Essential tools and equipment for poultry production
- Thermometer to check temperatures during brooding.
- Heat source-Infrared lights, charcoal burner. Gas heater/burner, heated flue pipes
- Scale for tracking weekly weights. (5kg size)
- Side curtains, false ceiling inside shed.
- Plastic buckets for cleaning out drinkers, vaccination use.
- Fork, spade, hoe for litter management and cleaning out.
- Hard broom, soft broom, squeegee
- Pressure washer, Knapsack Sprayer, hosepipe
- Drinkers-chick founts, bell drinkers, large manual drinkers, bell drinkers, nipple lines
- Feeders-chick trays, chick feeders, large feeders, automatic feeding pans
- Drying rack for cleaned loose equipment.
Cleaning and disinfection tools
- Shovels, hoes, wheelbarrows, carts.
- Hard brooms, soft broom, squeegee
- Pressure washer, knapsack Sprayer, hosepipe
- Washing cloths
- Drying rack for loose equipment
Rearing tools and equipment
- Heat source-infrared lights, charcoal burners, gas burners/heaters, heated flue-pipe tubes.
- Thermometer
- Scale max size recommended is 5 kg and preferably the digital one for broilers, Road runners may need a bigger one up to 20kg.
- Feeding equipment-chick trays, chick feeders, large manual feeders, automatic paan feeders
- Drinking equipment-chick founts, chick drinkers, large manual drinkers, bell drinkers, nipple lines
- Plastic Buckets for cleaning during rearing, separate bucket for vaccinations
- Side curtains and false ceiling
- Nesting boxes for layers and road runners
Equipment ratios
Chick founts and feeders: 4 per 100 birds
Chick drinkers and trays: 4 per 100 birds
Manual drinkers: 4 per 100 birds
Manual feeders: 4 per 100 birds
Bell drinkers: 3 per 100 birds
Nipples 10 birds per nipple
Pan feeders: 3 per 100 birds
Infrared lights-3 per 100
Charcoal burners (whole drum) 1 drum will cater for 400 birds in summer and 800 birds in winter
Contact a Capital Foods customer support person on +263 772 133 272/4 or customercare@capitalfoods.co.zw