Compared with the past, the current method of raising chickens has made great progress and changes. It has become popular to use fully automatic chicken raising equipment for large scale chicken raising.Many people are also transforming and upgrading their chicken cages. However, some farmers blindly purchase equipment due to their lack of understanding of automation equipment, resulting in poor operation of the chicken farm. During the transformation and upgrade of a chicken house, it is very important to choose the right equipment.
What is automatic chicken cage?
The automatic cage equipment is to realize the full automation of the whole feeding process from feeding, drinking, collecting eggs, cooling and disinfection to cleaning and manure.
Automatic layer chicken cages – Cage frame
Q235 High-quality hot-dip galvanized welding wire
The cage frame selects high-quality raw materials from regular manufacturers, and adopts Q235 high-quality hot-dip galvanized welding wire process. The service life is as long as 20 years, and the corrosion resistance is strong, which is 3-4 times that of ordinary galvanizing or cold galvanizing. The cage net can choose to open the sliding grids door horizontally, which is convenient for catching chickens and will not scratch the chickens. The bottom net of the cage should be smooth and free of burrs, so as not to hurt the chicken feet and eggs.
Sliding grids door
Enhance ventilation
The cage mesh is designed with voids to enhance ventilation, which can reduce respiratory diseases and pecking anus. In addition, each layer of cages can be added with a top mesh to prevent chickens from crossing the grid during epidemic prevention. There will be 7 or 8 chickens in a cage door after the chickens move between the grids, which will cause the feed level of the trough to be too low. It will make the chickens crowd each other and reduce the feeding effect.
Top mesh
Automatic layer chicken cages – Drinking water system
Nipple drinkers
Drinkers can choose nipple drinkers.
The use of sinks has a large water supply, a high probability of spreading diseases, and a huge cleaning workload.
We can choose nipple drinkers. The nipple drinker has high precision, saves water, is not easy to spread diseases, and is hygienic and healthy. Only need to clean the filter and tank every month, it is durable and has gradually replaced the sink. Both flat and caged can be used.
Filter
In summer, the drinking water of chickens increases, and there must be sufficient water supply. Therefore, when purchasing, choose a big brand product with guaranteed quality to prevent problems with the water line from affecting the drinking water of the chickens. Excellent manufacturers will also consider the problem of blocked water pipes, and the backwash system of the drinking water line can solve this problem. The backwash system is flushed after each dosing, usually once a month.
Automatic layer chicken cages – Feeding system
Feeding system
The feeding system needs to adjust the feeding amount and feeding time according to the needs of the chickens at different stages. When the set time is reached, the device can automatically fill and evenly feed. Every laying hen gets a reliable, even feed.
Trough feeder
Choose equipment with feed adjuster, even feed device and return feed device, which can easily adjust the feeding amount to prevent chickens from eating too little or too much. The trough can be selected with the outer side slightly inclined outward and slightly higher than the inner side, and the top of the trough is curled inward. This trough can prevent the chickens from hooking the feed out of the trough during feeding, reducing feed waste. Through practice, it is found that the V-shaped trough saves 10% of the feed amount than the flat trough.
Even feed device
Feeders require return feeders at both ends of each trough. Leftover feed left in the trough will spoil if left for a long time. If the chicken eats this spoiled feed, it will get sick and increase the cost, so there must be a feeder to regularly clean the long-term residual feed in the trough to prevent the spoilage and waste of the feed.
Automatic layer chicken cages – Manure cleaning system
A large amount of excrement will be produced during breeding, which will cause great pollution to the farm and its surrounding environment and air. Therefore, in order to protect the ecological environment and human health, the manure of chicken farms must be cleaned up in time.
Small chicken farms generally use artificial manure removal. There are very shallow manure pits under each row of brackets in the artificial manure removal chicken house. The manure is scraped out from the bottom of the bracket manually with a scraper, and then shoveled onto the manure truck and pushed to the manure field. However, the workload of workers is large, the environment is poor, and labor costs are also increasing. This method of cleaning manure is gradually being replaced.
