What size should your chicken house be?
These two broiler houses were built in Nzhelele in Limpopo, Venda and were funded through a government grant. How many chicken you can fit in the chicken house depends on how many chickens you place per square meter.
We can custom build a steel poultry house for you. This article shows you what size house you need to house the number of chickens you wish to raise.
Steel poultry sheds come in many different sizes and materials. Depending on how many chickens you wish to fit in the house we can build a house to suit your needs.
All of our houses come with the following equipment. Further down you will find out what size chicken house you need to put the number of birds you wish to raise. Our poultry sheds are made from robust steel angle iron and clad in 0.3mm galvanized sheets.
The smaller houses use 25mm angle iron and the larger houses use 30mm x 300mm angle iron. We have worked on the industry standard of 15 birds per square meter but this can be increased up to 21 chickens per square with proper poultry management and care.
We can also use thicker steel sheeting and angle iron if you wish. We also offer insulation for poultry houses.
| No | Equipment Description |
| 1 | 21m x 3m Galvanized Poultry House with structure and roofing |
| 2 | 21m x 1.6m Complete curtain system with winching equipment |
| 3 | Tube Feeders |
| 4 | Automatic ballast broiler drinker |
| 5 | 4lt. Chick Fond for day old broilers |
| 6 | Day old scratch trays |
| 7 | 200lt Main header tank with all overhead piping |
| 8 | Min/Max Thermometer -40 to 40 degrees |
| 9 | G8 Gasolec brooder with regulator. |
| 10 | 23Lt. Foot bath for bio-security |
The number of chickens you can fit in a poultry house depends on how much space you have. Below are some of the standard size chicken sheds we make. Look for how many birds you can fit in the house and then you can decide what size poultry house you want. See out house sizes and number of chickens per house.
Chicken Shack Agencies manufactures poultry equipment for the poultry industry. We install equipment and systems around Africa.
Chicken houses – here you will find prices on chicken houses – layer houses for eggs and broiler houses for broiler chickens.
Learn about poultry farming – talk to other small poultry farmers about the different aspects of chicken farming – suppliers, farmers, farms, medication, structures and different tpes of farming.
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A broiler house is a chicken house that is made specifically for raising baby chickens to six weeks old for meat. A layer house is for raising hens to produce eggs and how many chickens you can fit depends on how big poultry house you have. In a layer house it will also depend on what kind of layer cages you have.
I am about to start a broiler business and the plan is to raise 2000 chickens per week , but I am not sure of the size of each house and the numebr Of feeders,drinkers and the right type of house for uncosntent weather area. Can you please send me a quotation on 6 houses that are fully equiped.
Your faithfully
Simphiwe maxon Phokela
Good day,
I am a student looking into starting a poultry farm, please could you give me some advise on starting up a poultry farm, and how many birds would I need. I’m planning on doing open sided houses but not sure as to what the average size house is.
Kind regards
Chicken houses come in just about any size – you need to decide how many chickens you want to start with. You need to decide if you want to do layer hens or broilers. Also are you planning free range or intensive? If I were a first time poultry farmer I would start smaller rather than larger – less than 300 chickens. You need to decide on a budget and you need to write a business plan. Starting a new chicken business needs knowledge – Why don’t you join the poultry forum – it’ free and you will get a lot of help and knowledge there. http://www.africanpoultryfarming.co.za/forum Once you have decided how many chickens – tell me and I will give you a quote.
Hi,
I want to start with 2500 laying hens age between 16 -18 weeks for free range eggs.Tell me are those chickenhouses condusive for the free range business.
Regards,
For free range the hen house must be modified. Instead of layer cages we place nest boxes inside the house – 24 hole galvanised nest boxes (11 x 24 hole nest boxes – 8 hens pre hole). We shorten the drop of the curtain system, and close part of the sides with steel sheet. We add free range flaps at the bottom of the layer house. In our largest house, which is 30m x 7m, you will be able to place 2100 layers. That is at the recommended 10 birds per square meter for the inside space (by the Poultry Association). You will need to fence the house and will need 420 square meters of outside range.
