Poultry Farming Equipment Every Beginner Farmer Needs

Poultry production involves the husbandry of poultry birds. It involves a series of activities of rearing birds like chicken, turkey, quail, guinea fowl, and ducks for the purpose of meat, egg , or sale. These varying level of production differs in terms of cost of production, stock size, labor intensity, method of production, equipment used, and market size. But how to use this poultry equipments well, ranging from plastic to automatic feeders, the choice of poultry farming equipment depends on the size of bird stocks and it is imperative to use the right poultry farming equipment for the right size of birds.

Novices need to understand the knowledge of the poultry equipment industry

Poultry equipment is chicken tools or instruments that are used for purposes like poultry hatching Poultry brooding, poultry housing, poultry feeding, coop cleaning, and maintaining good conditions in poultry farms. Basically, small farm owners require manual equipment that will effectively fulfill their purpose but at the commercial level of production, the huge amount of birds will require more sophisticated equipment and labor with technical-know how to power them. Depending on the level of your production, there is a variety of equipment to select from.

How to choose poultry farming equipment

The breed and needs of birds are different and hence, the type of equipment you would use to rear them will be different from one another.

Another factor to consider before buying poultry equipment is your area of poultry production as the poultry business has a wide value chain. There is meat production and packaging, poultry feed production as well as egg production, all under poultry farming. Your role along the value chain will determine your choice of equipment.

 When buying poultry equipment, the size of your poultry farming in terms of birds is a requisite factor.

Yet another important thing to take note of is the price. There are lots of things to be bought and saving a couple of naira on some items will reduce the total expenses.

The technical know-how requirement of your choice of equipment is important. Who and how it would be operated should be decided before purchase.

Technology is also very important when buying poultry equipment. As you already know, technology is always evolving. Therefore, you must conduct your research carefully to be sure that you are buying technology-effective poultry equipment.

How to use poultry farming equipment

Chicken Cages

The type of cage is dependent on factors like the system of production (open system or deep litre system do not require cages.) and the type of bird (layers are more suitable for battery cages). Cages are structured with either wood or iron rods and they come in various sizes and structures.

Broiler Battery Cages: The broiler battery cages are semi-automatic models designed for clean and convenient brooding within limited land spaces. They come with all the required water accessories and adjoining parts. The cages are suitable for all kinds of poultry chicks as well as mature birds in an all-in-all-out intensive management system.

 Layer Battery Cage: This system for layers is a type of intensive poultry housing system in which chickens are kept in compartment units. This system is called the battery cage system because it involves the arrangement of similarly-looking cages in rows and columns. What differentiates the layers’ battery cage from most other cages is that its floors slope from back to front. The reason for this is so that eggs can roll from the back to the front of the cage for easy collection.

Incubators:

Egg incubators are devices used for ensuring the safe and productive hatching of eggs. An incubator is a machine used to simulate avian incubation by keeping eggs warm at a particular temperature range and in the correct humidity with a turning mechanism to hatch them. It takes 21 days to hatch a chicken egg. There are varying types of incubators in terms of sizes, the possible number of eggs, and the method of operation.

Poultry Feeders and Drinkers

The regular supply of fodder and water to chicken birds is a very important factor that determines their level of production. The system of production also affects the type of poultry feeding and drinking equipment a farmer will go for. There are various types of chicken feeders and drinkers, some are hangable while some are automatic.

Chicken Feeders: they are poultry containers which poultry birds feed. They hold the poultry feeds and provide a secure environment for them to eat without waste.

 Chicken Nipple Drinkers: they are designed to assist and provide  poultry birds with clean drinking water. This type of chicken drinker is a three-in-one drinker consisting of a nipple, clip, and drip cup. They can be used for broilers, breeders, and layers.

 Chicken Bell Drinkers: they are used in supplying water sufficiently to poultry birds groomed with the deep litter system- from day-old chicks to matured chickens.

Poultry Processing Equipment

Processing equipment comes to play in the packaging value chain in poultry production. There is equipment that is useful for the purpose of slaughtering, de-feathering,and packaging matured poultry birds in an efficient way.

Poultry Transport Cages

In case easy of transportation, they are designed enclosed boxes that are called poultry transport crates. They are useful for the purpose of transferring chicken birds from one place to another especially from hatcheries to chicken farms, so they are also called chicken transport cages too.

8. Egg Crates

Egg tray & egg crates are peculiar to layers and they are useful for the purpose of transferring and storing eggs from poultry.

A major key to a successful poultry business is the use of appropriate equipment. It is important to get your poultry farming equipment from trusted vendors and also ensure they are in good working condition.

Established in 2000, LONGMU is engaged in poultry equipment products including poultry drinker nipples, poultry pan feeders, feeding lines, drinking lines, and transportation cages in China.

With 20 sets of plastic injection machines and 30 sets of CNC LATHES, production volume is well ensured.

With our mold design workshop, we have new product development capability and also do OEM for oversea customers.

To give customers a better poultry solution, we supply the chicken house project full set of equipment from a feeding system and drinking system to transportation to climate control and more.

For after-sales, we have a professional after-sales team and poultry installation instructor.

Now we have good cooperation with some well-known poultry equipment distributors.

Believe we will take a strong supply system and good profit for you!