Chicken coops plans

Commercial lighting businesses like NextGen Illumination Inc. of Fayetteville and Luma Vue of Rogers are turning to the poultry industry for increased sales of their energysaving light bulbs.

Scot Hundley, chief operating officer of Luma Vue, said adoption of light-emitting diode (LED) technology

by Arkansas poultry farmers is being encouraged by $1.6 million in earmarked stimulus dollars. …

For most of the population, there are 3 types of housing. They are:

- Nipa huts. Homes made of bamboo, with nipa roof. Even foreigners will live in a nipa hut because they are cool to live in. Generally, they use coco lumber for the frame, have bamboo walls, roof made from banana leaves and cooking is on an open fire. Better quality homes will have bamboo floor otherwise the floor will be …

PRAIRIE GROVE – Clods of poultry litter, infused with the smell of ammonia and a tinge of rotten molasses, are piled 8 feet high in a rustic shed on Jerry Hunton’s farm about seven miles south of Prairie Grove.

Hundreds of tons of this poultry litter “de-cake” are scraped out of chicken barns after each flock

moves on. The stuff often is used instead of expensive fertilizer on cow …

A change in poultry house construction standards required for insurability with Alfa will be a win-win for growers, lenders, integrators and insurers, according to Rex Seabrook manager of farm underwriting for Alfa Insurance, the largest insurer of poultry houses in Alabama.

Poultry houses built according to the new standards, effective May 1, will last longer and be safer and stronger, said …

There are lots of individuals that would love to make their own chicken coops, but think they lack adequate expertise. But, the poultry house construction process isn’t as difficult as most individuals suppose. A good hen house can be constructed in just one weekend even if you’re a complete rookie; the sole requirement being a first rate poultry house construction manual. Not only is it a …

Owners of poultry houses insured by Alfa Insurance will need to watch for changes in their policies in the near future. These changes will affect owners of both new and pre-existing poultry houses and are aimed at improving the quality and longevity of poultry houses covered by Alfa.

There will be two options for the coverage of existing poultry houses. Owners may opt to increase their …

A person driving through the South might notice the chicken houses dotting the hills and flatlands. He might marvel at the larger ones, as long as a football field. He might react to their gagging stench for a moment, and then forget as he travels on. But those who live near the structures — stuffed with as many as 25,000 chickens each — combat the odor and health hazards daily.

Not yer …

This is becoming more popular as more farmers found such houses produced higher returns by reducing food waste, and the cost of veterinary medicines by keeping birds healthy.

The Provincial Department of Animal Health of Dong Nai Province stated the province now has at least 100 air-conditioned farms that contain a total of 1.2 mln chickens, accounting for one fifth of the province’s output, …

Chickens are already an integral part of human life. Chickens are one of the major sources of animal meat, aside from pork and fish. As a business, they offer an opportunity for people to earn big that’s why there are many poultry farms out there. One of the major customers for poultry farms are the major fast-food companies, although some of them have their own chicken farms to supply their …

Chicken broiler and egg production are the most progressive animal enterprises in the Philippines today. The poultry industry in fact began as a backyard enterprise but has shifted to the formation of very large integrated contract farming operations. The growth of tile poultry industry in the Philippines has indeed been impressive but its problems including inefficient management and the …