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SINGLE-STAGE STORIES
S E R I E S
PHILIPPINES
HatcheryRayanton
Rayanton Farms andLivestock Corporation
Philippines
Rayanton Farm's owner and President, Jos Antonio
Raya back in Manila.
Jos was hosting a local poultry association meeting.
He is the guiding
force behind the entire Rayanton Farms integrated
operation, officially established in 1985 but originally
started in 1979 with his brother and just 2,000 birds .
“We are excited by new technology; it keeps us ahead of
the competition,” he began, “myself and my son, Jelo,
are always looking to see how we can improve the
operation. Only a few years ago all broiler operations
here used multistage equipment. We were one of the
first to see the potential for single stage even in smaller
broiler operations such as Rayanton. Now almost all new
broiler hatcheries go with single stage.” I asked him
about the decision to purchase a CC3. “We are the first
company in the Philippines to buy a CC3. I am proud of
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Despite that, he still found time to meet with us and
share a broad smile that made it clear to me why he was
such a popular leader with his staff.
that. I am also pleased that people from KFC and many
others want to see my hatchery because of the CC3 and
our Avidas. That's OK with me,” he said with passion.
“My hatchery is a good advert for us and for Chick
Master. We supply KFC, hospitals and big restaurants
and many other top customers. They will only accept
high standards.”
Certainly innovation coupled with good management is
the key to the success of his fine integrated operation and
made this hatchery one of the most advanced in Asia.
Many have followed Jose's lead with three more CC3s
being installed in the Philippines this year and many
others in other parts of Southeast Asia.
I thanked Jos for the pleasure of his company. He is an
inspiration not just to me but to the entire industry here
in the Philippines.
I was on a tight schedule and headed back to the
airport tired but elated. It had been a great trip. The
customs official stamped my passport wearily, “a
long day,” I enquired? “Four hours without a break,”
she said. “It's a hard life,” I replied flippantly. She
flashed her beautiful eyes and said with a winning
smile, “It's more fun in the Philippines. Next!”
“What is?” I asked. But it was too late she was
already pouring over yet another passport. Well,
that's it, I decided there and then, I just have to come
back again to this wonderful country and find out.
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Front cover: Jos Antonio Raya, President of Rayanton Farms and Livestock Corporation outside the hatcheryé
Greg Aljas Jr. operating the CC3 remote ventilation interface in the setter room
“Avidas are easy to work
with, easy to operate, easy
to understand and parts
are easy to replace. What
more do you need?Greg Aljas Jr.
Rayanton Farms Leads the Way with Avida Single Stage and the CC3
for Modern Broiler Production in the Philippines
SINGLE-STAGE STORIESS E R I E S
The Rayanton Farms broiler hatchery is an important
element of one of the most modern and forward
thinking integrated poultry operations in the
Philippines. They were the first in Southeast Asia to
install a CC3, the compact solution
for optimal hatchery ventilation
and energy efficiency. They were
shrewd enough to see the potential
for smaller broiler operations to
b ene f i t f r om s i ng l e s t age
incubation. Until recently, this was
an area reserved to the breeder companies in this
marketplace.
A large
picture window overlooked the tops
of the six Avida A8 setters and two
Zephyr C128 hatchers. “Very
useful to keep an eye on the
machines and to carry out
m a i n t e n a n c e p r o c e d u r e s , ”
explained Greg with pride as he
explained the view.
Greg Aljas Jr. Rayanton's Hatchery Maintenance
Supervisor, greeted us with a friendly smile and
showed us into his office.
We showered and donned our
hatchery attire to make a tour of the
hatchery. Greg had worked in
several hatcheries over the last 12
years – most ly with older
multistage machines that often
required a lot of maintenance. As we
entered the setter room I asked him
what it was like to work with brand
new Avida state-of-the-art single-
stage machines. “It is great,” he
enthused, “like driving a brand new
car. Some of the other machines I worked with were like
riding a clapped-out motorcycle.” We laughed as he
continued with genuine enthusiasm, “Avidas are easy
to work with, easy to operate, easy to understand and
parts are easy to replace. What more do you need?”
