Chickens are raised using wire-welded chicken cages in Uganda. Different types of battery cages are designed according to the breed, sex and age of the chickens. There are chicken cages, brooding cages, layer battery cages, breeder cages and rooster cages, etc., which are currently the most important ways of raising chickens in the world.
Describe the advantages of battery cage system
- Improve the stocking density. The stocking density of the three-dimensional chicken cage is more than 3 times that of the horizontal stocking density. The laying hens can be raised more than 17 per square meter.
- Save the feed. Putting the chickens in thepoultrycage reduces the amount of exercise, reduces energy consumption, and reduces the waste of materials.
- Easy to install, simple to operate, strong and ventilated, suitable for open, semi-open and open houses.
- Chickens do not come into contact with feces, which is conducive to the prevention of chickens.
- The eggs are cleaner and can eliminate eggs outside the nest. 6. Compared with the ground, it saves 75% of the feeding area and improves the egg production rate.
Feeding and management methods using poultry cages for sale in Uganda
A well-managed house can save feed and avoid feed waste. And maximize the conversion of input feed into chicken growth. A well-managed chicken house will reduce the incidence of chicken diseases, which can save both the cost of vaccine purchases and the cost of routine preventive and therapeutic drugs.
Increase ventilation every day, pay attention to maintaining the humidity of the chicken house, and maintain proper humidity measures. Generally, the limit for high humidity is higher than 75%, and the limit for low humidity is lower than 40%. When the humidity is too high, ventilation should be strengthened to remove moisture. Main methods: ground spraying, aerial spraying,
How to choose chicken feed with battery cage for layer
Feed is the foundation of raising chickens and the key factor for the success or failure of raising chickens. In general, the cost of feed accounts for 70% to 80% of the cost of raising chickens. So how to choose, use and develop feed reasonably, improve the rate of return of feed, and reduce the rate of feed consumption plays a decisive role in increasing the cost of raising chickens.
Economics of raising chickens. Common feed for chicken cages can be roughly divided into energy feed, protein feed, mineral feed, vitamin feed and feed additives.