24/03/2024
THIS IS HOW TO DETERMINE WHICH HEAT SOURCE IS BEST FOR YOUR POULTRY FARM?
If you are brooding birds in this wet season, you cannot afford to play with heat. If this alone is not gotten right, your birds will end up stunted through out life.
In determining which heat source is best for your farm, you should consider the cost of buying the tools needed to set up the heating system, the cost of running the system and the labour requirement for operating each source.
Sources of heat for the farm can come from the following;
1. Electricity
2. Gas
3. Kerosene
4. Charcoal
The cleanest of them all is electricity.
The one requiring the most labour is charcoal
To use electricity, you will need those 200-watt orange coloured incandescent electric bulbs or a commercially available electric brooder. The main running cost is electricity bill.
Gas brooders are available in the market. Most of them use cooking gas to produce the required heat. The major cost after buying the brooder is the cost of refilling gas.
Kerosene lanterns and charcoal pots are not particularly clean sources of heat but they can be used if managed properly. Their cost is majorly the kerosene and charcoal burnt to produce heat.
It is always important to do a cost and labour analysis before deciding which option to go for.
Which option do you consider the best for you?
Tell us your reasons in the comments.
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