A good layer poultry housing system keeps the bird safe, well growing and productive. Generally the poultry birds which are popular and raised for egg production are simply known as layer poultry. They become very highly egg productive. But to get better egg production from them, they need proper care and management. Food and housing are two main factor of successful poultry farming business. Housing is also very important for raising layer poultry commercially and in small scale.
A good poultry house protects the poultry birds from adverse weather condition, injury and predators. Poultry birds require a draft free and dry house. Proper ventilation system and temperature management is needed. And for proper ventilation, you can keep big sized windows or doors, which can be opened when necessary.
You can raise layer poultry in both deep litter and cage system. Deep litter poultry farming system is usually used for free range or organic poultry farming systems. But cage system is suitable for commercial production purpose. In cage system, poultry producers used to keep thousands of birds under a single shed. If you want to raise your birds in cage system, then build a large house compared to the length, wide and height of broiler house.
Use dropped ceiling system. This will improve ventilation and reduce heating costs. Layer house needs to be slightly higher than the broiler house. Dropped ceilings also allow the installation of ceiling insulation to reduce heat gain during hot weather/seasons and heat loss during cold climates/weather.
Adequate temperature management system is also a very important factor for layer poultry housing. Poultry birds are very sensitive to temperature. Use proper cooling and heating system inside the house. Be very careful about temperature management while raising layer chicks. Because your chicks may die due to sudden temperature change.
Good ventilation system delivers fresh air inside the house, and removes excess heat, moisture and undesirable gases from the house. For making a proper ventilation system, you will require fans, evaporative cooling system, air inlets and controller.
Ventilation systems are of two types. Cold weather ventilation system and hot weather ventilation system. For cold weather ventilation system, you will need fans, air inlets etc. to keep your birds and the layer poultry housing environment hot. And for hot weather ventilation system, you can use tunnel ventilation system.
Lighting play a very important role for the layer poultry birds. They require a certain lighting period for laying maximum number of eggs. Usually layer poultry birds require about 16 hours of lighting and 8 hours of darkness period for maximum egg production. Ensure presence of 16 hours of lighting period depending on your location and weather condition.
Before building house for layer poultry farming business, try to keep in mind the following aspect.
- Build the poultry house in a quit and calm place.
- It should be located in well drained areas, which will help to prevent prolonged dampness, water saturation of the floor of house and outside runs.
- It will be better, if the front side, windows and outside runs faced to south. This method allows the sun to warm and dry the house and soil.
- Provide sufficient space required per bird which helps to minimize the humidity level in the house.
- Make a fence around the poultry house to prevent the bird from predators.
Hi
How much is a start up cost of commercial poultry
Total cost depends on your area, type of house and most importantly the number of birds you want to raise. So set your goals and consult with any farmer in your area. Thanks!
Dear Sir,
Do you guide us to start goat farming in INDIA.
Please review the following webpage to learn more about starting goat farming in India. Thank you!
http://www.roysfarm.com/goat-farming-in-india/
good day sir
kindly suggest for me if cage will be better for broilers and layers or floor
i want to do about 500 birds and i have little money
Cage system is good for raising layers. But in case of raising broilers, you should raise them in deep litter system. Thank you!
10000 pees se shuruvat karna
Hi Ejiofor
glad to meet you here , we know in your city , poultry land is very easy to apply,
so you can apply a big farm land and start with 2 or 3 chicken houses, each house can raise 50000 layers, it is easily to operate .
any doubt, you can discuss with us and add my what’s app at 86-18039555030.
I recently began rearing layers but later noticed 2 roosters among them. I have been thinking of getting local breeds (hens) for the 2 roosters and see if I can get cross breeds. Is it possible? What should I do to the roosters or hens before introducing them to each other.
Yes it’s possible. Just introduce the roosters to your hens. Keep them together for a few days. And after a few days they will accept each other (in most cases this should happen). It will be better if you can keep them together when they are young. This will reduce mutual attack and both will accept each other easily. Thank you!
i am interested to start farming
Hi i am intrested in starting layer poultry farm contite of layer 10000 i have sutebale land 4 acers please sugest to me how start to work and how many cost this project including layer and sheed requred sheed area .
Hello i would like to start poultry farming business, how do i go about it?