Greg continued enthusiastically, “people don't realise
that they can save a lot of money with the Avida's VFD
fans, Hot Water Heating
of money
to save.” he concluded.
The hatchery sets 42,240 eggs twice per week. It is well
organized and the eight full time staff were friendly and
industrious. Bio-security is the watchword here and is
strictly adhered to. The chicks looked good so I asked
Greg about performance. “They are good today and
always hatch over a short period.”
and other energy saving
devices. Due to high energy costs in the Philippines
energy is an important element of total hatchery costs.
We are now averaging around 40 to 45 cents per egg
while some of the other hatcheries can incur energy
costs as high as 60 cents per egg. That is a lot
Greg recognizes that
is it hard to maintain consistent high quality results
from hatching eggs purchased from different sources.
He expects to see a change once they are self-sufficient
in egg production around the middle of 2012. He can
then plan on getting the chick quality and tight hatch
window on all flocks and eggs set.
around
60% of the time on average.” I was impressed.
We arrived at the CC3, housed adjacent to the hatchery
with impressive ducting rising up into the hatchery air
inlet aperture. It contains a chiller, heat recovery coils
and de-humidification in one self contained and easily
controlled unit. I asked Greg how the Avida and the CC3
installation went. “Your Hatchery Specialist, Davide
Assirelli, helped us a lot at the beginning and gave us
very good training. He spent a few days here and helped
with the start up of the CC3. This was the first CC3 in the
Philippines and everybody was very interested to see
that it worked as expected. It was an important
moment.” Greg continued, “You will see that in many of
the hatcheries in this tropical region the chiller seldom
stops but you will see here that it is working
“What
I like is that the CC3 uses 100% fresh air, no air re-
circulation, which is great for bio-security. Also because
it is delivered fully assembled and commissioned it
PHILIPPINES
was filled with excitement and anticipation. This was
my first visit to the Philippines, a haven of 7,107
islands and 22,500 miles of coastline with a tropical
climate and one of the richest areas of bio-diversity in
the world. Intriguingly on arrival at
Manila airport a huge tourist
billboard proclaimed their latest tag
l ine: ' I t 's More Fun in the
Philippines'. What is I wondered?
Everything? Perhaps on my short
stay I would discover the answer…
Roy Santos from Royal Vet, Chick
Master's excellent representative for
the Philippines, met me early the
next morning for breakfast. Roy had
kindly agreed to take me on a tour of
the hatcheries where Chick Master
had recently supplied equipment in
the Southern Luzon area of the
country. Today we were visiting the
progressive Rayanton Farms and
Livestock Corporation's hatchery in
Tanay, Rizal, about a three hour
drive southeast of Manila.
It was sappingly hot and humid and
the roads were often congested and
chaotic but I was fascinated by the
myriad of new things to see.
Jeepneys were everywhere - the
most popular form of inexpensive
public transportation. Elongated
and often flamboyantly decorated,
they are oddly fashioned on
American WWII military jeeps. Out of the towns we
passed mountains, paddy fields, volcanoes, beautiful
lakes and remnants of jungle where I was lucky
enough to come across a colony of fruit bats, one of my
childhood favourite creatures. Roy obligingly stopped
for me to photograph them as they hung suspended in
the trees above the road shrouded in their huge wings.
reduces the number of contractors required.”I thanked
Greg for his kind hospitality and how much I had
enjoyed the experience and the friendly atmosphere, “it
is like an extension to my family,” he said, “I love it
here,” he beamed as he waved us on our way to meet
I
“We are excited by new
technology, it keeps us ahead
of the competition, Rayanton
Farms was the first company
in the Philippines to buy a
CC3. I am proud of that.”José Antonio Raya
Roy Santos, Royal Vet (left) and Greg Aljas Jr. in the Rayanton Hatchery setter room
Roy Santos, Royal Vet (left) and Greg Aljas Jr. with the CC3The Fruit Bat colony, suspended high above the highway, that Roy
spotted as we made our way to the Rayanton Farms hatchery
Greg Aljas Jr. with the Avida A8-165