Empty chicken house management
The chicken house should be cleaned up always, and the empty chicken house also need cleaned . After the chickens are transferred out, in order to provide a safe environment for the future chicken flocks and surrounding chicken flocks, the house must be empty for at least 20 days. Management of key links such as cleaning, rinsing and disinfection.
Clean the material tower, feed storage room and trough to avoid waste of feed, and clear the chicken manure from the chicken house to ensure the chicken manure treatment in the chicken house. Chicken manure outside the chicken house. First clean it in a bag, clean it, rinse the road with clean water, and finally spray disinfection.
Clean the drinking water system, power supply system, cages and other equipment and facilities; protect the electrical equipment control switches in the house. When arranging the house, try not to remove the facilities and items from the house. It should be arranged, washed and disinfected in the house. If the facility or item must be removed, strict cleaning and disinfection should be carried out before removal to prevent contamination of other areas.
The poultry cage equipment can be washed 2 to 3 days after the house is finished. In the process of rinsing, according to the principle of first, then, after, after, after and after, to ensure the rinsing effect and work efficiency, at the same time, it can also save costs. After rinsing and finishing, check the working effect. If the rinsing is unqualified, it should be re-rinsed immediately. And check again.
After the house is washed clean, the water pipes of each floor should be adjusted to the appropriate height, and all the equipment in the house (including feeding, ventilation, scraping, lighting, drinking water, temperature supply, etc.) should be thoroughly overhauled, all preparations Do it.
Key points of light control technology for laying hens
Light is one of the necessary environmental conditions for laying hens. The intensity, time and color of light are very important for chicken activities, metabolism, growth and productivity, especially for laying hens raised in layer battery cage equipment. Reasonable control of light can improve the production capacity of laying hens and the economic benefits of farmers.
1. The effect of light on laying hens
Light stimulates the hypothalamus directly through the skull or light through the nerve pathway of the nerve lobe. After the hypothalamus is stimulated, it secretes gonadotropin-releasing hormone, which reaches the anterior pituitary through the pituitary portal system, causing follicles The secretion of stimulating hormones and ovulation hormones promote the development of follicles and then ovulation. The developing follicles produce estrogen, which promotes the development and function of the hen’s fallopian tubes. At the same time, estrogen also promotes calcium metabolism to facilitate the formation of eggshells. Ovulation hormones Causes hens to ovulate. In a closed chicken house, no matter how nature changes day and night. The laying of eggs by hens is mostly concentrated in the first 2-7 hours of artificial light.
2. Control of lighting technology
1. Lighting time. The length of lighting time is closely related to the age of sexual maturity of chickens. Too short light time during the rearing period will delay sexual maturity, and too long time will lead to early sexual maturity.
2. Light intensity. Appropriate light intensity is conducive to the normal growth and development of chickens. Excessive light can make chickens irritable and cause severe pecking, prolapse or nervousness. The sudden increase in light intensity during the laying period can significantly increase the rate of cracked eggs, soft-skinned eggs, deformed eggs, and sudden death; low illumination can accelerate the deposition of body fat, but the illumination is too low. It will reduce the chicken's feed intake, reduce drinking water, hinder growth and development, and reduce egg production.
There are four ways to control the light intensity: one is to control the intensity by increasing or decreasing the number of bulbs; the other is to adjust the intensity by changing the bulbs of different power; the third is to control the intensity by adjusting the voltage; the fourth is to control the intensity by adjusting the spacing. But no matter how you adjust, each time you turn on and turn off the lights, you must gradually change from dark to bright, from bright to dark, to give the chickens an adaptation process to prevent frightening the flock. The distance between the bulbs should be 1.5 times the height of the bulb from the ground; the distance between the lamp and the wall should be half the distance between the bulbs, and the lamps between rows should be arranged in a staggered manner to obtain a more uniform lighting effect.
3. Light color. Laying hens are more sensitive to color. Chickens have better vision under red, orange and yellow light. Under red light, it tends to be quiet, with very few pecking habit, a little later in maturity, high feed reward, and egg production slightly increased; yellow light reduces feed reward, delayed sexual maturity, increased egg weight, decreased egg production, and increased pecking ; Green light can make sexual maturity earlier and weight gain faster; blue light can reduce hen egg production.
