NOTES TO BUILD A MOBILE CHICKEN COOP
It is a proposal technology designed for family farmers who have little
space and wish to incorporate farm animals. The ProHuerta, a program of the
Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Nation and INTA,
recommended for breeding chickens.
Tuesday June 25, 2019
Reinforced fast and simple, economical, lightweight and portable. So are
mobile chicken coops that Prohuerta, a program of the Ministry of Health
and Social Development of the Nation and INTA, impels them to build among
family farmers.
René Castro -extensionista of Prohuerta in the INTA AMBA- explained
that "are like structures highly resistant houses that can even easily
transported as they are lightweight" and added, "are economical, quick
assembly because it has a design modulates and it is made from recycled
material; It is ideal for no more than six chickens. "
Designed to be in constant motion, these mobile coops are placed on a floor
or grass to allow animals better contact with the ground, a more natural
diet and greater well-being, especially covered in these periods of lower
temperatures.
"It's special to put on the beds of the garden and the chickens pecking in
their help to remove weeds, remove insects and fertilize with their feces,"
said Castro.
For construction wood, reeds, woven wire and sheets for the henhouse not so
heavy and possesses a lot of resistance to avoid problems in cases of
severe storms or winds are needed. It is triangular in shape for better
fall in case of rain.
He also recognized that there are other types of mobile chicken coops that
can be performed even for other types of scales farms, such as tunnels with
arched pipes and plates or refractory above polyethylene: "There are those
who manage to corridors made to communicate each other, it all depends on
what you have or can spend on the structure. "
For Castro, it is "key" that farm animals who have access to technology to
advance the quantity and quality of their productions families with little
space the alternative of a small farm for family consumption ".
As for raising chickens, the specialist said that this type of henhouse
allows better control and supervision of food and drink, as well as follow
more closely any possible diseases.
"They are fed properly and to drink safe water is a key point for
maintenance as well as keep the space clean, sanitary and orderly"
recommended René Castro.
Home Sweet Home
Mobile houses are usually for approximately six hens, which becomes easier
tracking of these specimens for optimal production and performance. And the
technician said that these structures have a logical life, but to last
longer is important to give the wood a coat of paint.
For this, Castro recommended that before introducing the chickens to roost
need to make grooming and painting with lime and chip or absorbent material
placed on the floor to keep moisture levels.
You need to add on the floor of the mobile chicken coop, straw, sunflower
hulls, rice or some other material that retains moisture. "It should be
placed about 15 to 20 centimeters of any of these materials and remember to
renew partially once a month," he suggests the technical and adds
that "between 2 and 3 times per week must be removed and remove the parts
that are wet to replenish dry material ".
Moreover, if the chicks are small food and water bowls can be assembled
with disposable bottles, cans or sweet oil. With caution than large
containers so they can not get inside and scatter the food or fill it with
their droppings.
And as adults, he says the specialist, linear feeders are constructed with
wooden crate is always important to place a plank to move or rotate so that
the hens do not stand up and dirty food with their feces.
"While cereals such as corn and wheat are food for chickens, it is not in
complete form since in the case of laying 100 grams of this ration
containing only about 10 grams of protein, so it is recommended to balance
with, among other seeds, peas, beans, soy, beans, insects, worms and even
some leftover food, "he said.
And sprues must have canisters or glass carboy and a lower container.
Panels face down sustained a vertical timber or on a wall with a handle and
leave the container below the opening of the drum, so that the hens enter
the head and dry in the body by drinking water.
space and wish to incorporate farm animals. The ProHuerta, a program of the
Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Nation and INTA,
recommended for breeding chickens.
Tuesday June 25, 2019
Reinforced fast and simple, economical, lightweight and portable. So are
mobile chicken coops that Prohuerta, a program of the Ministry of Health
and Social Development of the Nation and INTA, impels them to build among
family farmers.
René Castro -extensionista of Prohuerta in the INTA AMBA- explained
that "are like structures highly resistant houses that can even easily
transported as they are lightweight" and added, "are economical, quick
assembly because it has a design modulates and it is made from recycled
material; It is ideal for no more than six chickens. "
Designed to be in constant motion, these mobile coops are placed on a floor
or grass to allow animals better contact with the ground, a more natural
diet and greater well-being, especially covered in these periods of lower
temperatures.
"It's special to put on the beds of the garden and the chickens pecking in
their help to remove weeds, remove insects and fertilize with their feces,"
said Castro.
For construction wood, reeds, woven wire and sheets for the henhouse not so
heavy and possesses a lot of resistance to avoid problems in cases of
severe storms or winds are needed. It is triangular in shape for better
fall in case of rain.
He also recognized that there are other types of mobile chicken coops that
can be performed even for other types of scales farms, such as tunnels with
arched pipes and plates or refractory above polyethylene: "There are those
who manage to corridors made to communicate each other, it all depends on
what you have or can spend on the structure. "
For Castro, it is "key" that farm animals who have access to technology to
advance the quantity and quality of their productions families with little
space the alternative of a small farm for family consumption ".
As for raising chickens, the specialist said that this type of henhouse
allows better control and supervision of food and drink, as well as follow
more closely any possible diseases.
"They are fed properly and to drink safe water is a key point for
maintenance as well as keep the space clean, sanitary and orderly"
recommended René Castro.
Home Sweet Home
Mobile houses are usually for approximately six hens, which becomes easier
tracking of these specimens for optimal production and performance. And the
technician said that these structures have a logical life, but to last
longer is important to give the wood a coat of paint.
For this, Castro recommended that before introducing the chickens to roost
need to make grooming and painting with lime and chip or absorbent material
placed on the floor to keep moisture levels.
You need to add on the floor of the mobile chicken coop, straw, sunflower
hulls, rice or some other material that retains moisture. "It should be
placed about 15 to 20 centimeters of any of these materials and remember to
renew partially once a month," he suggests the technical and adds
that "between 2 and 3 times per week must be removed and remove the parts
that are wet to replenish dry material ".
Moreover, if the chicks are small food and water bowls can be assembled
with disposable bottles, cans or sweet oil. With caution than large
containers so they can not get inside and scatter the food or fill it with
their droppings.
And as adults, he says the specialist, linear feeders are constructed with
wooden crate is always important to place a plank to move or rotate so that
the hens do not stand up and dirty food with their feces.
"While cereals such as corn and wheat are food for chickens, it is not in
complete form since in the case of laying 100 grams of this ration
containing only about 10 grams of protein, so it is recommended to balance
with, among other seeds, peas, beans, soy, beans, insects, worms and even
some leftover food, "he said.
And sprues must have canisters or glass carboy and a lower container.
Panels face down sustained a vertical timber or on a wall with a handle and
leave the container below the opening of the drum, so that the hens enter
the head and dry in the body by drinking water.