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Battery cage vs deep litter system in rearing day old chicken
2007-09-13

Basic information 

They are semi-automated with a drinking system. It has a premium feeding system to avoid feed wastage, durable frames for the cages, and good quality connecting fittings. Breeder battery cage has been accepted all over the world by poultry farmers as the best and effective way of rearing broiler chicks 

Breeder battery cage has different components working together with it to create quality and comfortable living for the birds. It comes with different attachments that will make the feeding and drinking system easier for the farmers 

The breeder battery cage is also known as day old chicken cage. It is designed in such a way that it provides a clean and convenient brooding environment for chick within minimal amount of land. They come with all the required water accessories and adjoining parts. The brooder battery cage system is suitable for breeding broilers in an improved intensive management system. The brooder battery cage systems are designed for reducing feed spillage 

Battery cage vs deep litter system in rearing day old chicken


Battery cage vs deep litter system in rearing day old chicken

The two main differences between breeder battery cage and other cage system is that there is a moveable belt on the floor of the cage that is covered with litter, and secondly the system allows egg that are hatching inside the container, the hatching eggs are suspended in a tray above the belt, and as the chicks’ hatch they drop onto the litter belt below. During depopulation, the belt is used to remove the brooders from the containers directly onto a conveyor for transport. Breeder battery cage is a small metal wire cage of approximately 16” by 18”. The breeder battery cages are commonly arranged back-to-back in three rows of identical small metal wire cages connected together like battery cell. Breeder battery cage reduces the death rate of the birds. It does restrict the movement of the birds

Battery cage is a system used for rearing poultry chicks that is, birds that are from 0 weeks to 4 weeks. Breeder battery cage system provides the birds with healthy living, including their good mental and physical well being. It provides an opportunity for the birds to express themselves freely. Deep litter system of rearing birds is system where the birds are reared on the floor not in cages. An initial layer of litter is spread for the animals to use for bedding material and to defecate in, and as the litter is soiled, new layers of litter are continuously added by the farmer while the battery cage system as the name implies works with little or no human efforts, as its works automatically with what it’s being instructed to do 


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Product description

There is potential to provide perches and hanging pecking substrates systems over the last 10 years, and a rise of breeder battery cage for the last 5 years. Frequent visit in and out of the brooding house when providing feed and water for breeders, the workers easily bring in germs into the poultry house, so that is where the breeder chicken cage is important because it help prevent disease spread or disease outbreak among each other  

The breeder cages are composed of a silo system, female feeding system, male feeding system, nipple drinking system, slat system and nest system, ventilation systems and environment controller. Breeder cage can be elaborate pieces of poultry equipment such as tiered battery brooders or as simple as a card box in the house or garage. In both cases, the most important aspect is to maintain conditions that allow the birds to thrive

During hot season, the cage meshes of breeder battery cage system are designed for higher ventilation to reduce disease and to create a comfortable environment for the birds. The sheds may have natural light provision, but have little opportunity for enrichment provision, especially scratching and dust bathing substrate 


Features

1. The colors are either white or green. Plastic food trough material is raw polyethylene, super toughness, with anti-fall, anti-pressure, anti-aging

2. Breeder chicken cage is equipped with hot galvanized, angle iron or 6.0m thick steel flat, weaving process include cutting, stamping, bending, welding and forming.  The advantages of the mesh includes strong, sturdy and smooth. The durability is 20-25 years. High quality un-annealed steel wire

3. It has highly precise stainless steel ball, high sensitivity,360 ̊ active sealed stem no leakage guarantees dry of chicken manure, installation, disassembly, convenient and cleaning is easy no need for glue and bonding


Our services 

1. We recommend suitable products based on customer’s availability resources

2. Installation team come for installation after customers have received the goods

3. We offer the best poultry equipments which can meet our customers demand

4. We have a long time experience on the manufactured products

5. We supply customers with detailed information on what they are buying

6. We offer good quality products for our customers


Frequently ask questions

Q: What production system is best for breeders?

A: Breeder battery cage is the most efficient for brooders because it makes feeding and caring for the brooders easier and more efficient

Q: Can breeders be reared in cages?

A: Yes, breeders can be reared in brooder battery cages

Q: Is breeder battery cages really needed in a poultry farm?

A: Yes, because it has an automatic feeding, drinking, cleaning, management and an automatic control system, which ensures the energy conservation and that makes it really efficient in a poultry farm