Medium and large chicken farms use mechanical manure removal. Mechanical manure removal can improve labor productivity and save a lot of labor, and is the main way to achieve large-scale and intensive chicken farming.
There are two types of mechanical manure removal: scraper manure cleaning system and belt type manure cleaning system.
Scraper manure cleaning system
Scraper manure cleaning system is used for flat and cage raising on the net, and it is placed in the manure ditch under the chicken coop. The scraper is slightly smaller than the width of the manure ditch. Every time it is started, the scraper moves back and forth, and when the scraper moves forward, it hangs the chicken manure into the manure ditch at one end of the house. The manure cleaning method is simple in structure and convenient in maintenance.
When choosing scraper manure cleaning system, you must pay attention to the motor and manure removal rope. The motor must choose a powerful brand, the motor can be used smoothly, and the manure cleaning rope must be strong and durable.
Motor and manure removal rope
The belt type manure cleaning system is generally used in stacked equipment, installed between two layers of cages, and the manure can fall directly on the manure removal belt from the bottom net.
Belt type manure cleaning system
This manure removal method has high cleanliness and can reduce the concentration of harmful gases in the chicken house. However, poor-quality materials are very prone to the deviation of the manure removal belt. With the upgrading of breeding equipment, this problem has been solved, unless you choose low-quality products based on cost. The quality of the belt type manure cleaning system is mainly due to the toughness, corrosion resistance, anti-aging, and service life of the conveyor belt. Once cracks occur, it needs to be replaced in time, and care must be taken not to deviate, and the uneven force will cause the crawler to break.
Automatic layer chicken cages – Environmental control system
Environmental control system
The spray cooling system uses a high-pressure water pump to spray water into mist droplets through the nozzle to quickly vaporize and absorb the heat in the chicken house to cool the house temperature. The system is simple, but it is prone to excessive humidity in the house.
Wet curtain fan cooling system. The system consists of wet pad, fan, circulating water circuit and control device. The equipment is simple, the cost is low, and the cooling effect is good. It is very suitable for high temperature and dry areas. The cooling pad fan cooling system is the most mature evaporative cooling system at present.
Automatic layer chicken cages – Lighting system
Lighting system
The light can make the chickens easily see the drinking water feed, promote the growth and development of the chickens, and lay eggs. According to relevant data, different light colors have different effects on chicken behavior and production performance. So choosing the right lighting program is very important. Too strong light not only wastes electrical energy, but also the chickens appear neurotic, easy to frighten the herd, have a lot of activity, consume energy, and are prone to fights and pecking. If the light is too weak, it will affect the food intake and drinking water, and will not stimulate the egg production. Unreasonable lighting, high energy consumption, low egg production rate, and slow weight gain greatly affect the production performance of livestock and poultry.
At present, incandescent lamps, energy-saving lamps or LED lamps are generally used for lighting. The distance between the bulbs is about 2m from the ground, and a bulb is installed every 3m. The light intensity should be 6W/㎡ in the first 3 days after entering the chicks, and then gradually decrease to 1.5W/㎡. The size of the bulb can be changed from 60W for the first 3 days to 40W, 25W, and 15W. In recent years, the use of incandescent lamps has been gradually reduced, especially in new laying hen farms, many of which use energy-saving lamps.
Automatic layer chicken cages – Egg collection system
Conveyor belt
After the laying hens lay eggs, the eggs will automatically slide down, hit the egg baffle and then fall into the conveyor belt, and then sent to the head end of the chicken house or transferred to the egg storehouse through the central egg collection system. Among them, the design of the egg baffle is particularly important. The distance between the egg baffle and the bottom net is between 4.8cm and 5.5cm. Double-yolk eggs smaller than 4.8cm cannot roll down, and chicken heads and wings larger than 5.5cm are easy to get stuck.
The equipment must choose high-quality materials, be sturdy and durable, operate stably, and have a high degree of automation. Start the equipment to start the egg collection operation of the whole house. The egg collection is smooth and the egg breakage rate is extremely low. Compared with manual egg collection, it is faster and improves labor productivity.
Egg collection system
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