Manual & Plans available: Small Scale poultry housing in Africa
With renewed interest in and focus on small-scale poultry farming in South Africa some years ago, the ARC Agricultural Engineering unit set about the task to compile a comprehensive manual on housing facilities and equipment needed for small-scale poultry production.
It covers production facilities for broilers for meat production and that for layers for the production of eggs. Issues like general planning of the production system, brooder chick production and building materials and methods are also discussed.
The aim of this manual and all data within is to provide the reader with information on basic low-cost construction materials and methods, as well as equipment needed for poultry houses. Even though the cost figures are now somewhat outdated, it still provides good guidance to the poultry business entrepreneur that can be used to compile costings and financial applicable to his/her own particular business environment.
The indicative cost of a pdf version of this publication is around USD 6.
Small-scale poultry farming manual contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: General planning of poultry production systems
2.1 Market and resources evaluation
2.1.1 Market
2.1.2 Resources
2.1.3 Financial aspects
2.2 The poultry production cycle
2.3 Economic evaluation
2.3.1 Budget for broilers
2.3.2 Budget for layers
Chapter 3: Brooder chicken production
3.1 Requirements of brooder chickens
3.2 Preparation of a brooder
3.3 Collection of chickens
3.4 Raising chicks in the brooder
3.5 Lay-out of three cold brooder types
3.5.1 The hay box brooder
3.5.1.1 Construction of the hay box brooder
3.5.1.2 Management of the hay box brooder
3.5.2 The small round hut brooder
3.5.2.1 Construction of the round hut brooder
3.5.2.2 Management of the round hut brooder
3.5.3 Adjustable hessian cold brooder
3.6 Equipment used in the brooders
3.7 Management tips
3.8 Brooders used in practice
Chapter 4: Broiler production
4.1 Housing
4.2 Choice of site
4.3 General design data
Chapter 5: Planning systems for layers
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Basic planning data
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Different layer systems
5.2.2.1 Pen unit
5.2.2.2 Poultry run system
5.2.2.3 Deep litter systems
5.2.2.4 Deep litter and slatted floor system for 200 layers
5.2.2.5 Battery system
5.3 Fittings and equipment for layers
5.3.1 Feeders and drinkers
5.4 Temperature and light
5.5 Managing the laying flock
Chapter 6: Building the poultry house
6.1 Getting started
6.2 The foundations
6.2.1 Concrete foundations
6.2.2 Stone foundations
6.2.3 Burnt brick foundations
6.2.4 Pole foundations
6.3 The floor
6.3.1 Concrete floor
6.3.2 Earthen floor
6.4 Walls
6.4.1 Plaster
6.5 Roof
6.5.1 Thatched roof
6.5.2 Iron sheets
6.5.3 Asbestos sheets
6.6 Doors
6.7 Wire mesh
6.8 Maintenance of buildings
Chapter 7: Recordkeeping
7.1 Cashbook
7.2 Production records for broilers
7.3 Production records for layers
Small-Scale Poultry Housing plants:
Complete engineering drawings/plans for the following chicken housing buildings are available from the ARC Agricultural Engineering in Pretoria:
- Plans for 1000 broilers, 2000 broilers and 3000 broilers in pdf format ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….R500-00 (± USD 35) per set
- Plans for 1000 layers, 2000 layers and 3200 layers in pdf format only ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….R500-00 (± USD 35) per set
Example of Plan & Elevation drawings of broiler house for 1,000 broilers
Example of Construction Details drawings of broiler house for 1,000 broilers
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