Cages for laying hens with their hands.

Cours in suburban areas, many today are bred.Ways of their content, there are several.One of the most convenient and advanced breeding of this bird is considered to be in the cells.Similar designs today if you want you can buy off the shelf.However, they are still quite expensive.Therefore, many owners of suburban areas or their own town houses probably would like to learn about how to make cells for laying hens with their hands.

advantages cellular content of hens

There are only three ways of breeding birds - backyard, captive in cages.The latter method is nowadays becoming more and more popular.The main advantages of use in breeding structures such as cages for hens layers, can be called:

• possibility of rational use area of ​​the henhouse.On a smaller area, in this case it can be diluted more chickens.
• best sanitary conditions.Litter with this method of breeding is going just under the cells.
• Since the eggs roll out of the cell in the special receivers, they do not get dirty and do not break.In addition, the risk of completely missing rasklevyvaniya.
• When grown in cells much easier to monitor the health of chickens, as well as producing breeding selection.
• is easier to follow the diet of chickens.The food at feeding does not take away the room.
• water handy in terms of access to poultry, and always clean.
• Collect laid eggs much easier.

Of course, the cell method of breeding hens, there are some drawbacks:

• chickens have no access to the grass and gravel.Therefore, the feed is necessary to add vitamins and coarse sand.
• necessary to constantly monitor the indoor climate.Coop will often aired.In addition, you will need to think about the way of its effective heating and lighting.

Then talk about how, in fact, made cages for hens laying hens with their hands.

What materials need

Before manufacturing cells need to stock up the necessary materials.About what it is, you can learn from the table.

Tools for assembling cell

cells are made for hens laying hens using the following tools:

• Bulgarka for cutting corners.
• jigsaws for cutting steel.
• Hacksaw for making feeders and pan.
• welding machine.

Where to start?

So, how to make a cage for laying hens?Let's look at this in more detail.We'll start, of course, from the drawing.There are some rules of its preparation.First, the scheme should be performed in compliance with all proportions and dimensioned.Secondly, in drafting should take into account the dimensions of the structure recommended by the experts.

So, what should be the size of cages for laying hens?For it to get comfortable, its length should be 52.5 cm, width - 61 cm, height - 52 cm. Of course, the dimensions of the cells depend on the breed of chickens.The above approach for a rather large bird.For chickens and smaller "home" can do no such marker.

There is another pretty popular option for laying hens cage design.In this case, its length is 38 cm in height from the top of the floor - 45 cm, height of the pallet - 68 cm.

Driving cells of this design:

Sometimes a cell made with the expectation that it will contain severalhens.In this case also need to correctly calculate the size.When selecting the size at the same time based on the fact that a chicken should be at least 0.1 m2 floor of the cage.During solitary confinement, the figure is typically 0.5-0.6 m2.

course, be properly calculated and the size of the trough.Its length should be equal to the length of the cell width is usually 15 cm, height of the back wall - 10 cm, the front - 12.5 cm.

Design features

consist cages for hens layers of the following elements:

• frame with legs
• tipped as a lattice bars.
• partitions.
• pallets.
• sloping bottom of the grid.
• feeders.
• bowls.

main feature of cell designed specifically for laying hens, is the presence of a special sector for assembly of eggs.Cages for broiler chickens bred for meat, often have direct horizontal bottom.

carcass

frame is made in several stages:

• From the corner is cut four identical segment.Their length should be equal to the height of the cells plus a margin for the legs.It will rack frame.
• from the same material welded frame.Its length should be equal to the length of the cell width - according to its width.
• frame is welded to the uprights on top horizontally.

bottom cells

Cages for laying hens with their hands, as already mentioned, made with a sloping floor.To the bottom of the finished better buy galvanized mesh.It is attached to the frame with a slight tilt forward (6-9 degrees).Part of the floor must extend beyond the cell 50 mm (one cell).Most of its edge to bend upward.This design allows for maximum convenience to collect eggs.They will not be trampled or pecked.Once the chicken will lay an egg, it will roll forward on the floor down and stop, curved edge detained outside the cell.Weld mesh to the frame is possible through the corner pieces.

grille, trim pan

The cells on each side of scald metal bars.The rear wall sheathe plywood or boards.The same material used for making the roof opening.The distance between the bars can be quite large, but, of course, so that the bird between them crawled.The height of the bars come to be equal to the distance from the top of the cell to the highest point of the floor at the rear.Thus, at the bottom in front of the turn slot height sufficient for rolling eggs.

