In the process of raising chickens in layer chicken battery cages, the light is also very important for the chicken flocks. Farmers need to properly illuminate the chicken flocks to achieve good results. Therefore, in the process of lighting the chicken cages, most of them need to use artificial light, which is beneficial to the healthy growth of the laying hens. The following reminds farmers of the points that need attention when artificially lighting the chicken flock.

1. The light should be stable: the time that the average farmers choose to compensate the light for the laying hens starts from the age of 19 weeks. When you start setting the lighting time, you should add it slowly from short to long, and add half an hour a week. Farmers should be aware that when the light is added to 16 hours a day, it should be kept in stable light. Then the light of the day can't be long or short. The good way is to make up each time sooner or later.

2. The intensity should be appropriate: the farmers should pay attention when selecting the light intensity of the lighting equipment. For normal laying hens, the required light intensity is generally 2.7 watts, but the egg cage culture uses a multi-layered three-dimensional culture. Therefore, the bottom group of chickens are not easy to feel the light, so it should be improved when setting the light intensity, generally 3.3 to 3.5 watts per square meter.

3. Illumination should be uniform: the farmers should pay attention to the time when the equipment is equipped with light. The author suggests that the bulbs in the chicken houses of the farmers should be 40 to 60 watts, and then the height of the lamps should be about 2 meters. The distance between the light bulbs is recommended to be about 3 meters. Other farmers should pay attention to the fact that if your house requires more than two rows of light bulbs, they should be arranged in a cross so that it is good for the light, evenly against the wall. The distance should be half of the bulb spacing. Also note that the damaged bulb should be replaced at any time and the bulb should be scrubbed once a week to maintain proper brightness in the house.

4. It is advisable to use red light: there are many kinds of light colors in the lighting equipment. The farmers should pay attention to the difference of the light color of the lighting equipment when they are selected, and the wavelengths are different. Tests have shown that hens raised under red light have higher egg production rates than hens under other light conditions when other conditions are the same, so it is recommended that farmers choose red light equipment.

The above four points are described for the farmers. In the process of raising chickens in layer chicken cages, the “four attentions” when the laying hens are used to make up the light, the farmers must make reasonable plans to make up the light. The laying performance of laying hens lays the foundation.

Today, most chicken farms have begun to use drinking water nipples because they save water and labor. Drinking water hygiene is very important for the health of the flock in poultry farm cage, so no matter what drinking water system is used to feed the chicken, the hens drinking water system must be carefully managed.

1. When the nipple drinking system works normally, the nipple drinking water system controls the output water volume through the pressure regulator, so it should be noted that the water pressure is adjusted weekly. Keep the water pressure low when the chicken is small, so that the water can flow more easily to the nipple, and when the nipple is very light, the chicken can flow out. As the broiler grows, water pressure should be increased to increase the amount of water. If the water pressure regulation of the nipple drinking system is not good, it will cause the broiler to have insufficient moisture or the litter to be wet.

2. It is also recommended that the height of the nipple should be adjusted frequently when using the nipple drinking system. The height of the nipple can be adjusted every two days two weeks ago, and the height of the nipple can be adjusted every two weeks.

3. When installing the nipple drinking system, it should be noted that the ground of the chicken cage or the chicken house should be smooth and flat. If it is not flat, the height of the drinking water system should be adjusted frequently to ensure normal water pressure.

4. During the use of the nipple drinking system, the system air plug can be selected, especially when the chicks have just entered the house and the water pressure setting of the nipple drinking system is low. Air plugs usually first appear in the upper part of the waterline. Therefore, to adjust the waterline lifting system to keep the waterline straight, in order to further reduce the impact of the airlock, the water pressure regulator of the pacifier drinking water system should be slightly raised to remove water. The air inside the tube. Under normal conditions, when you start using the nipple drinking system, raise the water regulator of the nipple drinking system for one to two feet for a few seconds so that the air in the pipe can be drained with water. When raising the end of the water pressure regulator, do not hold the water pressure regulator directly. This will easily damage the plastic tube of the water pressure regulator. Instead, use a metal pad under the water pipe or use a slide bar to lift the water pipe.

5. When choosing the drinking water of the chicken, pay attention to the quality of the water. One of the lakes should be filtered before entering the nipple drinking system. The filter should be inspected at least once a week and replaced if necessary. Special problems such as precipitation of metal substances, precipitation of minerals, and bacterial contamination in water pipes require the use of a filter with backwashing function to solve the problem of using salt as a solvent, using a water softening device, and adding a disinfecting device to the drinking water system in automatic poultry farming.