Wooden Chicken Cage farming
How to make a simple Wooden Chicken Cage
This is a new style of farming chicken easy to maintain, flexible and can be practiced on both large and small scale farming. This method ensures safety of chicken from external contaminations since even it's not necessary for a farmer to enter the cage when feeding the chicken, picking eggs or picking out those ones to be sold thus less contact with the chicken. The cage also protects the chicken from all sorts of pets surrounded by the wire mesh it makes it impenetrable.
What do you need to make a simple Wooden Chicken Cage?
To start farming in a cage, it depends on the farming space you have. For farmers with huge space can set up a big long wooden chicken cage that can accommodate any number of chicken they want however even if you have small space, cage farming can help you utilize that small space to the maximum and benefit from it. Below are some of the requirements needed to make a simple wooden chicken cage.
1. A well sheltered and ventilated room
For better experience it's advisable to put the cage in a well sheltered and ventilated room where by the chicken cannot be disturbed by changing weather calamities like heavy rains and ensure the room has enough air and light inlets and outlets for chickens not to suffocate and to keep a cool, warm and dry room however if you cannot afford to have that room you can make a wooden chicken cage with a roof.
2. A chicken wire mesh
To set up a simple wooden chicken cage for 100 chicken, you need more than one roll of chicken wire mesh, make sure it's enough to round up the whole cage and no spaces are left un covered for chicken safety.
3. Wood and nails
2 to 4 inch nails are needed while setting a wooden chicken cage, 2 inch nails are used for tight extension of the wire mesh on the wood in and out, 3 and 4 inch to make the wooden frame.
4. Feeding places
Use plastic gutters as feeding places for chicken easy to clean compared to drinkers and consume little space to feeding toughs, create enough feeding spots for your chicken to feed through in the plastic gutters and use end cup to close the gutters for food or water not be wasted.
5. Small wooden doors
Your cage must have a small door on it to help you have access to your chicken in case you want to pick them out for sale, immunization or for eating, it must be fit enough for your size to reach out to any chicken.
6. Man labor
Lastly but not least get a skilled worker in making these cages and good in measurements to make a simple but a standard wooden chicken cage.
In conclusion
Above is how to make a simple wooden chicken cage that can work well for small scale farmers and farmers willing to start cage farming, however you can boost you cage farming by constructing one floor cage though it might cost for other materials. Do you think this can motivate you to start small. Share your thoughts in the comment section below.