Basic information

Lighting patterns in chicken cage are aimed for stimulating and controlling feed intake, light as an environmental factor consists of three different aspects like intensity, duration, and wavelength, broiler behavior is affected by light intensity. Lighting duration is largely dependent upon the age of chickens involved and type of housing in use, colour of light dictated by wavelength and it exerts variable effects on poultry performance

Light is an important parameter of poultry production. Currently, there are a wide variety of lighting programs (wavelength, intensity, and duration) and devices available to poultry producers, each possessing its own characteristics and applicability to rearing poultry, the potential for changing photoperiods to influence broiler productivity and health is receiving considerable investigation

Some lighting programs have a central purpose of slowing the early growth rate of broilers thus allowing birds to achieve physiological maturity before maximal rates of muscle mass accretion, the aim of this review is to update research on lighting programs for broiler production and to give direction for future lighting research. It is hypothesized that short photoperiods early in life will reduce feed intake and limit growth

Lighting is one of the most essential things in a poultry farm. It is necessary for the development and functioning of reproductive system and growth. It is a powerful exogenous factor in control of many physiological and behavioral processes. Cold Cathode and Fluorescent bulbs are mostly used as light and it affected by variables like lamp type, reflectance of the floor, walls, ceiling and height intensity of affect. Incandescent or fluorescent lights may be used

Product description

Battery cages come in different sizes. Generally they are about the size and shape of a desk drawer, about 67 square inches. Each bird is given so little living space that they cannot stretch their necks upwards or fully open their wings, let alone run, jump, or do anything else a hen might do in more natural settings

A battery cage is used in egg production facilities known as concentrated animal feeding operations and more commonly as factory farms. Layer hens meaning chickens that lay eggs are kept in these cages for the whole duration of their lives, where they lay roughly an egg per day until they are sent to the slaughterhouse

Battery cages are primarily designed to achieve high density, by being stacked on top of one another. A single egg-producing factory farm may confine thousands of hens at a time in these stacked cages. Battery cages are used in intensive agricultural operations that prioritize productivity and profits, which are achieved by expending the fewest resources per unit of production. In egg production, as with factory farming scenarios involving other species, space is at a premium, so providing birds with as little of it as possible saves money

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Features

1. The lighting time of chicks and broiler chicken is important because when the light stays for too long ensure that the light intensity is not be too strong

2. In humans, light reaches the brain through the eyes. In chickens, light penetrates not only through the eyes, but also through the top of the skull, via the pineal gland, and through the pituitary gland next to the hypothalamus

3. Scientific and reasonable supplementary lighting can not only promote the normal development of laying hens, reduce the morbidity and mortality, but also prolong the laying time and increase the egg production, which is beneficial to improve the breeding efficiency of laying hens

4. On the contrary, improper lighting will lead to hypogenesis of laying hens, such as premature or delayed start of laying, which will not only affect the laying rate and egg production during the whole laying period, but also increase the morbidity and mortality of laying hens and cause huge economic losses to breeders

Advantages of light

1. It helps to increase development and weight gain

Lighting has been shown to be a key input in healthy chicken development. Light fixtures promotes the growth and feed conversion in the poultry farm, it helps to increase the weight gain of the layers

2. It helps to increases flock uniformity and feed conversion

One of the features of light is that it can help to improve bird weight, flock uniformity, and feed conversion. With this fixture it is crucial to have a proper production dimmer and a well-thought-out lighting program. The dim-blue light is used to calm the birds and reduce condemnation. The full spectrum with enhanced red gets birds up and moving, promotes weight gain, and increases long term of living

3. It regulates the reproduction cycles and faster maturity

It helps make it easy to provide a natural daylight simulation for improved productivity, dimmred light fixtures have proven to decrease the time to peak production by stimulating ovulation via the release of reproduction stimulating hormones, sunrise sunset simulation eliminates the stress inputs of switching lights on and off abruptly which can lower mortality and support immune response. The red spectrum helps maintain circadian rhythms and promotes sexual maturity. Light fixture was built to help regulate reproduction cycles and generate faster maturity for the poultry

4. It provides an animal welfare friendly environment and increase feeding

The animal welfare audits measure availability of feed for the birds and monitor flock uniformity in order to determine the overall welfare of the flock. The feeder control pan light is designed to attract birds to the main or control feeder pans. This fixture generates light at poultry specific wavelengths and draws in the birds to encourage feeding. The increased feeding activity at the control pan keeps the feed lines full resulting in evenly distributed feed for the entire line. The uniform access to feed throughout the house promotes daily weight gain and bird uniformity which equals higher yields for the poultry farmer. By having a well thought out lighting program and using led lighting you could tremendously increase your Poultry production. Not only will it lower in lighting costs, it will increase development, weight gain, flock uniformity, feed conversion, and reproduction

Principles 

1. The light time during laying of laying hens should be increased by 14 hours per week from 21 weeks of age, gradually increased to 16 hours, and then maintained until the late egg laying period. After 60 weeks of age, an additional hour of light can be added. In the late laying period, the flocks were exposed to light for 17 hours a day

2. The automatic control of the house can use the automatic light meter, according to the lighting system to determine the number of lighting hours, design lighting and dark time program, input controller, the light will automatically open and close as needed

3. The chicken house can also be manually controlled, according to the lighting time determined by the lighting system, the daily light hours are specified, and the lights can be turned on and off at the time

4. The chicken house automatic lighting program should not be arbitrarily changed, to maintain the continuity of the implementation of the lighting system

5. The bulb should be wiped in time to maintain effective illuminance, and the light cannot be long and short, flickering

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Frequently ask questions

Q: So what should I do about the lighting control of the chicken cage?

A: First and foremost you need to know when the light is too much and when to put it off, too much light can cause the reduction of egg production in layers, it can affect the feeding ability in broilers and can cause discomfort to their feed in the chicken cage 

Q: Why is lighting important in the poultry house?

A: Lighting is one of the most important parameters in a poultry house because it helps in the stimulating and controlling of feed intake by the chickens

Q: What effect does light has during growing period of a chicken?

A: It increase the number of eggs laid during the first half of the egg production but not in total number of eggs laid

Q: How can I know when the light is too much on my young chicks?

A: You can find out by their feet because they will all be swollen and you find out that they are clustering around each other