What is A type Layer Chicken Cage?
Layer chicken cage is an equipment used to feed layer chicken which the age is about 16 weeks and even older. Not only the open house, but also close house, layer chicken cage is suitable. Just like its name, a type layer chicken cage looks like capital letter A, generally speaking, a type layer chicken cage is popular all over the world, especially in tropical country like Africa, South East Asia and South Asia where the farmers have large scale land for feeding kinds of poultry.
A Type Layer Chicken Cage Configuration
AGICO A type layer chicken cage can be made in semi or full automatic cage system according to customers’ special requirement. Our technicians can help to design the most proper a type layer chicken cage for free if customers don’t know how to begin this industry.
Our a type layer chicken cage can be divided into two models, namely semi automatic layer chicken cage and full automatic layer chicken cage. The main configuration of full set a type layer chicken cage include feeding system, drinking system, egg collecting machine, manure cleaning machine, temperature control system. Usually, a type layer chicken cage made in 2-4 tiers, 1 set can be feed 90/120/160/200 birds. AGICO A type layer chicken cage has obtained ISO9001:2008.
Advantages of A type Layer Chicken Cage
- High density of feeding. Larger number of layer chicken is raised per unit of area.
- Full automatic drinking system, feeding system, egg collecting machine and manure cleaning system, which can save time and energy.
- The structure is quite easy and durable, which makes a type layer chicken cage to be repaired easily and has a long lifetime. What’s more, it is easy to deliver and install the equipment in customers’ farm.
- The overlap parts are smaller, that the chicken house can get much better ventilation,which can prolong the lifespan of A type layer chicken cage.
- Due to the longer feed trough edge with round bottom design, which can help to control feed wastage.
- It is easily to avoid parasitic disease like fowl plague and worm infestation.
- A type layer chicken cage can save more cost for farmers because of the lower investment as H type layer chicken cage.
3 tiers A type layer chicken cage design
4 tiers A type layer chicken cage design
A Type Layer Chicken Cage Features
- A type layer chicken cage generally has 3-4 tiers, each set can be feed 90/120/160/200 birds.
- For the whole body of the cage, we ordinarily adopt cold galvanizing, which the lifespan can reach 12 years and the surface is so smooth. Sometimes, we offer hot galvanizing, which has longer lifespan about 20 years, but the shortcoming is not so smooth as cold galvanizing. Generally speaking, the price of hot galvanizing is higher than the cold galvanizing, so we sincerely advice some African countries to use cold galvanizing. Hot galvanizing is suitable for moist climate countries like Southeast Asia.
- The main part of A type layer chicken cage contains cage frame, cage meshes, drying system like pipe, nipple drinkers, water drip cups and water pressure regulators, terminals, splits etc., feed trough.
Egg Collecting System for A Type Layer Chicken Cages
Egg collecting system frame made of 2.0mm thick galvanized sheet with a zinc coating of 275g/m², and rust-proof screws used in the anti-rust process.
Cage mesh is made of welded zinc-aluminum alloy wire, with reinforced bottom mesh, and a mesh link plate that is stamped in a reverse V shape with 12 holes. The cage door uses a sliding door with a smooth and reasonable structure for smooth egg collection.
A type layer chicken cage specifications
| Type | Capacity | Cage size (cm) | Cell size | Cell capacity | Door | Average area (cm2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A type 3 tiers | 90 birds/set | 195*230*150 | 39*41*41 | 3 birds/cell | 5 doors | 533 |
| A type 3 tiers | 96 birds/set | 172*230*150 | 43*41*41 | 4 birds/cell | 4 doors | 440.75 |
| A type 3 tiers | 120 birds/set | 195*230*150 | 37*41*41 | 4 birds/cell | 5 doors | 399.75 |
| A type 3 tiers | 120 birds/set | 215*230*150 | 43*41*41 | 4 birds/cell | 4 doors | 440.75 |
| A type 4 tiers | 120 birds/set | 195*230*150 | 39*41*41 | 3 birds/cell | 5 doors | 533 |
| A type 4 tiers | 128 birds/set | 172*230*150 | 43*41*41 | 4 birds/cell | 4 doors | 440.75 |
| A type 4 tiers | 160 birds/set | 195*230*150 | 37*41*41 | 4 birds/cell | 5 doors | 399.75 |
| A type 4 tiers | 160 birds/set | 215*230*150 | 43*41*41 | 4 birds/cell | 4 doors | 440.75 |