At the bottom of the frame to do the pallet.Craft can be a sheet of plywood, securing it between the uprights, or of galvanized steel.

drinker and feeder

hens in cages - a procedure involving the use of other "accessories".Of course, the chickens need to be sure the feeder.It represents a box with high front and low back wall.After assembly, it is attached to the frame above yaytsepriemnikom close to the lattice.

drinkers do, bent piece of sheet metal in the form of gutters and riveted on the sides of the wall.Hang it just above the trough so that the chicken was quite convenient to reach the water.

Where can I install the cells

How to make a cage for laying hens, now you know.However, the assembled structure is necessary also to properly install.There are some recommendations regarding the placement of these "homes" for chickens in the barn.For example, in any case should not be placed directly under the window of the cell.Otherwise the chicken will get cold.It is best to put them on the opposite wall from the window.

Of course, the best option will be the cells for hens layers on the legs.If the design is installed directly on the floor under it need prostelit litter.As used last straw, hay or sawdust.

blocks cell

usually "home" for chickens collected in blocks stacked.Also in this case, first circuit cells drawn.Doors in the cells of this complex are not made from the top and front.For their production, you can use the same galvanized mesh.Feeder in this case is fixed under a door, over yaytsepriemnikom.Collecting litter tray made from sheet metal in the form of boxes and place them between the tiers.

Drinkers in this case usually use store bought.They represent a container mounted on the roof of the last stage.From each of these hoses extend to the cells.To the water ceased to flow after filling the tank bottom, used in the construction of special Float System.

That such may be the cell blocks and for laying hens (photo):

feeders

unit for the assembly of the wooden receptacle under grain and mash, of course, is unlikely suit - because of their bulkiness.Therefore, in this case it is better to make a trough of tin.This material makes it easy to manufacture, including the design and removable.With a large number of chickens at the farm last option is the most convenient.The fact that the troughs in this case is much easier to clean and disinfect.

Made feeder cells for the block as follows:

• from galvanized steel sheet is cut band width of 30 cm.
• further on it at a distance of 8 cm from the edge of the bend is at an angle of 95 degrees.
• Then the band celebrated another 5 cm.
• done bend at an angle of 100 degrees.
• long end of the resulting trough is curved "hook".Next
• him feeder hung on the front wall of the cell.

Often feeders hens kept in cages made of a sheet metal strip bent in the middle.

Large cages for hens

Sometimes farmers and the vacationers practice of keeping hens in cages are very large.This design can be installed, or simply in the yard or in the barn.The latter option is used primarily to protect chickens from ferrets, foxes, and rats.In this case, drinking and feeding bowls are installed inside.

very same cell is a normal frame, collected from the timber of appropriate size design section, covered with netting or chipped galvanized bars.

What are purchased blocks for cell

course, for their own chickens can only be done not too big complex.In that case, if you are going to breed the bird thoroughly, you should consider purchasing this version, as the cells are ready for laying hens.The price of a single design can range from 500 to 3000 rubles.Cost units usually 20000-50000 rubles, depending on the number of cells, tiers, as well as the level of equipment of the complex.Block cell designs produced by many manufacturers today.Some systems are equipped with automatic water supply and feed.Sometimes these units are additionally equipped with heaters.

Are these systems is expensive, and therefore at their purchase should be careful.Breeding and maintenance of chickens in them will be successful only if the following conditions are met:

• Doors must be easy and without creaking open and close.
• trays to collect litter must be taken out without effort from the cells and be made of easy-care material.
• better if all the details of the block will be made of galvanized steel.Usually very quickly rust.In addition, for the design of galvanized metal easier to care for.

Remember that choosing the right cell will help to improve profitability by increasing the production of meat and eggs.

Features of breeding hens in cages

Content hens in a manner characterized by some nuances:

• Lighting in the chicken coop should be as uniform.This should make the light bulb flashed immediately, but gradually caught fire.This reduces the risk of stress in chickens, and hence provide better egg.The best option is considered lighting simulates changing time of day.
• feed must be as balanced.It is best to purchase a special, produced in factories.The most affordable option with this method of breeding will be crisp feed.
• per hen should ensure that access is not less than 500 ml of water per day.
• hens reared in cages, be sure to give the green fodder.It may be, for example, bevelled incised grass, weeds, vegetable skins, Padalitsa and so on. D.
• complex cleaning should be done regularly.Feeders should be cleaned thoroughly after each chicken meal.Pallets as clean fill.Security bars should be cleaned daily.
• Since the bird at a dilution in the cells contained very crowded, be sure to carry out preventive vaccination.
• in each cell need to install a container filled with ashes."Bathing" in it will prevent the appearance of parasites in the pen.

As you can see, to make chicken cages on their own is not particularly difficult.Yes, and method of breeding birds in them is fairly easy to use.So how to use the technology to produce just such a chicken and eggs, to think, definitely worth it.