How to choose chicken or how to start with day old chicks

1. Chicks: from 1 day to 12-16 weeks old

2. Point of lay: 16 weeks to 72 weeks old 

Tips

If you are a experienced farmer, you can choose this way, you also can do incubator by yourself, compare chicks and point of lay, this way will be cheaper

If you are a new starter, you can start with point of lay, finish installation on cage, you can put them into cages directly, although the cost will be a little high than that of day old chick, the risk is also relatively low, which is relatively suitable for new beginner

The prerequisites or basic requirements should be considered when start the poultry farm

1. Local climate: hot, rain, wind, temperature and so on

2. How many chicken do you want to start, if it is a regular large farm like 30000 50000 100000 birds, need detailed business plan, like monitoring room, feed room, egg room, security room and so on

3. How much do you want to invest

4. Land: suggest in a good location, avoid residential areas

5. Chicken house direction: generally recommends east-west direction to improve the ventilation

6. Good reputable and steady source of feed or you can make feeds by yourself

How to choose poultry cage with different starting quantity

1. For starter, like 500-5000 birds, battery cage will be the best choice, they can start business with less funds

2. For middle-scale farm, like 10000-15000 birds, farmers will choose the best quality full hot deep galvanized layer cage, with 25 years lifespan, about equipment you can consider automatic manure removal machine, trolley feeding cart, feed mill machine, this system can automatically clean the manure and reduce the bad smell, and it can also feed automatically, the feeder cart uses batteries, which can avoid the inconvenience of electricity use in Africa

3. For large-scale farm, like 20000-50000 birds or more, farmers will choose A type or H type full automatic equipment, it include cage, automatic manure removal machine, automatic egg collection machine, automatic feeding machine, ventilation system, about the system, it can reduce labor cost, labor time to run the farm efficiently

How to choose cold galvanized cage and hot dip galvanized cages for your poultry farm

1. Cold galvanized cage, with less investment, quick return, smooth and bright surface, the content of zinc is about 20-30g/ square meter, it is easy to rust in harsh environment, due to its low cost, it is favored by some customers with less invest or new farm, it is economical

2. Hot deep galvanized cage, with high investment cost in the early stage, but long service life and less problems in the later stage, the thickness of hot-dip galvanized cage can reach 500g/m2, which can withstand high temperature, rain, corrosion, 10 years without rust, 20-25 years lifespan

How to choose 3 tier or 4 tier cage for your poultry layer farm

1. 3 tier cage: the overall height is similar to the height of workers, the feed needs to be placed into feed trough manually, and should be smoothed out to full the entire feeding trough, because the height is just right, the chicken on each step can be well cared for to prevent the chickens from getting sick, workers not found, impacting farm earnings

2. 4 tiers cage: the biggest advantage is that it can accommodate 160 chickens, saving floor space, but some customers feel that the breeding density of chickens is relatively high, which affects the laying rate, and the overall height of the cage will be higher than the normal height of worker, and sometimes they can not take care of the fourth tie chicken

Tips: each chicken cage is the result of many tests by our professional designers, each has its own advantages and disadvantages, you can choose according to your own situation, climate, budget and so on

How to clean chicken waste to reduce bad smell, make house neat

In Africa, there are some methods: worker sweep, water clean, use automatic manure removal machine

1. If there is no manure ditch on the ground, the cage will be installed directly on the ground. Some farms will use cement pillars to raise the cage, the height of the pillars is generally 20-30cm. Chicken waste will falls on the ground, it is washed with water first, then cleaned by people

2. If there is manure ditch under the cage, and the ditch is regular, you can install the automatic manure removal machine or clean by water

3. If there is an irregular manure ditch under the cage, you can build a drainage ditch with a width of 10-20cm on the side of the aisle, and also build a drainage ditch at the beginning of each row of cage, then flush with water to remove feces outside

4. If manure ditch is more than half a meter, workers can stand under the cage to clean it

How to construct a poultry house

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Where to buy good poultry chicks

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