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Find answers to common questions about Livi Machinery’s poultry cage systems, farm layout, equipment selection, installation, and after-sales support. Explore practical guidance for planning or expanding your layer, broiler, or pullet farm, and contact our team for a solution tailored to your project.
Send five essential details: (1) country and farm location, (2) layers or broilers, (3) target bird capacity, (4) available land size or existing house dimensions, and (5) desired automation level. If a house already exists, provide its length × width × height and, if possible, a drawing or photos. Also mention plans to expand and any power supply constraints. These details help the supplier calculate cage sets, arrange rows, and specify the supporting equipment.
Yes, but plan the 50,000- or 100,000-bird target before constructing the first 20,000-bird house. Reserve land for additional houses and check whether the planned power, water, access, feed storage, egg handling, and manure management can grow with the flock. For example, expanding from 20,000 to 100,000 layers adds 80,000 bird spaces; the project will need more than additional cages. A phased site plan shows what can be extended and what must be added later.
Bird count alone cannot determine the number of fans. The design also needs the house length, width and height, cage layout, local weather conditions, and the planned air path. For example, a 50,000-layer house measuring 90 m × 20 m cannot be specified accurately by copying the fan count from a narrower or shorter house. Ask for a ventilation layout showing fan positions, air inlets or cooling pads, and how air reaches the birds throughout the house.
Use a system checklist: layer cages; automatic feeding and drinking; egg collection; manure removal; ventilation and cooling; lighting and controls; and feed and water storage. The cage count determines the row layout, while the bird count and house dimensions affect ventilation, feed storage, and water supply. For a 50,000-layer project, ask the supplier to show the capacity and position of each system on one coordinated layout—not just provide a list of machines.
Separate poultry house area from total site area. One LIVI design example uses a 90 m × 20 m house, equal to 1,800 m² of building footprint, for a 50,000-layer H-type project. That figure does not include all the land needed for access, utilities, manure handling, other facilities, or expansion. The actual requirement changes with cage configuration and whether the flock is divided between houses. Request a site layout before buying land or finalizing construction dimensions.
Divide the target bird capacity by the rated capacity of the exact cage model, then round up. For example, with a 144-bird H-type cage set, 50,000 ÷ 144 = 347.2, so at least 348 sets would provide 50,112 cage spaces. This is an equipment calculation, not a completed house layout: aisle width, cage rows, egg collection equipment, and service space must still be checked. LIVI shows a 144-bird H-type configuration in a 50,000-layer design example.
Start with your capacity and the work you want to automate. A-type cages can suit a farm seeking a lower initial equipment investment. H-type cages are commonly selected for larger operations that want multi-tier housing with integrated feeding, egg collection, and manure removal. For example, at 50,000 layers, compare both options using the same bird capacity, poultry house conditions, and list of included equipment. The cheapest cage quotation does not necessarily represent the cheapest complete farm.
There is no reliable price based on bird count alone. A quotation for 10,000 layers and one for 50,000 layers may include very different cage models, automation, ventilation, and poultry house work. Ask for the costs to be separated into cages, feeding, drinking, egg collection, manure removal, ventilation, shipping, and installation. Also confirm whether the poultry house structure is included. This lets you compare the total project scope instead of comparing two cage prices that cover different equipment.
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