<p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Various Methods of Poultry Farming</b><br>Worldwatch institute described that, “about 74% of total poultry meat and 68% of total poultry eggs produced from intensive poultry farming method. Free range farming is the other alternative method of intensive poultry farming. Free range farming method is used for large number of poultry birds with high stocking density. There are some basic differences between intensive&nbsp; and free range poultry farming. Intensive poultry farming method is a highly efficient system which saves, land, feed, labor and other resources and increases production. In this system the poultry farming environment is fully controlled by the farmer. So, it ensures continuous production throughout the year in any environment and seasons. Intensive poultry farming has some disadvantages too. Some people says intensive system creates health risks, abuse the animals and harmful for environment. On the other hand free range poultry farming method requires a large place fro raising the birds and the production is about the same as intensive method. However, in the case of both intensive and free range poultry farming method the producers must have to use nationally approved medications like antibiotics regularly to keep the poultry birds free from diseases.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Layer Poultry Farming</b><br>The poultry birds which are raised for egg production are called layer poultry. Commercial hen generally starts laying eggs at the age of 12-20 weeks. They start laying eggs regularly at their 25 weeks of age. After 70-72 weeks of age egg production of layer poultry get reduced. For commercial&nbsp;<a title="Layer Poultry Farming" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/layer-poultry-farming/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">layer poultry farming</a>, producers generally keep the hens for 12 months from their first laying period. And then sell them for slaughter purpose. Although chickens naturally survive for more than 6 years. For re-invigorating egg laying, the hens are force moulted in some countries. For commercial egg laying poultry farming systems, the environmental conditions are often automatically controlled by the producers. For a simple example, presence of light helps the bird for laying eggs earlier. So, the producers should provide more lightening period to increase the probability of beginning laying eggs. The egg-laying birds lays more eggs in warmer months than the cold months. So, keeping the temperature of the room moderate will be very helpful for better egg production. Some commercial egg laying chicken breeds can produce more than 300 eggs a year. Layer poultry are raised in various methods. The common and most popular layer&nbsp;<a title="Poultry Farming" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">poultry farming</a>&nbsp;systems are described shortly below.</p><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Free Range Farming:&nbsp;</b>Free range poultry farming means providing freely roaming facilities to the poultry birds for a certain period of a day. Although they are kept inside the house at night to keep them free from predators and adverse weather. In free range farming method the poultry birds generally roam freely throughout the whole day. Which means they spent half of their life outside the house. For free range poultry farming system select a suitable land which has the facilities of adequate drainage system, good ventilation, appropriate protection from prevailing winds, good protection from all types of predators and free from excessive cold, heat or dampness. Excessive cold, heat and damp is very harmful for poultry birds and reduce their productivity. This system also requires less feed than cage and barn systems. The poultry manure from free range farming used as fertilizer for crops directly. Although free range farming method is very suitable for poultry birds but it has some difficulties too. In this system the poultry birds can be victim of predators easily and may caught by various type of diseases.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Organic Method:&nbsp;</b>Organic layer poultry rearing system is also one type of free range farming system. But the main differences between the two systems are, in free range farming method a large numbers of poultry birds are raised together but in organic method a certain species of poultry bird are raised in small group with low stocking density. Organic laying system has some restrictions in the routine use of synthetic yolk colourants, water, feed, medications, other feed additives and obviously a smaller group size with low stocking density. In organic laying system the producer should keep highest 1000 poultry birds per hector and maximum 2000 birds in each house.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Yarding Method:&nbsp;</b>Yarding poultry farming method is such a method in which cows and chickens are raised together. The farmer make a fence in his yard and keep all the poultry birds and cattle there together. The birds and cattle has the freedom of movement inside the fence. It is a very popular system used by small farmer.</li></ul><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Battery Cage Method:&nbsp;</b>Battery cage layer poultry rearing method is one of the very common methods used in many countries. In this system usually small sized metal cages are used. Every cages can accommodate about 3 to 8 hens. The walls of the cages are generally made of mesh or solid metal and the floor is made of sloped wire mesh which allow the faeces to drop down. When the hens lays eggs, then all the eggs gather in the egg collecting conveyor belt of the cage. In this system food is provided in front of the hens by a long bisected metal or plastic pipe and water served to them by using overhead nipple systems. The cages are arranged in long rows in one above another system. There may have several floors in a single shade which can keep many even thousands of hens together. For reducing feather and vent pecking, the light intensity is generally kept lower than 10 lux. The battery cage method has some benefits. The main benefits of battery cage are listed below.</li></ul><ol style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">It is very easy to care for the birds.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Very easy to collect eggs.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Cleaner eggs.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Requires less feed to produce eggs.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Thousands of hens may be housed in a specific floor space of the house.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">The birds suffers less by internal parasites.</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Labor cost is very low.</li></ol><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Besides those benefits battery cage system has some difficulties too. By rearing large number of hens in a small place the air inside the house may contain high ratio of co2. The hens can’t get sufficient space to walk, flap their wings, stand or perch. For this reason they may suffer by frustration and boredom and their behaviors may change which affect their production. Battery cage system is banned in some countries because it is considerate as against the animal welfare.</p><ul style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0.571em 1.9em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: square; width: 602.375px; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Furnished Cage Method:&nbsp;</b>Furnished cage method is a developed version of battery cage system. In this system the hens get more spaces and facilities than battery cage system. A furnished cage for hens should contain sufficient space for walk, perch, flap their wings, nest, special feed and water pot etc.</li></ul><p style="margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: 'Droid Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(134, 134, 134); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Broiler Poultry Farming</b><br>The poultry birds which are raised for commercial meat production are called broiler poultry. By using&nbsp;<a title="Modern Farming Methods" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">modern farming methods</a>&nbsp;broiler chickens become suitable for&nbsp;consumption&nbsp;within their 5 to 6 weeks of age. However, see the common raising systems which are mostly used for commercial&nbsp;<a title="Broiler Poultry Farming" href="http://www.roysfarm.com/broiler-poultry-farming/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(136, 187, 33); transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear;">broiler poultry farming</a></p>