Cages for laying hens with their own hands. Cage size for layers

Cours on the suburban areas today bred many. There are several ways of keeping them. One of the most convenient and promising is the breeding of this bird in cages. Today, if you wish, you can buy similar designs in ready-made form. However, they are quite expensive. Therefore, many owners of summer cottages or their own country houses probably would like to know how to make cages for laying hens with their own hands.

Advantages of cellular keeping chickens

There are only three ways of breeding this bird - walking, cage and in cages. The latter method is becoming more popular nowadays. The main advantages of using such structures as breeding for hen hens, such as:

• The possibility of rational use of the area of the coop. On a smaller territory in this case, you can breed much more chickens.
• The best sanitary conditions. Litter with this method of breeding is collected only under the cells.
• Since the eggs from the cells are rolled into special receivers, they are not dirty and do not break. In addition, there is no risk of them pecking.
• When growing in cages, it is much easier to monitor the health of chickens, as well as to perform selection selection.
• It is easier to monitor the feeding of chickens. Food when fed does not take place on the premises.
• Water is convenient in terms of access for poultry and always remains clean.
• Collecting eggs laid down is much easier.

Of course, there are some drawbacks to the cellular mode of laying layers:

• Chickens do not have access to grass and pebbles. Therefore, in the diet have to add vitamin preparations and coarse sand.
• It is necessary to constantly monitor the microclimate in the room. Chicken coop should often be ventilated. In addition, you will need to think about the method of its efficient heating and lighting.

Next, let's talk about how, in fact, the cells for laying hens are made by their own hands.

What materials will be needed?

Before you start making cells, you need to stock up on the necessary materials. About what exactly, you can learn from the table.

Material	Options	Appointment
Metal corner	40 * 40 * 40 mm (can be 50 * 50 * 50 mm)	Cell frame
Rods	6 mm	Cell grid
Galvanized steel mesh	With cell 50 * 25 mm	Floor and door cells
Tin	1 mm	Drinker
Board	1.5-2 cm	Feeding trough
Plywood	1 cm	Pallet

Tools for the assembly of cells

Cages for hen hens are made using the following tools:

• Bulgarian for cutting corners.
• Electric jigsaw for cutting tin.
• Hacksaw for making the trough and pallet.
• Welding machine.

Where to begin?

So, how to make a cage for laying hens? Let's deal with this in more detail. And start, of course, with the drawing. There are some rules for its compilation. First, the scheme must be performed in compliance with all proportions and indicating the dimensions. Secondly, when designing the project, the recommended dimensions of the design should be taken into account.

So, what should be the size of the cage for laying hens? In order to make it comfortable, its length should be 52.5 cm, width - 61 cm, height - 52 cm. Of course, the dimensions of the cell also depend on the breed of hens. The above are suitable for a fairly large bird. For smaller chickens and "dwellings" can be made not so bulky.

There is another fairly common version of the construction of a cage for a laying hen. In this case, its length is 38 cm, the height from the top point of the bottom is 45 cm, the height from the pallet is 68 cm.

The scheme of a cell of this construction:

Sometimes a cage is made with the expectation that it will contain several chickens at once. In this case, you also need to correctly calculate the dimensions. When choosing the size, it is assumed that one hen should have at least 0.1 m ^{2 of the} cell floor. With a single content, this indicator is usually equal to 0.5-0.6 m ² .

Of course, the size of the feeder should be calculated correctly. Its length should be equal to the length of the cell itself, the width is usually 15 cm, the height of the back wall - 10 cm, the front - 12.5 cm.

Design Features

The cells for hen hens are composed of the following elements:

• Frame with legs
• Welded in the form of a lattice of rods.
• Partitions.
• The pallet.
• Inclined bottom from the grid.
• Feeders.
• Drinkers.

The main feature of the cell, designed specifically for laying hens, is the availability of a special sector for the assembly of eggs. Cages for chicken broilers, bred for meat, most often have a straight horizontal bottom.

Assembling the frame

The frame is made in several stages:

• From the corner is cut four identical segments. Their length should be equal to the height of the cell plus the stock on the legs. This will be the frame of the frame.
• A frame is welded from the same material. Its length should be equal to the length of the cell, width - according to its width.
• The frame is welded to the uprights from above horizontally.

The bottom of the cage

Cages for hens laying hens with their own hands, as already mentioned, are made with an inclined floor. For a bottom it is better to buy a ready-made galvanized wire mesh. To the frame it is fixed with a slight inclination forward (6-9 degrees). Part of the floor should protrude beyond the cell by 50 mm (the length of one cell). The very edge of it needs to be bent upward. This design will allow you to collect eggs with maximum convenience. They will not be trampled or put down. As soon as the hen takes an egg, it will roll down the floor downwards and stop, delayed by the bent edge outside the cage. Weld the grid to the frame through the pieces of the corner.

Grate, casing and pallet

Then the cage on the sides is scraped with metal rods. The back wall is covered with plywood or boards. The same material is used to make an opening roof. The distance between the bars of the grid can be quite large, but, of course, so that the bird between them does not get through. The height of the lattice bars in front should be equal to the distance from the top of the cage to the highest point of the floor behind. Thus, at the bottom in the front part you will get a gap, at a height sufficient for rolling an egg.

