Poultry Equipment for chicken houses from South Africa

Poultry equipment and chicken equipment is easily available in South Africa. Accessories include feeders, poultry drinkers, bell drinkers, corners, troughs, heaters, brooders, layer cages, nest boxes, nipple drinking systems, chain feeding systems, curtaining systems for chickens with a winching system in place. Fully equipped chicken houses will have poultry equipment that must suit what kind of chicken farming you are doing – a broiler house is not the same as a layer house – even though the both fall under the category of poultry houses. A layer house is higher and the curtains drop a lot lower than a broiler house – which is for growing chickens for eating – the poultry will be in the house for 4 – 6 weeks depending on how heavy or large you want your broilers to be. Layer chicken houses will have laying chickens – or pullets paced at what is know as point of lay – and they will be in the chicken house for at least 2 years. Both types of poultry houses need chicken equipment to suit – but they will both have a header tank with a manifold system and a curtain with a winch.   When buying poulry equipment for chicken houses first decide what kind of chicken farming you wish to do – how many birds you want to have in the poultry house. Study the geographical location taking note of minimum and maximum temperatures, wind direction and where the sun is. All of these factors are critical when raising poultry. If you are in a very hot area you should put insulation under the roof of your chicken house and you will need fans to cool the house. If there are strong winds you will need to anchor your steel chicken house down – or it will blow away. All the poultry equipment you need should be supplied by the chicken equipment manufacturer – although you will need to discuss the details to ensure you get the right equipment for the right job.