layer farming in cage in kenya

In China, laying hens are mainly farmed in rural areas and farmed in large farms. In rural areas, they are also divided into free-range and egg-hen cages. Today, let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of stacked egg-laying equipment. ? At present, laying hens are stocked, half-fed and bred. Among them, the housing and feeding system also includes free-range farming, free-range on the ground from the ground, mixed ground feeding and cage raising. Laying of laying hens is one of the main feeding methods in China at present. This method is to feed hens in cages made of metal wire and designs different types of chicken cages according to chicken species and chicken age. The main advantages of laying hens are: raising stocking density, saving feed, reducing the amount of material wasted in laying hens, facilitating chicken epidemic prevention, eliminating nest eggs, and avoiding litter problems. The disadvantages of laying hens are: less egg production than flat raising, large investment, slightly inferior egg quality, low rate of breeding eggs, sudden death of caged chicken syndrome, affecting the survival rate and laying performance of laying hens, and eliminating chickens. The appearance is poor, the bones are brittle, and the sale price is low.

At the same time, laying hens are under caged conditions for a long time, which causes the hens to be unable to fully exercise, squeeze each other, and often be caught. At the same time, misconduct in management can also lead to hunger and thirst, overly cold or overheated environment, and the threat of more diseases. In addition, the caged egg-laying hens always stand on the tilted barbed wire board. There is no rushing grass, no mud bath or sand bath for itchiness, and it is always in a helpless state. In addition, standing in a crowded living environment for a long period of time can increase the brittleness of the laying hen's bones and even cause bone breakage, resulting in egg fatigue and osteoporosis. Chickens and laying hens are cultured in different ways, and they cannot be farmed in the same cage. This is something our farmers need to pay attention to. In short, broiler chicken breeding has both advantages and disadvantages. Choose according to your situation. Chicken cages are the most common form of broiler rearing at home and abroad. The reason is because the design of laying hen cages provides a comfortable environment for chickens, so that the chickens can play a better role in the breeding process. The main advantages of the design of the cage are the front net and the cage door. The density of cage feeding and the angle of taking off the eggs further reflect the interests of the chicken from these aspects.

The front net design of the caged cage is mostly composed of vertical wire and several horizontal wires. The vertical wire gap is between 4.5 and 6.5 CM. The cage door is usually connected to 2-3 metal wires. The UF network is connected and opens like inside or outside. Chicken cage design has its advantages: the position of chicken feeding can be arbitrarily changed, it can accommodate more chickens and eat together; the structure is simple, the use of materials is less; the installation control is relatively simple, easy to use; reduce the chance of chicken injuries; can be better Protect the feathers of chickens. Now is the breeding season, many people choose to raise chickens now, after all, the temperature is suitable for the growth of chickens, and the choice of chicken cages has become the key breeder breeding chickens are now the majority of choice cage breeding, what are the benefits of chicken cage breeding? ? The following will follow Mingfei animal husbandry Xiaobian together to find out: The advantages of breeding professional household cage raise: 1. Small footprint, high breeding density. Since aviation hens are used as examples, free-range chickens can only feed 2 to 5 eggs per square meter, while caged laying hens and chickens are kept in cages. They can make full use of the shed space and raise the stocking density. Generally, they can raise the breeding density per square meter. 20 or so. 2. Labor productivity is high when labor is saved. Cage-laying hens have realized centralized management. Feeding, feeding water, collecting eggs, excreting, etc. are all convenient. They can reduce labor intensity, save labor and working hours, and increase labor productivity. For loose-breeding chickens, one person can only keep about 50 to 100 eggs, while raising chickens in cages can raise more than 400 eggs. 3. To facilitate the prevention and control of the spread of the disease. There are many opportunities for free-range chickens to come into contact with the epidemic source. Individual chickens are not easy to find in the early stages of the disease, spreading chickens and other diseases quickly. Caged chickens do not come into contact with faeces and ground, which can prevent or reduce the occurrence of infectious diseases and parasitic diseases. Chicken cages and chicken houses can be sterilized on a regular basis and the chicken positions are fixed. Individuals who get sick early can easily find out from chicken droppings and feed intake.

Compared with free-range chickens in farmer's cages, it has the following advantages: 1. It saves space and has a high stocking density; In addition to the sheds that require a certain area, the free-range chickens also need a certain range of sports grounds. Generally, only 3 can be kept per square meter. ~ 5 animals; cage chicken farmhouse space can be fully utilized, usually 10 to 20 per square meter. Cage chicken spray disinfection advantages: 1.1 disinfection, the effect is significant. Spray disinfection of cage chickens can completely and comprehensively kill pathogenic microorganisms in chicken houses, cages and chickens. For example, there is a good preventive effect against Malick's disease, infectious bursal disease and Newcastle disease. It has a good preventive effect against bacterial diseases caused by E. coli, Staphylococcus, and Salmonella. Especially for respiratory diseases, such as infectious rhinitis, septicemia, etc. better control effect.

Cascade automatic egg collection equipment has the following advantages: 1. Increase the number of chickens per unit area and utilization of premises. The number of chickens raised per square meter is 3 to 4 times more than flat raising. For example, Bi Benren, an arc shop commune, used a 7.6-square-meter shed, raised four-story cages and raised 224 chickens. On average, there are 29.5 chickens per square meter. 2. Do not use fire to warm up in winter homes.