Top Guide to Effective Layers chicken Housing

-There are two methods that are followed for the housing and management system of layer hens
-They are mainly; floor production and the caged layer production.

Caged poultry unit

-Remember you should keep your chicken farm away from other enterprises and have good drainage system with clean water which is a must for the poultry farm.
-Provide enough light intensity,
-The poultry house must allow a plenty of sunlight and ventilation. Removable doors or curtains can be used so that the openings can easily be opened when the climate changes.
-You need to keep the house comfortable and clean by ventilating from all the sides except the wind ward side to prevent draught (strong air currents). 
-layer kept in a poultry battery cage should be supplied with enough food and water to each cage.
-1 cage should contains a maximum 4 or 5 hens.
*N.B -poultry cages come with full accessories: Nipple drinking system, Medication tanks, Adjustable foot plates for leveling, Water pipe, Pipe connect and Feeder groove, etc.

-For floor production system it is used either for egg type or broiler type birds.
- In commercial layer birds, this method is used when producing fertile eggs.
- The birds are kept in a covered floor to give them floor production,But we you can't take a full use of the coop space by this way because it’s not easy to collect the eggs and keep the eggs clean.

Basic Things to check when Planning Your Poultry for Maximum Egg Production?

*Food
-To keep your flocks body functioning properly you need to supply nutrient rice units each day, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals.
-For the laying flocks it is essential to provide them with 16 to 18 percent protein and 3 % calcium with their daily food to keep them strong and for strong egg shell.
- Many of the poultry farmers try to save money by feeding household food scraps and scratch grains. It remarkably doesn’t increase the egg production.

*Water
-A constant supply of fresh and clean water is needed for maximum egg production.
- Not only the hen’s body but also half of the eggs volume consists of water.
- short supply of fresh water affects eggs production so you have to ensure that you have a reliable water source for both hot and dry period.

*Sanitation
-The thing that really do matter is cleanliness of the environment you raise your birds.
-You must avoid over crowding birds
-Poultry battery cage with automatic manure cleaning system may help you to solve this problem
-And any visitors to your farm should be disinfected fully before entry to the farm

* Provide nest Boxes:
-To get eggs clean, nice and intact-you need to provide your birds with a clean nest you want.avoid them lay eggs in some corner of the coop.
-Buy easy to clean nest boxes from any poultry supply companies or you can build one as like as you want.
-Place those boxes at least two feet off the ground and keep a layer of soft litter like non toxic wood shaving.
-The automatic egg collector is the suitable for a big chicken farm.
-Egg eating is a common thing among the hungry chicken and one chicken can teach the other to do the same thing.
-Most of the chicken finishes laying eggs by 10 am so knowing the exact time you have to collect the eggs before a hungry hen attacks it.

*Set an artificial light source:
-Light is another good factor which controls the egg production.
-For maximum egg production 14 hours of light is needed. Hens in winter season reduce their egg production due to insufficient of light and its intensity.
-Installing an artificial light source in your farm and ensure balance in egg production during winter.

*Clean the eggs:
-Frequent egg collection with dry, clean, uncovered coops and nest box will last a long time keeping your bird’s eggs clean.
-If the eggs are found to be clean you don’t need to wash it again, it will remove the invisible protective layer. If the amount of dirt is small, you can follow these:
*N.B -Dry clean the eggs with the help of fine grit sandpaper.
-You can use weight washing. But if you don't do it properly bacteria can be sucked into the eggs.
-Do not store the eggs with odorous foods.
It doesn’t take much time to collect the eggs from a small layer flock if you know the right ingredient