At the very bottom of the frame you need to make a pallet. You can make it from a plywood sheet, fixing it between the posts, or from galvanized sheet metal.

Feeder and feeder

The content of chickens in cages is a procedure that involves the use of additional "accessories". Of course, the chickens will need a feeder. It represents a box with a high front and a low back wall. After assembly, it is fastened to the frame above the egg receptacle close to the grate.

Drinking is done by bending a piece of tin in the form of a trough and riveting the sides of the wall. Hang it directly over the trough in such a way that the chickens are comfortable enough to reach the water.

Where can I install cells

How to make a cage for laying hen hens, you now know. However, the assembled structure must also be installed correctly. There are some recommendations regarding the placement of such "dwellings" for chickens in the shed. For example, in no case can not install cells directly under the window. Otherwise chicken will catch cold. It is best to put them at the opposite wall from the window.

Of course, the best option would be cells for laying hen hens on legs. If the design is installed directly on the floor, under it you need to lay the litter. Straw, hay or sawdust is used as the last.

Cell Blocks

Usually "dwellings" for chickens are collected in multi-tiered blocks. In this case, the cell scheme is also drawn first. Doors in the cells of such a complex are not made from above, but in front. For their manufacture, you can use the same galvanized wire mesh. Feeders in this case are attached under the door, above the egg receptacle. The pallet for collection of manure is made from tin in the form of boxes and install them between the tiers.

Drinkers in this case usually use purchased. They represent the capacity installed on the roof of the last tier. From each of them hose extends into the cells. To ensure that the water stops flowing after filling the tank down, a special float system is used in the design.

Here such can be blocks and cages for laying hen hens (photo):

Feeder for the block

For a prefabricated structure, a wooden container for grain and mashrooms, of course, is hardly suitable - because of its cumbersomeness. Therefore in this case it is better to make feeders from tin. This material allows you to easily manufacture, including, and a removable structure. With a large number of chickens on the farm last option will be the most convenient. The fact is that feeders in this case are much easier to wash and disinfect.

A trough for the block of cells is made as follows:

• A strip of 30 cm in width is cut from the sheet of galvanized steel.
• Further on it at a distance of 8 centimeters from the edge is a bend at an angle of 95 degrees.
• Then another 5 cm is noted on the strip.
• The bend is made at an angle of 100 degrees.
• The long end of the resulting feeder is bent by the "hook".
• Next, the feeder is hung on the front wall of the cage.

Often feeders for chickens contained in cages are made simply from a strip of tin, bent in the middle.

Large cells for chickens

Sometimes farmers and summer residents practice keeping chickens in very large cells. This design can be installed either in the courtyard or in the barn itself. The latter option is used mainly to protect chickens from ferrets, foxes and rats. In this case, the drinking bowl and feeder are installed inside.

The cell itself is an ordinary frame, assembled from a bar corresponding to the size of the section design, covered with a rabbit or chipped with galvanized gratings.

What are the purchase blocks for cells

Of course, only a small complex can be made for chickens alone. In the event that you are going to breed this bird thoroughly, it is worth considering the purchase of such an option as ready-made cages for laying hen hens. The price for single designs can range from 500 to 3000 rubles. The cost of the blocks is usually 20000-50000 rubles, depending on the number of cells, tiers, and the degree of equipment of the complex. Cellular cellular structures are manufactured by many manufacturers today. Some complexes are equipped with automatic feeding of water and feed. Sometimes such units are additionally equipped with heaters.

Such complexes are expensive enough, and therefore, when buying them, you should be careful. The breeding and keeping of chickens in them will be successful only if the following conditions are met:

• Doors must open and close easily and without creaking.
• Trays for collection of manure should be removed without effort from under the cells and be made of a simple-care material.
• It is better if all the details of the unit are made of galvanized steel. Usual will rust very quickly. In addition, it is easier to care for galvanized metal structures.

Remember that the right choice of cells will help increase the profitability of the business by increasing the production of meat and eggs.

Features breeding chickens in cages

The content of chicken in this way differs in some nuances:

• Lighting in the chicken coop should be as uniform as possible. Thus it is necessary to make so that bulbs flashed not at once, and light up gradually. This will reduce the risk of stress in the chickens, and therefore, will ensure a better egg laying. The best way of lighting is to simulate the change of time of day.
• The food should be as balanced as possible. It is best to purchase a special factory produced in factories. The most acceptable option for this method of breeding will be friable food.
• Each layer should be provided with at least 500 ml of water per day.
• Chickens, bred in cages, must be given green food. It can be, for example, sloping cut grass, weeds, skins of vegetables, scraps, etc.
• Cleaning of the complex should be carried out regularly. Feeders should be thoroughly washed after each chicken meal. The pallets are cleaned as they are filled. The bars of the grids must be wiped daily.
• Since the bird is very dense when diluted in cages, it is necessary to carry out preventive vaccinations.
• In each cell you need to install a container filled with ash. "Bathing" in it will prevent the appearance in the parasites.

As you can see, making cages for chickens is not particularly difficult. And the method of breeding birds in them is quite convenient. So, it's definitely worth thinking about using this technology of chicken and eggs.