Which Factors Affect Size of Eggs in Chicken Feed?
Studies have shown that within a certain range, the content of some trace components in eggs is significantly affected by chicken feed. The content of nutrients varies, which affects the quality and size of the eggs.
Protein and amino acid levels in feed, protein intake is the main nutritional factor that affects egg size. Adjusting the protein level of the diet can change the size of the egg. Each one increase or decrease in dietary protein levels, such as from 16% to 17% or 15%, can increase or decrease the weight of the egg by approximately 1.2 grams. In practice, it is best not to increase or decrease the protein by more than 1 percentage point each time. Amino acid nutrition is the essence of protein nutrition.
The effect of dietary energy levels on egg weight is mainly through feed intake. If the daily energy intake of layer hens is lower than the lower limit of the above values, the egg production and egg weight will be affected, and thus affect the protein's Food intake (or protein savings) allows hens to have higher protein levels for maintenance, egg production and increased egg weight.
Essential fatty acids play an important role in the factors that affect egg weight. Linoleic acid is involved in fat metabolism, so it affects the size of the egg through its effect on the yolk.
Tell you why you choose an automated layer cage from six aspects
With the development of the breeding industry, automatic layer chicken cages are now essential chicken breeding equipment for farmers. What are the benefits of using chicken cages to raise chickens? Let's discuss it today.
1.High degree of automation. Active feeding, drinking water, cleaning manure, wet curtain device. The use of this type of equipment to centrally manage the chicken coop can greatly improve the efficiency of breeding.
2.Conducive to the epidemic prevention work. Because the automatic manure removal systemmakes the chickens inaccessible to manure. This will make the chicken grow stronger. It also provides a clean and warm development space for chickens.
3.Save breeding feed. The use of stacked layer cages can greatly reduce the breeding feed. Because chickens grow in cages, their activity is reduced. The chicken's body consumes less energy, which leads to less feed waste.
4.The chicken coop is stable and durable. Hot-dip galvanizing technology is now used in automated breeding equipment. Make the equipment use longer, and it is also resistant to corrosion and oxidation. The service life can reach 15-20 years.
5.Save time. Because of the high degree of automation of modern chicken farming equipment, it is more conducive for farmers to manage the chicken coop and save time for other tasks.
Methods for raising chickens in layer cages to prevent egg breakage
Farmers are in the daily process of raising chickens. There are some broken eggs caused by careless management. Eggs are affected by the health of the chicken, and the hardness of the eggshell will also vary due to the health and quality of the chicken flock. Here are some methods for farmers to prevent egg breakage.
After laying hens begin to lay eggs, they increase with age. The surface of the egg will also increase. The strength of the eggshell is reduced. Therefore, the older the laying age, the higher the breakage rate. In laying hen cages, the higher the egg breakage rate of standing or squatting laying hens is lower. Laying hens lying prone or squatting have lower egg breakage rates.
Laying hens lack the light required to absorb calcium at night, and the eggshells formed are thinner. Therefore, the breakage rate of eggs laid in the afternoon is lower than that of eggs laid in the morning. The health of the chicken also affects the quality of the eggs. Many diseases have an impact on the quality of eggshells. Such as infectious bronchitis, etc. will make the egg structure abnormal, irregular shape, and increase the egg breakage rate.
Among the nutrition, calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D have a greater impact on the quality of eggshells. Under normal circumstances, the amount of calcium required in the diet of laying hens should be 2.7-3.75%. This is 3-4 times larger than the 0.9% calcium requirement of non-laying hens. The phosphorus requirement of the laying hen's diet should be 0.5%. Vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium and phosphorus. Such as in the absence of vitamin D. Even if the laying hens are fed rich calcium and phosphorus, they will produce soft-shelled eggs.
