How to stabilize egg production under high temperature in summer and low temperature in winter？
This article is applicable to global egg chicken farmers and provides practical and easy to implement solutions to ensure stable egg production in extreme weather conditions.
Summer Heat
Current Situation
- Reduced feed intake
- Causing severe stress
- Shortness of breath
Solution Approach
1、Temperature
- When the high temperature is severe, negative pressure fans and wet curtains can be equipped to quickly reduce the indoor temperature.
- Installing insulation and shading facilities on the roof can effectively prevent direct sunlight and overheating.
2、Ventilation
- Ensure air circulation in the chicken coop to avoid exacerbating stuffiness.
3、Water
- Provide sufficient and clean water.
- The water temperature should not be too high.
4、Time
- Feeding can be done during different time periods, such as early morning, evening, or night, when it is cooler.
5、Illumination
- Please ensure the daily lighting time and do not adjust it arbitrarily.
6、Space
- Place chickens in different zones, control the number of chickens in each area, and avoid poor heat dissipation caused by crowding.
7、Equipment
- The automated cage system covers multiple systems such as feeding, temperature, ventilation, lighting, humidity, and manure cleaning, ensuring the normal survival of chickens in high temperature environments.
- This integrated device achieves uniform temperature distribution and efficient heat dissipation in the chicken coop through multiple stages of coordination.
- The amount of light and food intake can be precisely controlled, minimizing the heat stress of laying hens, reducing their metabolic burden, and ensuring the stability of nutrient absorption.
- Enable them to maintain stable egg production even in the hottest summer months, reducing the decline in egg production caused by stress.
Winter Low Temperature
Current Situation
- Low temperature
- Cold air blowing directly
- Poor ventilation
- High ammonia concentration
- Insufficient lighting
- Fast energy consumption
Solution Approach
1、Temperature
- Insulate the chicken coop, close the doors, windows, and other ventilation openings to prevent cold winds from blowing directly on the chickens.
- The steel structure insulated chicken coop has good thermal insulation performance, warm in winter and cool in summer, making it easy to control the temperature.
- We can provide prefabricated chicken coop design solutions and select different types of insulation materials based on local climate conditions, such as maximum and minimum temperatures, maximum wind speeds, etc.
2、Ventilation
- In winter, many farmers close their doors and windows tightly to prevent cold air from pouring in, which affects the survival rate of their chickens.
- Along with this action, it often leads to high ammonia levels in the chicken coop, increased respiratory diseases, higher egg drop rates, and increased mortality rates.
- We can leave a little gap for a small amount of ventilation to increase the activity of the air.
3、Illumination
- In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, resulting in insufficient natural light.
- It is necessary to regularly supplement artificial light to maintain stable light exposure, avoid endocrine disorders, and maintain stable egg production.
- We can provide specially designed lamps for chickens, which are stable, durable, suitable for various chicken farms, and safe and reliable.
4、Feed
- In low-temperature environments, organisms need to consume more energy to maintain body temperature.
- Adequate feed supply should be ensured to avoid a decrease in egg production, molting, or cessation of egg production due to insufficient energy.
5、Dry
- Chicken coops are prone to moisture in winter, and moisture is more harmful to laying hens than low temperatures.
- Carry out proper fecal cleaning and ventilation, control humidity, keep the chicken coop dry, reduce diseases, and ensure stable egg production.
Summary
high temperature
Cooling, ventilation, providing water with appropriate temperature, and avoiding feeding during high temperature periods to reduce heat stress.
low temperature
Insulation, proper ventilation, and regular supplementation of light are necessary to maintain the physical condition and egg production of chickens.
Modernization Plan
Modern standardized chicken houses are fitted with automatic cage systems to regulate temperature, humidity, ventilation and lighting automatically. Laying hens can maintain stable egg production all year round in both cold and hot weather, with lower mortality and fewer soft-shelled and broken eggs.
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