Giving chickens in chicken battery cage for layers a good living environment is a basic operation, especially for temperature lighting in chicken houses and poultry farming equipment for sale
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One of the main factors affecting chicken feed utilization in laying hen equipment is the ambient temperature at which the chicken is exposed. In low-temperature environments, chickens consume more food because the chicken uses some of its energy to maintain normal body temperature. In high temperature environments, feed intake will decrease and feed utilization will be poor, as the biological cooling mechanism of chickens under hot conditions also requires energy consumption. Providing the optimum ambient temperature, the chicken can use the various nutrients absorbed for growth and reduce the body temperature.
Chick house temperature requirements: On the first day of brooding, the temperature requirement is slightly higher, reaching 33-35 ° C, and then dropping by 2 to 3 ° C per week, until the range of 16 – 21 ° C can be stabilized. The temperature requirements of the chicken house: the best room temperature for the chicken house is 13-23 ° C, the lowest is 5 ° C, the highest is 30 ° C. Chickens are long-day animals, and the chickens must have reasonable illumination during various feeding periods. Under suitable lighting conditions, the performance of the chickens can be improved. When designing the light, the cage illuminance should be increased, generally calculated as 3.3-3.5 watts/square meter.
3-7 days after the chicks are shelled, the light is 23.5-24 hours per day, and then gradually shortened to 8-9 hours until 18-20 weeks of age. It will increase by 0.5 to 1.0 hours per week until 14 to 16 hours of illumination, and will remain unchanged thereafter. Under normal circumstances, the brooding period (0-6 weeks old) requires 23 to 18.5 hours for light, and the light intensity is 10 to 30 Lx, which is mainly warm light source; the illumination time requirement during the breeding period is 8-9 hours. The light intensity is 5 Lx, warm light source; the light time during laying is 14-16 hours, the light intensity is 10-12 Lx, and the light source is mainly cold.