Environmental changes and the temperature of the chicken house have a greater impact on the eggshell. The higher the shelf temperature, the more broken the eggs. In summer, the eggshells of eggs laid by chickens are usually about 5% thinner than eggs in other seasons. This is mainly because high temperature will reduce the feed intake of chickens, and the intake of calcium will be reduced accordingly. In addition, in a high-temperature environment, if the relative humidity is high, the heat dissipation of the chicken is not good, and the egg will be damaged even more.
Farmers can purchase automated chicken raising equipment. It contains an automatic egg collection system. The chicken coop has a slightly inclined angle. After the laying hen lays the egg. The eggs roll along the conveyor belt. This reduces the egg breakage rate.
The convenience of automatic poultry farming equipment for raising chickens
The cage breeding in the automatic poultry farming equipment is a mode of modern breeding layer hens. By using modern layer cages and other automatic poultry equipment, running a scientific and reasonable management mechanism, the production of layer hens will be of higher quality and more quantity.
- Easy to manage
Nowadays, the scale of layer farms is very large, and there are a lot of layer hens, so it is easy to manage by using chicken battery cages. Farmers can raise thousands of laying hens in chicken cages in large chicken farms. The sanitary cleaning is extremely convenient, and the daily management work is also easy to perform.
- The laying hens are in good physical condition
The method of cage breeding is convenient for farmers to treat the laying hens in time when they are sick, and the difficulty of treatment is greatly reduced. Therefore, cage breeding can ensure that the laying hens are in good physical condition.
- Convenient feeding and scientific feeding
Raising chicken in poultry cages for layer reduces the workload of farmers in raising layers and facilitates collective and efficient feeding. In addition, the scientific feeding mechanism is also easy to implement.
- Convenient egg collection and good preservation of eggs
One of the biggest advantages of poultry cages for laying hens is that the design of the cages has a certain degree of professionalism and pertinence. When a layer lays an egg, the egg will roll out of the cage along the slightly inclined bottom of the cage and enter the egg containment area of the cage for storage. Therefore, it can be collected in time and kept properly to avoid being pecked by the layer.
The above four points are the conveniences of automated poultry equipment shared by poultry equipment manufacturers in poultry farms. Farmers do not need to hire personnel to manage chicken coops, and the use of automated equipment helps farmers reduce breeding pressure.
Harmfulness of Ventilation in Poultry Houses
Because broilers grow fast, metabolism is high, and they are high-density breeding, as the chickens continue to grow, more and more fresh air is needed, and more feces are discharged, and the more harmful gases are produced. The more gases that are most harmful to chickens, the ammonia and hydrogen sulfide for battery cage system in poultry.
Ammonia is a colorless gas with a strong pungent odor. It has a small specific gravity and generally rises to the top in a warm house. However, since ammonia is produced on the ground and around the chicken, the content of the ground in the chicken house is also high, especially When the house is wet and poorly ventilated, the concentration of ammonia in the house is higher. Chicken is particularly sensitive to ammonia. Ammonia has a stimulating effect on the mucous membrane of chickens, which can cause mucosal congestion and edema of the conjunctiva and upper respiratory tract. Pathogens fly through the upper respiratory tract and lung infections to the chest and abdominal airbags, causing respiratory disease in chickens, and the feed intake is reduced, which not only affects the growth and development of chickens, but also reduces the resistance of chickens to diseases, chickens and diseases. The incidence of chicken venomosis is increased and the production performance is greatly reduced in battery cage for layers.
Use layer cage system to get hens to produce more eggs
Layer cage system price in Kenya has now become a modern farm essential poultry farming equipment. Because poultry facilities allow chickens to be better cared for and produce more eggs. Poultry equipment manufacturers through 6 points for everyone to share.
1.Supplement vitamin C in time during laying. In daily feeding process, farmers can choose to add 0.02% vitamin C to the diet of laying hens. According to the practice of many producers, vitamin C can increase the laying rate of laying hens by 11%.
2.Feed eggshell powder during laying. We all know that egg production and laying hens need a lot of protein. Eggshell powder in feed materials contains a lot of protein. Just what laying hens need. So farmers can crush or mash the eggshells. Add proper amount of eggshell powder into the feed of laying hens. This increases egg production by about 10%.