You will need to somehow work out a rotation range – the hens destroy the range in about 2 months. So in effect you would need at least 3 times that amount of space to rotate the outside range – that is if you wish to do proper free range (recommended 50% of outside range covered by vegetation). If you are just planning to just give lip service to the “free range” label and want the birds living in a dust bowl – then don’t worry about it. Be aware though that if you are planning to sell to Woolworths or Spar – they will do a site check. If you are planning to sell to the public – some of them will want to see the farm – and these guys are not easily conned.
where can I see some examples or rotation fields for free range egg farming?
look at the link I sent in the email below
I am a farmer in Lusaka Zambia. In your introduction you said you supply “…around Africa”. Do you supply to Zambia too? I am interested in buying one of your chicken houses. I am interesting in a broiler house that can house upto 10, 000 birds.
Hi,
The small steel poultry houses only carry up to 2700 broilers. You would need a brick and mortar chicken house.
We can work in Zambia – but it can be expensive due to distance and permits.
It will probably be cheaper to get local builders to build the house and then we can come in a install all the equipment and curtains – do you want to do pan feeding or chain feeding?
Where can I buy layer cages or battery cages for a layer house in Limpopo near Venda. Do you instal the cages or will I have to do it? How soon can you get my layer house up and runing and how many hens will I fit in the layer cages?
please provide me with a quotation for a broiler house for 2160 checkens
Hi
I need the quotation of broiler house that carry 500 chicken, pls I am looking forward to hear from u
I have a broiler chicken farm with 10 000 bird capacity in Harare Zimbabwe.How much are your gas heaters and how many would I need for that capacity? If you could send me prices for auto feed equipment,and drinkers as well.
I thank you
Simba. +263 77 4 133 287
You will be receiving an email shortly. Regards
Wayne
Good day
I want to know if there is any regulations that one has to comply with to have a poultry farm
Thank you
Ally
Hi,
You need to be zoned for farming – ask you local town council. If you plan to do a lot of birds you may have to get an imapact study done – again – ask your town council.
i would like to have a quotation for laying hens so i can start farming with them
Can you give me more details?
Some questions:
Do you have poultry experience?
How many chickens do you wish to farm?
Do you have a chicken house – and how big is it?
Where are you located?
I recently ordered the whole opening and closing curtain from Natchix Swaziland. I would to know how I would install. Would u install it for me.
We can do the installation for you – contact Sheldon on 021 669 9908
Hi- i am currently operating a backyard chicken business and would like to go professionally. I am working and would like to apply for ur credit facility. Can u send me ur cataloque?
Hi,
you can email our sales department on sales@chickenshack.co.za or you can phone and speak to Sheldon on 012 6699908.
WE ONLY NEED A QUOTATION
THANK YOU.
What do you need a quotation on?
What size – how many birds – broilers or layers?
i have just started with layinghenns and want to know the prises for you 100 birds tier and a picture of the chage starter and follower.at the moment i have 400 hennes but plan to go to 12000.also the priese for the waternipples on round pvc pipe .
my son also have broilers and need to buye new feeders and bell water holders will you send me prices please.
thank you
schiela botha
Hi,
I have sent the price through to your email. I have also included a catalogue. Please have a look and let me know which drinkers you are inteestd in?
please send me a quotation/pricelist for all the poultry equipment that i will need to start a poultry business.
Can you give me more details?
Some questions:
Do you have poultry experience?
How many chickens do you wish to farm?
Do you want to grow poultry for eggs or slaughter (broilers)
Do you have a chicken house – and how big is it?
Where are you located?
Please qoate me on the following things:
1. 6x12m x 120m installation of new curtains
-6x12m x 120m Broiler Houses curtains each with two sides
-Main curtains for all six houses
-Tunnel curtain systems for six houses
-Lifting and lowering components for all six houses
-Installation of all new curtains
2. 1x12m x 120m feeding systems for Broiler House
-3xFeeder lines 468 Pans 64.10Birds per pan
-Delivery costs per house
-Installation cost per house
I have sent you poultry equipment and curtains query through to our sales department – you will be contacted shortly.
Hi
Please send me a price list of poultry equpment to the chicken sector
thanks Herman