Basic information
Chicken cage farming can raise more chickens than flat farming. It saves manpower and material resources and can also increase egg production rates. In any way, feeding chickens in cages is the best choice for farmers. The startup costs of feeding chickens in cages is not high, and the operation is easy, even novices can start quickly
Our company will provide you with professional guidance and design. You only need to put forward your ideas, and we will help you design your farm and chicken coop so that you are satisfied and worry free. Poultry products are among the most consumed foods in all part of the world. When raising chickens, the battery cage has played a great role
It not only saves manpower and material resources, but also reduces the contact between people and chickens. When using it, use it according to the performance of the equipment, the use of cage equipment allows the chickens to have enough feeding and drinking places. Ensure that every chicken can get reasonable drinking and eating
The uniformity of the flock is better. Reduce the labor intensity of farmers. The chicken is in the cage, growing and producing. It is more convenient for farmers to manage chickens, including the maintenance of the hygienic environment inside the chicken house. The use of cages has not only increased the number of breeding but at the same time, labor intensity has also reduced
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
Product description
A battery cage for poultry is a small metal wire cage. This battery cage for poultry is the most commonly arranged in three rows of identical small metal wire cages connected together like cells, hence the name. Further, these rows are stacked on top of one another. This formation is called tier cage
In this housing system, hens have access to automatic management-controlled feed and water, further, the wire cage floor of the battery cage for poultry is sloped so that eggs roll down to the egg tray for easy automated collection. Similarly, hens’ droppings fall through the wire cage floor either onto a conveyor belt or into a pit for disposal
The main advantages of battery cages for over alternative husbandry systems are, increased hygiene resulting in a much lower incidence of diseases in which the infectious agent is spread through the droppings, small group size resulting in a low incidence of social friction, ease of management, absence of litter problems, better working conditions, and the last a much lower cost of production
Series of products to serve the poultry farm fully, click the name to learn more
1. Steel structure poultry house, opening type for hot countries and close type for cool countries
2. Poultry hatching equipment’s capacity of eggs up to 120,000+ to be hatching house
4. Chicken feed processing equipment from feed crushing and mixing to stock to feeding chicken
6. Egg processing equipment from automatic egg collection to packing egg to trays
7. Chicken slaughtering equipment from slaughter to vacuum package
9. Other poultry farm equipment are coming soon...
Bookmark our website and contact us now to discuss your modern poultry farm plan and quotation
Features
1. This system involves rearing of poultry on raised wire netting floor in smaller compartments, called cages, either fitted with stands on floor of house or hanged from the roof
2. It has been proved very efficient for laying operations, right from day old to till disposal
3. At present, 75% of commercial layers in the world are kept in cages
4. Feeders and water troughs are attached to cages from outside except nipple drinker, for which pipeline is installed through or above cages
5. Auto operated feeding trolleys and egg collection belts can also be used in this rearing system
6. The droppings are either collected in trays underneath cages or on belts or on the floor or deep pit under cages, depending on type of cages
Reasons why battery cage is important
1. High feeding density
Make full use of the chicken coop and other various technical equipments to increase the feeding density of the flock. Generally, only 5-6 chickens per square meter can be raised on the ground, and up to 20 chickens can be raised by vertically overlapping three layers of cages. This greatly saves the ground and costs that are required to build chicken coops. 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 chickens or commercial eggs from hatching and brooding to the final cycle in a rhythmic manner. Only 4.3 broiler breeders can be raised per square meter. The three-dimensional cage density is more than 3 times higher than the normal density, and the layer can raise more than 17 per square meter
2. Save labor
The chickens are kept in cages without movement, water, feed troughs, or spawning boxes. 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 elderly and women can raise them easily, and the labor efficiency is high. The poultry farmer will simply do the job of pouring food and water in the designated areas, cleaning the feces 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. Reduce 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
Facilitate epidemic prevention and reduce disease. Keeping chickens in cages without contact between humans and chickens 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 feces of each layer easily fall into the lowest dung ditch. The ground installed in the dung ditch uses scraper manure cleaner that will clean out the feces. Wet chicken manure leads to a high concentration of ammonia, which damages your hens’ respiratory system and eyes. Cleaning chicken manure regularly is good for your chicken’s growth and laying eggs. There are two ways to clean chicken manure: using a manure scraper machine (easy to install and cost-effective) or a manure convey belt machine (more effective, durable, and expensive)
5. Easy to manage
Chickens are housed in cages, which are easy to care for and supervise. It is 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 to 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, 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. Lighting plays an important role in regulating the sexual maturity and growth of laying hens. In the case of short exposure time and low intensity, the hens are not sufficiently stimulated, which inhibits ovulation and egg production. But, if the exposure time is too long or if the intensity is too strong, it will cause the chickens to continue to lay eggs, which is easy to cause adverse reactions such as an addiction to pecking
7. Easy to control temperature and humidity
Easy to control the temperature and humidity of the chicken house, 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, 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, fecal 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 directly out of the cage without coming into contact with feces. 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
Our services
1. We provide you with professional guidance and design in all of our poultry farm equipment
2. We offer excellent services in all our equipment
3. We give customers detailed information on the product they want to buy
4. We give guideline to our first time customer’s on how to go about their poultry farm
5. After purchasing our poultry equipment, we do follow up on our customers about the equipment they purchased
6. We offer the detailed information about our product and services
7. We offer the best equipment which meets our customer’s every requirement
8. We have long time and rich experience on the products manufacturing. If any machine operation questions after sales, we will reply you within 24 hours with solution. And customers can be rest assured
Frequently ask questions
Q: What are the main benefits of using a battery cage in my poultry?
A: Firstly, it saves the cost of labour, it has a high tendency of egg production, it does not give room to carry out the act of cannibalism and lastly it provides proper ventilation for the chickens
Q: What are the precautionary measures to put in place in a battery cage?
A: The precautionary measure you can carry out in a battery cage is to ensure that the chickens do not come in contact with their manure and there should be no spillage of feed all over the cage in other not to draw the attention of other pests or insects such as ants, rats and cockroach
Q: Is the battery cage good for rearing of layers?
A: Yes, it is good for the rearing of layers because it helps in increasing the potential of egg production. It also helps in the prevention of infections
Q: Does the battery cage require cleaning?
A: Yes the battery cage needs to be cleaned on weekly bases to avoid it from rusting which may cause diseases to the chickens
Message
Products recommended
By clicking 'Allow All', you agree to the storage of cookies on your device to enhance site navigation, analyze site usage and assist with our marketing efforts.