Different types of chickens are to be kept in different chicken battery cages. It is very important to raise chickens in chicken cages, and chicken cages should be used reasonably.
1, chick cage
Generally, chicks of 0 to 30 days old are raised. According to the structure of the cage, the structure is generally three-dimensional, divided into three or four layers. There is a slab between the layers. The troughs and sinks are placed on both sides of the chicken cage for the chicks to eat and drink. The advantage of using the chicken cage is to make full use of the area of the brooding room, to facilitate heat preservation and disinfection, to separate the chicken and chicken manure, to reduce the occurrence of diseases and to improve the survival rate.
2, Nurture cage
It is mainly used for breeding chickens from 30 to 140 days old. The characteristics are that the steel wire used in the chicken cage is thinner and the bottom net is denser. Most of the chicken farmers reduce the equipment investment, and do not use the breeding cage, but the brooding cage utilization time is prolonged.
3, layer chicken cage
Generally used in laying hens. The egg cage is characterized by thicker wire and flexible, and there is an egg tray. The chicken lays eggs in the cage and the eggs roll out of the cage for easy picking. If the wire is too thin, it is easy to make the cage sagging, so that there must be support bars at the bottom of the cage to prevent the cage from sagging.
In short, the scale of chicken cages is similar, the method of use is basically the same, the use of chicken cages to raise chickens can reduce the amount of exercise of chickens, reduce the energy consumption of chickens, and facilitate feeding, epidemic prevention and disinfection. Reasonable use of chicken cages to raise chickens can reduce the labor intensity of the breeders, reduce the cost of raising and improve the economic benefits of raising chickens.