Nowadays, the continuous development of breeding equipment. Nigerian farmers have use battery layer cage. After all, this method of breeding has a small area. High space utilization. The chicken manure is cleaned up in layers. Not only can the utilization rate of chicken manure be improved. It also reduces the degree of environmental pollution. At the same time, labor intensity is reduced and productivity is improved.
Need preparations for using battery cages in Nigeria?
Before starting poultry farming and buying battery layer cage. You have to consider from the size of your farm, the type of poultry you are raising, the battery cage price in Nigeria, etc.
Determining the size of your farm is the first thing to do. The number of breeding and the number of groups of battery cages can be determined according to your scale. If your chicken house size is 60*8 meters, then you can raise 8,960 birds on a farm of this size. Of course, if your scale is larger or smaller, it is also possible.
Poultry generally includes ducks, chickens, pigs, quail, rabbits, etc. If poultry farming is carried out in Nigeria, it is more recommended to raise layer hens. Most eggs are consumed on a daily basis, especially in Nigeria. These chickens are primarily raised for egg production, and the farmers who produce them make a lot of money.
After determining the number of birds to raise, if you want to have a better egg production rate for laying hens, it is strongly recommended that you use battery cages to start your laying hen production journey. Battery layer cage is highly automated and come in different sizes and models at affordable prices. The specific price depends on the quantity of chickens.
How to select the right layer cages in Nigeria?
At present, it is reasonable to equip different cages and equipment according to the number of chickens.
1. Birds under 3000
Manual chicken cages, workers put food into chicken troughs and pick eggs. If you want to expand your farm to more than 10,000 chickens in the future, our automatic feeding equipment and automatic egg collection will be installed directly on the layer cages used.
2. Between 5000pcs and 20000pcs
In addition to chicken farms, we recommend that you choose a manure cleaning system, clean up chicken manure once a day or two, keep the poultry house clean and the air fresh, reduce diseases and increase egg production rate. There is also an automatic egg collection system that automatically collects eggs to improve egg efficiency and reduce egg breakage.
3. 50000+ birds
A farmer can have 4 or 5 houses. For large ones, some automation equipment should be considered. 1 or 2 people manage a house, automatic feeding equipment, automatic egg collection, manure cleaning system, etc.
Layer cages allow farmers to obtain higher income
So what is the way to raise chickens using layer cage in Nigeria? The chicken must be vaccinated before entering the layer cage. When the egg production rate reaches 5%, the prenatal feed should be replaced with peak feed. In order to ensure the service life of the equipment, lubricate the transmission parts such as the transmission sprocket and gears of the transmission box once a month when in use. Clean up the hygienic environment of the chicken coop in time.
The ventilation system should be adjusted appropriately for side wall ventilation and roof ventilation according to the different seasons. Always keep the lighting bulb clean to prevent affecting the light intensity. If only the roller is driven to rotate when cleaning manure. The manure conveying belt does not move, it may be stuck in the manure removal belt due to excessive chicken manure. Such as the chicken manure on the manure belt is thin. It may be that the drinking fountain is leaking, the joint of the water tank is not sealed well, and the chicken is diarrhea. It is necessary to replace the drinking fountain, apply sealant to the joint, and administer medicine for treatment.
If the material cart does not move, it may be that the driving wheel turns, the pull rope does not move, the positioning plate on the driven wheel is not in contact with the travel switch, the track wheel and the guide rail are squeezed, and the motor is damaged. At this time, it is necessary to rotate the ratchet wheel of the feeder, tighten the rope, adjust the position of the travel switch to make it contact, correct the guide rail to make it parallel, and replace the motor.
If the egg broken rate is high, it may be due to the chicken pecking the egg, the egg shell is thin, the egg claw on the automatic egg collecting machine is broken, the egg rolling off the cage net collides with the egg on the egg belt, and it comes out of the automatic egg collecting machine. The egg collided with the egg on the central egg line. You can use the electric shock line to change the feed formula, find out the broken egg claw and replace it, use the egg blocking line to adjust the height of the egg picker to make it buffer.
During the operation of the equipment, it is strictly forbidden to observe the operation status of the equipment personally and open the related inspection ports for maintenance. During inspection, repair and maintenance, the staff must ensure that the main power switch is turned off and the main power switch is blocked, otherwise serious injury accidents may be caused. Two travel switches are installed on the head and tail of the machine, and the rail wheel of the feeder will stop running when it touches any one of the travel switches. Check whether the travel switch is sensitive or not. If it fails, it should be replaced in time. Otherwise, it is easy to damage the material truck and even cause more serious consequences.