Hallo, i would like to begin poultry farming mainly layers
what kind of shelter is suitable for them?
hi, i want to start poultry farming with 5000 layers, pls what should be the recommended housing structure and dimension
You need about 10000 square feet flooring space for raising 5000 birds. The dimension can be any, just ensure the required space is available. You can follow the usual layer poultry shed design. Thank you!
SIR
I WANT TO START LAYER EGG FARM ON SMALL SCALE IE WITH 1000 OR 2000 BIRDS. HOW MUCH INVWSTMENT I HAVE TO INVEST IN SUCH FARM.APART FROM LAND.
Please review some project reports for having ideas about required investment for your project. Thank you!
Dear Roystarm team,
Thanks for very valuable information you provided on your website. I further request you to kindly post or send full project reports on layer farming {any size project} for study purpose. pref to be on indian soil however other nations also welcome.
Thanks for your recommendation! We will try our best to publish a detailed project report soon based on layer poultry farming. Thank you!
dear sir,
i want to start egg poultry farm in rural area in bihar. i have 1000 square feet area in my village . kindly let me know about minimum investment including construction 0f farm, feeds, breeds, and training and other additional expenses.
thanks
ali
We can’t tell the exact expenses. Please review some project reports online for having some ideas. You can raise about 250 laying birds in your 1000 square feet area. Thank you!
I want to start layer poultry and sheep farm in rural area in Bellary dist Karnataka. I have 2700 square let me know how many layer bird and sheep are buy and cost .pls help.
please i want to start layers poultry farming of 350 birds in nigeria i already have 1 acre of land can you advise futher on type of housing and probably the cost and type of birds for best yeild.
Thanks roys farm. am a big fan of layers
Hi Davon
Glad to meet u here, we can offer the layer farm equipment for you.
any interested pls mail me at : [email protected] or call me at 86-18039555030
Dear sir,
Could you pls give me the estemate of layer poultry shed for 3000 birds for battery cage system.
Tanweer
Rafiganj
Bihar
I’m very grateful to be given such an insight on commercial poultry farming by your able team,by i will be extremely happy if you tackle on how to feed for layers with the required nutrients in their right proportion, but until then kudos,good work done.
Thanks for your honest opinion! May God bless you!
Hi Sir,
Good day……
Could you please give me the estimate of 4 layer poultry shed for 250 birds for battery cage system. Also please tell me which bird is good in kerala for farming and initially how long it will take to start produce the egg.
i want to know about any training centet address. i need a couress about layer poultry before start my farm. i think very inportant to know about bird diesess.please infrom to me about training center. ihope you understand. thank u .
Where are you from?
Good question I waz also asking myself dat question.
Me am in Uganda kampala
I want to start layer poultry farm in Bihar of 10,000 capacity. I could not find any nearby institute which gives training on that. Please provide me any training institute detail if you have, I am ready to go to nearby state for training. I also want to know the details of suppliers for procuring equipments.
Thanks,
Santosh
hi Santosh
we can offer the training and poultry equipment for you.
because we have many projects near your city. any interested , pls contact me at 86-18039555030
Dear sir,
I am from Andhra Pradesh ,I wish to start brown eggs business with 4000 birds in my rural area, Could you please give me the ,what is the best breed chicken for laying eggs,thank you sir
Barred Rocks, Black Australorps, Red Star, Rhode Island Red, Blck Star, White Rocks, Sonali, BV 380 etc. are some good brown eggs layer. Please contact any of your nearest poultry chick supplier to learn more about the available types of layer poultry breeds in your area. Thank you!
Respected sir,
How can I growth in short time my farming baby chiks??
OR
Any something letest recipe ..?
Pleasssseeeee…
There are no shortcuts right now. You have to take good care of them. Thank you!
But please give me a letest management recipes sir..
Help me please
Hello, am Hassan from Uganda, please let me know what is the best height for a deeplitter poultry house, to handle 1000 layers? Thanks
Something between 7-10 feet will be perfect. Thank you!
HELLO, MY NAME IS MICHAEL ISAIAH AM A NIGERIAN AND I WANT TO SITE MY FARM IN IMO STATE MY HOME TOWN.
PLS I WILL LIKE YOU TO HELP BY TELLING ME HOW TO GO ABOUT IT, I HAVE A PIECE OF LAND THAT CAN TAKE UP TO 3000 BIRDS LAYERS/BROILERS, I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT IT CAUSE I WILL NOT LIKE TO FAIL, GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
MY EMAIL IS ([email protected]).
hi, i want to start chicken farm
Please.Is it possible to house or build a pen house to contain 8,000 layers on a plot of land:50ft width by 100ft length.
