About Lesson
Layout Plans for Poultry House Construction
- Orientation of House
- The orientation should be such that the morning sunlight should enter the poultry house.
- East west direction
- Width wall facing West and East.
- Length wise sides to North and South.
2.Foundation of House
- The foundation of house should be raised to about 0.6-0.9m height to avoid dampness and to keep out surface water during rainy season.
3.Floor
- The floor should be moisture proof, plain, free from cracks and crevices and easy to clean.
- Walls and Partition
- Partition is done of 1m height of bricks and cements lengthwise.
- And above that wire netting is better to maintain effective cross ventilation. Full wall was made in breath wise.
- Ventilation
- In case of brooder house in cage system, small ventilation of about 0.4m width and 0.6m length are installed in every 3m section of side walls on both sides of house.
- The center height of house is about 10ft and side height of 6ft is optimum.
- Doors
- It is placed to side walls facing North or South. 1m wide and 2m height is desirable.
- Small disinfectant ditch at the entrances as a footbath should be managed.
- Width of Poultry House
- For effective cross ventilation needed 6.20-9.0m. If greater than 9m, birds in center of houses are severely deprived of adequate ventilation.
- Length of Poultry House
- As per your need