There are different housing system used in rearing birds but the major concern here is discuss the differences between the two major and common housing system in poultry farming. It is equally important you observe the type of housing system you can use to attain and maintain high lasting production cycle.
There are basically two most common housing types we used in our country, they are;
1.Deep Litter System and
2.Battery cage system.
DEEP LITTER SYSTEM: This is a way of raising birds on a cemented floor of a building. The essence of calling it deep litter is because the wood shavings or sawdust are spread on the floor to make the birds feel comfortable. Both the chicken feeding through and drinker are placed on the floor or hanged to the reach of the birds.
Advantages of Deep Litter System
1.It maximizes the use of labour their by creating employment
2.It is termed to be economical
3.Litter Materials such as saw dust, wood shavings etc. are easily sourced for and gotten for free
4.Increment in efficiency of poultry management
5.It is widely used by most farmers
Disadvantages of Deep Litter System
1.Direct access to their droppings: the birds have direct access to their droppings and picking up food along with their droppings is dangerous to their health
2.To erect the housing of deep litter is capital intensive
3.It is not easy to have a proper documentation of the birds, were the farmer have a large stock.
4.It is almost impossible to detect unproductive birds in deep litter
5.There is wastage of feeds
6.Disease is on the high side
7.Production is low because the chickens move about freely their by burning energy reserved for egg production.
8.Eggs comes out dirty
9.It is stressful packing litter often and on to avoid smell
10.Egg breakages are high, the by reducing the farmers revenue
BATTERY CAGE SYSTEM: This is a way of raising birds in a caged conferment and it is said to be the best way of raising birds. The cages are divided into compartment containing a bird or two in a cage. It have sloping floor for easy passage of eggs and a laying nest as well.
Advantages of Battery Cage System
1.The battery cage saves spaces
2.Improvement in performance when compared with birds raised in deep litter system
3.It is easy to identify unproducing birds
4.Stress factors are removed
5.Feed wastages is reduced unlike the deep litter system
6.It helps in easy taking of stocks
7.Large number of birds is reread per unit
8.Cannibalism and egg eating are reduced to the minimum
Disadvantages of Battery Cage system
1. It is capital expensive
2.Hysterious of chickens
3.Maintaince cost is high
4.Tiny shelled can easily be crack
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