The chicken cage system of the basic facilities for breeding laying hens is as follows:
- Chicken housefor poultryequipment. It is divided into young chick house, middle chick house, reserve house and adult house.
- Disinfection facilities for poultry equipment. There is a disinfection tank at the entrance of the chicken farm, and a disinfection tank for pedestrians and shoes and changing rooms at the entrance of the production area. A disinfection tank should be installed at the entrance of each chicken house.
- Chicken battery cages for poultry cage system. Divided into broilercages, baby chicken cages, and layer cages.
- Feeding equipment for laying hen equipment. Feeding machinery and troughs. Feeding machinery includes chain feeders and plug-disc feeders; common troughs include long troughs and bucket-type circular troughs.
- Drinking equipment for laying hens. There are trough drinkers, tower vacuum drinkers, nipple drinkers and other types.
- The laying hen equipment should also have manure cleaning equipment, heating equipment, lighting equipment, ventilation equipment, etc., which can be selected according to the actual situation of each site.
- There are fixed chicken manure storage and stacking facilities and places for the manure treatment of laying hen equipment, and measures for preventing rain, manure liquid leakage and overflow in the storage field.
- Anti-epidemic medical equipment for laying hen equipment.
The equipment for raising chickens generally includes three aspects: heat preservation equipment, breeding equipment and lighting facilities.
The heat preservation equipment includes: stove, heat preservation umbrella, infrared lamp.
Feeding equipment includes: pans, buckets and drinking fountains. The feeder pan is used when the chicks are 1-8 days old, and one is provided for every 80-100 chickens; after 9 days of age, they will be gradually replaced with a feeder. The diameter of the suspended feeder is 38 cm, every 100 Feather chickens need 3 suspended buckets.
There are two types of automatic poultry drinking system: portable and hanging. 1-8 days old chicks use portable drinking fountains with a capacity of 0.5 kg.
70-80 chickens need one; after 9 days of age, replace a larger medium-sized waterer with a capacity of 2 kg, one for every 70-80 chickens; if a hanging automatic waterer is used, one for every 125 chickens ; If water is supplied from an automatic drinking trough, each chicken should occupy 2 cm of drinking water.
Lighting facilities: Install a lamp holder with a lampshade every 20 square meters, and prepare a 40W and 15W bulb for each lamp holder. Use 40W bulbs for 1-6 days of age, and 15W bulbs after 7 days of age.
Enclosure: In the early stage of brooding (1-7 days old), in order to prevent the chickens from getting cold away from the heat source, a thick cardboard or mat can be used around the insulation umbrella. The height of the retaining ring is 15 cm, and the distance from the edge of the insulation umbrella is 70-150 cm. The enclosure gradually expanded from the 3rd day and can be removed on the 7th day.
