Cage system

CAGE SYSTEM
  • Rearing birds in cages is more scientific than under deep litter system, which is soon becoming obsolete and out-dated.
  • In this system the birds are confined in a cage just enough to permit very limited movement and allow the bird to stand and sit comfortably.
  • With steep rise in the price of land and increasing construction cost, poultry farmers are changing over to cage system.

Advantages

  • Minimum area of land is required
  • More number of eggs produced per hen
  • Less feed wastage
  • Protection from worms
  • Reduced Soil borne diseases
  • Disease outbreak can be prevented by earlier detection
  • Clean egg production
  • Easy to cull unproductive birds
  • Vices like egg eating and pecking are minimum
  • Broodiness is eliminated
  • Less labour requirement
  • No need of litter materials

Disadvantages

  • High initial investment over cages
  • Higher incidence of shell breakages
  • Development of cage layer fatigue (It is a condition in caged birds with lameness and unable to stand properly. It might be due to phosphorus and calcium deficiency but exact cause is not known)
  • Development of fly problems
Last modified: Sunday, 3 June 2012, 6:23 AM