Basic information
Generally battery cages are made of wire on all sides, including the bottom, so that waste falls through to collection troughs below. The floors of battery cages are sloped so that eggs roll down toward the troughs on one end of the cage, where the eggs are then carried away via conveyor belt. A feeding trough is located on the other side of the cage which enables food to be generally always available to the birds
The breeding density is large, saving houses and saving land. In the same ground and buildings, the cages can raise three to five times more laying hens than the flat ones, and the laying hens can be mechanized and automated, and the labour efficiency is high. In addition, the conditions such as ventilation and lighting of the chicken coop are particularly good, which ensures a normal life for the chickens in the cage
The battery cage helps to facilitate the prevention and control of the spread of disease and the dust in the house are less, and the chicken body is not in contact with the faeces, which reduces the chance of disease transmission
Features
1. High feeding density
Make full use of the chicken coop and various technical equipment to increase the feeding density of the flock. Generally. The laying hen cage breeding system is mainly composed of cage, feeding, drinking water, lighting, waste treatment, automatic egg collection, and environmental control systems, etc. The use of mechanized cage laying equipment can enable the production of commercial, high feed utilization rate. Chickens have higher feed density because the trough is placed outside the cage, it is not easy to cause waste of feed
2. Helps to save labour
Eggs can automatically roll out of the cage, making it easy to pick eggs. Therefore, it saves time for manure removal and other management. Generally, the poultry farmer will simply do the job of pouring food and water in the designated areas, cleaning the faeces that drop, and packing the eggs. This reduces stress for the farmer and the need to employ many workers for poultry farms will be minimized. In the long run, poultry farming will be more rewarding for the poultry workers
3. Reduction of feed waste
Less waste of feed and low consumption. Typically, the feeding is flat, and the feed trough is placed on the ground in the house. The feed is also easy to throw away as waste. The chickens in cages are fed outside, and the chickens extend their heads to eat outside the grids, which eliminates the waste of feed. At the same time, keeping chickens in cages restricts the activities of the chickens, so the heat energy consumption is minimal, and the quietness of the chickens is ensured. In free-range feeding, the feed is sprinkled directly on the ground, which is unhygienic. Also, a lot of the feed is not eaten, which results in a lot of waste. The cages use the trough to hold the feed, which can reasonably be used to both feed and reduce waste. In addition, the chicken cage uses a deep food trough, which can prevent the chickens from spraying feed in the pecking room. This improves the feed utilization rate and saves money for the farmers
4. Low incidence of disease
It facilitate epidemic prevention and reduces disease outbreak. Keeping chickens in cages without contact between humans and chickens with manure can prevent or reduce the chance of disease infection, control the occurrence and prevalence of parasitic diseases and infectious diseases, improve the survival rate of chickens, and greatly reduce the expense of medicine. Currently, the most commonly used laying hen cages are all-step cages, and the upper and lower cages do not overlap vertically so that the faeces of each layer easily fall into the lowest dung ditch. The ground installed in the dung ditch uses a Scraper manure cleaner that will clean out the faeces. There are two ways to clean chicken manure which is using a manure scraper machine (easy to install and cost-effective) or a manure convey belt machine (more effective, durable, and expensive). This chicken manure dryer can handle about 17m³ of fresh manure per house and produces about 2m³ dry manure per hour
You just need to build a manure pit, which is used to store fresh manure and to separate the manure liquid. Then, a pump will suck and transfer fresh manure into the dehydrating machine
5. Easy to manage
Chickens housed in cages are easy to care for and supervised. It’s also easy to detect sick chickens faster and prevent chickens from pecking on the ground. The cage door of the ladder-type chicken cage is a push-pull design. If the chickens fight or if a disease occurs, the staff can easily catch and manage the chickens in time. One worker can only manage 900 chickens when chickens are free-range. Now, each worker can manage 2,000-2,500 chickens when chickens are in cages. This greatly improves work efficiency
6. High egg production rate
For poorly productive chickens, the feed can be adjusted to maintain good production levels. At the same time, there is no competition for food in the cages, and the chickens have a balanced intake of nutrients and normal development which can ensure stable and high production of the chickens. Good ventilation conditions can make full use of natural conditions which creates conditions for improving the feeding environment of the flock. The laying rate of laying hens is influenced by feeding management factors. The most important factors are temperature, light, and stress. Chickens are born without sweat glands and are more sensitive to high temperatures. Under a high temperature environment, the feed intake of laying hens is reduced, and the intake of nutrients is insufficient which leads to a decrease in egg production. The egg production rate of chickens in the cage can enjoy good ventilation conditions and ensure that the chicken’s body temperature is maintained at a normal level, thereby increasing the egg production rate
7. Easy to control temperature and humidity
It is easy to control the temperature and humidity of the chicken cage, easy to ventilate, and the environmental conditions around the chicken body are standardized. The density of chickens is high, therefore the heat generated is high, as long as the heat insulation structure of the chicken house is reliable, and the body heat emitted by the chickens can be kept warm. No additional heating equipment is required, and the heat of the chickens alone can maintain the temperature in the house around 10 degrees below zero when the outdoor temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius. Most of the chicken houses are closed or semi-closed and the automatic adjustment equipment is used to control the micro climate and lighting in the chicken house. The chicken house can be produced in a balanced manner throughout the year, achieving a high degree of mechanization and automation
8. Scientific feeding
Feeding, water supply, and egg picking are all carried out on the outside of the cage, which not only keeps the feed, water, and eggs clean but also prevents the chickens from being disturbed and maintains a quiet environment so that the chickens can produce eggs in a stable and balanced manner. Automatic feeding, drinking water, manure removal, wet curtain cooling, centralized management, automatic control, saving energy consumption, and reducing artificial breeding costs, greatly save the breeding efficiency of farmers. In this mechanized breeding mode, the breeder can automatically complete feeding, egg collection, faecal removal, ventilation, control of temperature and humidity in the house, light intensity time, spray disinfectant and can add soluble medicine to the drinking water, except for manually picking up sick chickens and dead chickens, insemination of breeding chickens, daily quarantine, and injection epidemic prevention, all processes can be automatically completed by using machines
9. Reduce the breakage rate of eggs
Eggs produced by chickens are rolled out directly of the cage without coming into contact with faeces. Not only is the egg breaking rate greatly reduced, but it can also be kept clean, keep chickens in cages. Because they are not in direct contact with the outside world, it’s important to pay attention to supplementing green feed, or adding vitamins and mineral additives to the feed
10. Safe to use
The welding density of the bottom net and the top net of the cage can be adjusted to avoid the phenomenon of chickens hanging. The wire around the screen can be thickened to increase the pressure-bearing capacity of the cage which ensures a normal life for the chickens in the cage
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6. Egg processing equipment from automatic egg collection to packing egg to trays
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Frequently ask questions
Q: Does the layer cage have an amount of birds it can contain?
A: Yes, it does have a particular amount of birds each cage can carry
Q: Why do I need a battery cage to rear a layer?
A: Because it has many benefits attached to it such as having your layers produce clean eggs, reduction of eggs breakage and easy to ventilate
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