At present, the summer high temperature weather lasts longer and longer, and the temperature is getting higher and higher. The hot weather has brought great challenges to the farms using chicken battery cages. High temperature is more likely to bring stress response to chickens, causing chicken deaths due to heatstroke.

Install ventilation equipment

Farmers choose suitable fans and wet curtains according to the size of the chicken house. Longitudinal ventilation is better. When the temperature is high, you can use low-temperature water to supply water to the wet curtain. This can also cool the chicken coop better. When the temperature is not very high, you can use circulating water to supply water to the wet curtain, which can cool down and save water.

Reasonable arrangement of feed and feeding time

Due to the influence of high temperature in summer, chicken feed intake has declined. The amount of feed should be reduced at high temperatures. Try to feed at low temperature and ensure that sufficient cold water is provided for the chickens before feeding. Farmers can add appropriate vitamins to the feed and water to ensure that the chickens have adequate nutrition.

Environmental factors in chicken farms

Farmers can plant some tall trees around the chicken coop. This can prevent the chicken house from being exposed to direct sunlight, and it can also bring cool breeze to the chicken house, which has a certain cooling effect. Farmers can also make reasonable use of the automatic ventilation system. For example: fans and wet curtains.

Drinking water

Large water consumption in summer. Farmers must ensure that the chicken coop has sufficient water available. As the temperature rises, the water evaporates faster in the chicken body, and the water loss is more, so the water consumption will increase. Pay attention to ensure that each chicken can drink water normally, and ensure the quality of drinking water.

Reasonable distribution of the stocking density of the flock

According to different seasons, adjust the stocking density of chickens. In winter, the stocking density of chickens can be increased appropriately. In summer, the stocking density of chickens should be appropriately reduced. Adjust the number of chickens per unit area in time according to the actual conditions such as temperature, so that the chickens in the chicken house are evenly distributed, and reduce the artificially-induced excessive density and the loss of heat stress.