question
to no mistakes couple many mistakes was not
in grammar and mistakes in in grammar and answered
spelling. grammar and spelling.
spelling.

Activity 4.

Scorecard for selecting healthy chicks

Score 15 10 5 SS TS
Quality Picked high quality Selected good Choose 1-2
chicks which all quality chicks breed
indicators are (3-4 indicators are without
observable. present). considering
its quality.
Quantity Picked 5 high Selected 3-4 good
quality chicks. quality chicks.
Creativity Creatively make Produce an album Printed and
an album with the with 3-4 images of paste 1-2
complete picture of good quality pictures of
5 high quality chicks. chicks.
chicks.
Legend

PS Perfect score
TS Teacher’s Score
SS Student’s Score

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 What I Need to
Remember 

It is very important that the poultry raiser, prospective poultry raisers

and students of poultry raising should know how to select chicks of good
quality so that they may buy or cull chicks intelligently. A group of poor chicks
can leave their effects behind them for two to three years. Some cases may
even force a poultry man to go out of business.

References

Brosas, Arturo. 2022. “All about the Philippine Native Chicken Breeds.”
Chicken Breed Guide. April 16, 2022. https://putakputak.com/chickens/lists-
of-philippine-native-chicken-breeds/.

Online Sites:

“Chicken Breeds in the Philippines and Choosing the Right One.” 2018.
Poultry Manual. April 3, 2018. https://poultrymanual.com/poultry-philippines-
chicken-breeds.

AngelitoPanganiban1. 2022. “Select Healthy Stock and Suitable

Housing.pdf.” May 20, 2022.
https://www.slideshare.net/AngelitoPanganiban1/select-healthy-stock-and-
suitable-housingpdf.

“Deformed Back of Chick - Google Search.” n.d. Www.google.com.ph.

Accessed October 11, 2022. https://www.google.com.ph/search?
q=deformed+back+of+chick&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm.

says, Michael Cabonce. 2016. “How to Pick a Healthy Chick.” Miller

Manufacturing Company Blog. April 6, 2016.
https://www.miller-mfg.com/blog/pick-healthy-chick/.

“Deformed Beak of Chick - Google Search.” n.d. Www.google.com.ph.

Accessed October 11, 2022. https://www.google.com.ph/search?
q=deformed+beak+of+chick&tbm=isch&.

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“Chicken Breeds in the Philippines and Choosing the Right One.” 2018.
Poultry Manual. April 3, 2018. https://poultrymanual.com/poultry-philippines-
chicken-breeds.

“Hubbard Chicken - Bing Images.” n.d. Www.bing.com. Accessed October

11, 2022. https://www.bing.com/images/search?
q=Hubbard+chicken&FORM=HDRSC2.
Photograph/Images

Source: Elizabeth, Amy. "The Distictive Types of Chicken Combs." TBN

Ranch Chicken Keeping Resources, n.d.

“TESDA Online Program: Log in to the Site.” n.d. E-Tesda.gov.ph. Accessed

October 9, 2022. https://e-tesda.gov.ph/mod/book/view.php?
id=4739&chapterid=7164.

Writer: Jay Ramonito H. Escabillas

School: Sacub National High School
District: Hagonoy 1
Division: Davao del Sur
Illustrator: Marvin P. Linogao
School: Padada National High School
District:Padada
Division: Davao del Sur
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Answer Key

Activity 1: Fill me in
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1. beak 2. wattle 3. neck 4. Breast 5. Wing 6.thigh
7. toes 9. Foot 10. shank 11. Hock 12. Tail 13. Back
Writer: Jay Ramonito H. Escabillas
School: Sacub National High School
District: Hagonoy 1
Division: Davao del Sur
Illustrator: Marvin P. Linogao
School: Padada National High School
District: Padada
Division: Davao del Sur
In-house Evaluator
Content
Name:
School:
District:
Division:
Language
Name:
School:
District:
Division:
Lay-out
Name:
School:
District:
Division: Davao del Sur