H-type and A-type chicken cages are two common types of poultry equipment for raising laying hens. They have different features and benefits, as well as some drawbacks. In this essay, I will compare and contrast these two types of chicken cages and provide some suggestions for choosing the best one for your farm. H-type chicken cages are named after their shape, which resembles the letter H. They are stacked vertically on top of each other, like buildings. This type of chicken cage was invented later than the A-type chicken cage, but it has a more dense structure, a higher space utilization rate, and more poultry per unit of land area. It was invented to meet the increasing demand for poultry consumption with the growth of the global population. The advantages of H-type chicken cages are: 1. They save more floor space, increase the number of feeding, reduce labor and management costs, and ultimately bring considerable profits to chicken farmers. 2. There is a manure removal belt at the bottom of each cage, which is clean and hygienic, allowing the chickens to grow healthily and less pollution to the environment. 3. They have a small footprint, high space utilization, easy to...
1) PALE-SHELLED EGGS? CAUSES: 1. Infectious bronchitis 2. Bird age (older hen) 3. High stress in the flock 4. Egg Drop Syndrome 76 5. Use of chemotherapeutic 6. agents (i.e. sulfonamides and nicarbazin) 2) LILAC EGGS/PINK EGGS? CAUSES: 1. Stress 2. Excess calcium in the feed 3) DIRTY EGGS? CAUSES: 1. Wet droppings 2. Large amounts of indigestible compounds in the feed 3. Poor gut health 4. Electrolyte imbalance/saline water 4) BLOODY EGG? CAUSES: 1. Rupture of a blood vessel on the surface of the yolk 2. Cutting the blood vessel in the fallopian tube wall 3. Deficiency of vitamin A and K in chicken feed 4. The large size of the egg in old chickens, which causes stretching and pressure on the lower area, which may cause bleeding. 5. Thin eggs may break inside the body and cause bleeding. 5) SHELL-LESS EGGS?⋅ CAUSES: 1. Immature shell gland 2. Disease: Avian Influenza 3. NDV, infectious bronchitis, 4. Egg Drop Syndrome 76 5. Inadequate nutrition: Calcium, phosphorus, manganese, or vitamin D3 6) SOFT-SHELLED EGGS?...
For poultry production to be environmentally sound and save resources, manure produced by laying hens and heavier poultry must be treated in a manner that makes economic and ecological sense. Manure from poultry farms is a valuable organic fertiliser that should be used in a clever way, for example by creating a sustainable circular economy. Moreover, prices for mineral fertilisers are at a very high level. Current estimates say that this is not bound to change anytime soon. In April 2022, NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) fertiliser cost between EUR 730 and EUR 990 per tonne, according to www.agrarheute.com. From an economic point of view, farm manure is becoming more and more attractive for arable farms: its use reduces both the amount of expensive mineral fertilisers farmers need to buy and the carbon-intensive production of mineral NPK fertilisers. As a consequence, poultry farmers can sell the manure produced by their birds at high prices if they offer their product in the correct form. Fresh poultry manure cannot be spread on the fields as a plant fertiliser any time of the year. This makes sufficient storage capacities necessary, which are regulated by the Fertiliser Act in Germany. Farms with much livestock but...
If you want to start a poultry farm business, you may want to know how to raise baby chicks. This article summarizes the raising skills of the first ten days after the birth of the chicks. Hope it will help you. Summary on how warm to keep chicks ~ Day 1: The house temperature is between 35-37 ℃, the humidity is between 65% and 70%, and the light is 24 hours. ~ Day 2-3: the light time is above 22 hours, and the humidity is about 70%. ~ Day 4-7: Control the temperature in the house at 34-36 ℃, and do a good job of ventilation. ~ Day 8: The light time is 14 hours, and the house temperature is about 34°C. ~ Day 9-10: The house temperature is 33-34°C and the humidity is about 60%. After the chick is hatched, they must be kept in a special environment with a higher temperature than normal until their size and feather coverage are developed to accommodate more normal brooding temperatures. During this period, the chicks should be given comfortable temperatures and humidity, reasonable light, scientific water, and feed ratio, to strengthen the immunity of the chicks and the disinfection of the...
Introduction Poultry is a commercial business that helps a man to maintain his/her economy. In the agricultural industry, poultry production is a prime example, which vertically integrates. This industry has two divisions and these are, and ‘poultry meat production and egg production’. The layers give us eggs and from broilers, we can get meat. In fact, the poultry business is praise praiseable and beneficial activity and one may improve this business by reading these notes. Definition of Marketing Marketing means the act of buying and selling in a market. Where customers profitably get their essential things. Here general people can easily buy their necessary goods instead of money. It works by selling, advertising and delivering products to people. The sellers or companies take the attention of audiences by writing in newspapers, celebrities, using slogans and helping of media. So, it’s clear that marketing creates a link between society and the producers. For example, a new sort of food is created by a company and general people depend on this company and the company is also dependent on general people to sell their products. Categories of Marketing Strategy for Poultry This category should follow for poultry products in...
VIETSTOCK 2023 hold in Ho Chi Minh City, 11th-13th October. Customers from different directions of the world gather at our booth M26 for the chicken farm project negotiating. They checked the quality details from the different cage samples by themselves on the site, the feedback was well. As a professional chicken farm equipment manufacturer, Poul Tech insists on the best farm design and technology support for every client from the worldwide. The exhibition is finished but the service is always on the way. We’re waiting for your visit to our factory of China in nearly!