3 Feed the laying hens baking soda. Feeding baking soda to laying hens can not only improve the performance of laying hens, but also strengthen the hardness of eggshell. Adding 0.3% to 1% baking soda to the diet of laying hens can increase the productivity of laying hens.
4.Cut off the feathers of laying hens in summer. It is hot in summer. In order to reduce the heat of laying hens and increase their appetite, farmers can cut off all the feathers on the breast and abdomen of laying hens as well as the inner thighs and under the wings. This will increase their appetite and improve the performance of the layer.
5 To control the reasonable lighting. In the process of raising laying hens in battery chicken cages. Whether the light time of laying hens is uniform and sufficient will also affect the later production performance of laying hens. Lay hens are exposed to light for 8 hours a day at the time of perinatal opening. After each additional week, its light increased by half an hour. Until it reaches the peak laying period of 14-16 hours, until the end of laying, the egg production of laying hens will be significantly improved.
Break your wings when feeding chicks. Within 12-24 hours of the chick coming out of the shell, the farmer can use scissors to cut off the root of the wing. Then use a 50-watt electric iron to cauterize the bleeding, and then apply purple potion to disinfect. By doing this, laying hens can start production 10.5 days earlier and their laying rate increases 10.8 percent.
The above 6 tips are shared by poultry equipment manufacturers on how to use the layer cage system to get chickens to produce more eggs. I hope I can help poultry farmers.
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Daily maintenance of layer cages
The inside and outside of the layer cages should be clean and tidy. Ensure that all sliding surfaces, lead screws, racks, gear boxes, oil holes, etc. are free from oil, oil and air leakage at all parts, and chips, debris, and dirt around the equipment Clean up; tools, accessories, workpieces (products) should be placed neatly, pipes and lines should be organized; good lubrication, add oil or change oil on time, keep oiling, no dry friction, oil pressure is normal, oil mark is bright, oil path is unobstructed, oily The quality meets the requirements, the grease gun, the grease cup, and the linoleum are clean; follow the safe operation regulations, do not overload the equipment, and the equipment safety protection device is complete and reliable, and the unsafe factors are eliminated in time.
The daily maintenance of layer battery cages is the basic work of equipment maintenance and must be institutionalized and standardized. For the regular maintenance of equipment, work quotas and material consumption quotas should be established and assessed according to the quotas. The regular maintenance of equipment should be included in the assessment content of the workshop contract responsibility system. Periodic inspection of equipment is a planned preventive inspection. In addition to human senses, there must be certain inspection tools and instruments, which are carried out according to the periodic inspection card. Regular inspections are also called periodic inspections. The accuracy of the mechanical equipment should also be checked to determine the degree of actual accuracy of the equipment.
The maintenance of the poultry battery hen cages should be carried out in accordance with the maintenance procedures. Equipment maintenance procedures are requirements and regulations for the daily maintenance of equipment. Adhering to the equipment maintenance procedures can extend the service life of the equipment and ensure a safe and comfortable working environment. Its main content should include:
- The equipment should be neat, clean, firm, lubricated, anti-corrosive, safe, etc. The operation content, operation method, tools and materials used, reached standards and precautions;
- The parts, methods and standards for daily inspection, maintenance and regular inspection;
- Check and evaluate the content and methods of the degree of equipment maintenance by the operators.
How to Adjust the Nutrition of Laying Chicken in Summer?
In summer, the temperature is getting higher, and the chicken's condition will be affected as the temperature rises. For poorly broiled chickens, feed intake will drop significantly, greatly affecting chicken health and egg production. How to adopt a reasonable method in the summer and adjust feed nutrition so that the health of the chicken and bring more production is a topic of concern for many farmers.
The addition of oils and fats in feeds can change the palatability of feed, prolong the stay of feed in the digestive tract, and increase the feed intake and digestion and absorption of laying hens. When adjusting the feed formulation, the protein content should not be increased but rather reduced. The content in the feed should be increased accordingly in accordance with the reduction in dietary intake.