No, you can’t raise 8000 layer birds on a plot of 5000 square feet (50ft width by 100ft length). You need at least 35000 square feet area for raising 8000 layers. Thank you!
What maximum number of layer birds can one raise on 465 Sq meters or 5000 square feet?
Thanks for the anticipated response
You can raise about 1000 to 1250 layer birds in your 5000 square feet space. Thank you!
Iam from Kasama in Zambia. These are very good pieces of information. My desire to start poultry (Layers) business has been given a boost. Continue with your good works of uplifting people’s economic status.
We cordially wish your success! May God bless you!
Dear sir,I want to start 5000 layer birds farm so please give me farm house maserments.
You need about 20,000 to 25,000 square feet housing space for raising 5000 layer birds in deep litter system. The measurement of the house can be any, but it should ensure 20,000 to 25,000 square feet space available inside the house. Thank you!
thank you sir, please sir, how do i start from feeding day old layers
How often do I need to feed d layers each day
2-3 times a day. Or when the feeders will be empty. Thank you!
i want starting with 1000 layers what space of the poultry house
You need to build a 4000-5000 square feet house for raising 1000 layers. Thank you!
Hello sir plc how do i start layers feeding from day old to their maturity level
Start with the starter feeds, then grower and finally feed the finisher feeds. All types of ready-made feeds for all ages are available in the market. Thank you!
Please I want to raise 1ooo layer birds how many size of pen do I need ?
Depends on the management system. If you good for deep litter system, then you will need about 4000-5000 square feet space for raising 100 birds. But you will need less space if you go with the cage system. Thank you!
My layer eggs are not up to size and they are in their 57 weeks what can I do please and I notice they have reduced in Thier production
What are you feeding them, and what about the temperature in your area? And also, what about the lighting? Please let us know all these details. Thanks!
My name is Ejiofor from Enugu state in Nigeria.
I want to go into poultry business with 1000 thousand layers.
Please how do I go about it?
Dear Sir , I Niloy Pramanik From Westbengal. I face a little bit Problem. That How may i earn some Money from good Business. I have no Idea. Some Time Later i have idea . I want to poltry farming.so Sir Pls advise me how may i do this.
First of all you should have training on poultry farming business. And then visit as many farms as possible in your area for practical knowledge and experience. You can contact your nearest KVK center (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) for more information. Thank you!
I want start with 2,000 broiler birds, how many squire feet for this.
Between 4000 and 5000 square feet space will be enough for 2000 broiler birds. Thank you!
sir pls tell me i want to open 5000 birds layer farming how to take care of chicks…..
Sir,I want to design a business plan about layers,could you please assist me with a financial plan and the opportunity about layers
A layer cock, How many egg gieven???
Hi. Is it illegal to introduce an indigenous cock to commercial layers you bought from a commercial distributor. My aim is to produce meat chickens but using commercial layers contrary to broilers and now I need more eggs to hatch into chicks that I later raise for meat and sell.
Yes, you can do so! Thanks!
I’m going to start a poultry but I’m completely novies in poultry. can someone offer me a space where I can go and spend a week or less and have some inhouse training? Are courses vailable online or few days class rooms training or workshops on poultry? Prefereably a well established poultry in Africa or Asia
It’s a very nice bussiness
hie is it possible to cross hybrid layer chicken with local roosters to produce new offspring. Are layer hens broody again.thank you
Yes, it’s possible. Some layer hens can be broody, but most of the commercial layers are not broody. Thank you!
please can u give me a list of all the machines needed to produce broiler stater and finisher’s feed, with also an estimated cost of debicking machine.
Hi I need to start layer poultry farm for 10k to 20k chicks.
Hi,I live in Papua New Guinea and am interested in layer breeding so can you please provide me with housing structure.
Dear my worry is on vaccinating 10,000 birds one at a time there no easier way of vaccinating without catching one by one then drop on the nostrils
What is the normal quantity of a grown layer per day in grammes(gm)
100-130 grams daily, depending on the size of the birds. Thank you!
Good day, please i need a project proposal on a new poultry farms. Thanks
i am interested for layer poultry farming for purpose of egg business which type of breeds are give more eggs and their immune power shall be strong to fight in any climatic condition.
https://www.roysfarm.com/how-to-choose-best-egg-laying-chickens/