Housing for Layer Production

Question 1

material used as bedding for animals

Answer 1

Litter

Question 2

Type of flooring utilizing the most commonly available materials such as rice hull and rice
straw and wood shavings over the cemented floor

Answer 2

Litter type

Question 3

type of flooring with openings to facilitate cleaning of the droppings

Answer 3

Slotted type

Question 4

combination of slotted and litter type flooring wherein slats cover 60% of the total floor area and 40% is covered with litter.

Answer 4

Slot-litter type

Question 5

large nesting boxes for 3 - 6 layers

Answer 5

Community nest

Question 6

The width of the slat shall be __mm - __ mm and the space in between slats shall be __mm – __mm.

Answer 6

25mm to 50mm ; 25mm to 38mm

Question 7

The floor shall be elevated at least __mm from the ground and the posts should have a diameter of at least __mm.

Answer 7

900mm ; 200mm

Question 8

Litter material shall be at least __mm - __mm deep over the cemented floor.
Around the cemented floor, there should be solid wall with a height of __mm to retain the litter.

Answer 8

50mm to 100mm ; 600mm

Question 9

Width of the pen shall be about __ m - __ m.

Answer 9

10m to 12m

Question 10

The distance spacing between the wires in front of the cage shall be __mm to allow feeding.

Answer 10

60mm

Question 11

The recommended space requirement for feeder shall be __ mm/bird.

Answer 11

65mm per bird

Question 12

Each feeding trough should have a guard or lip about __mm - __ mm to prevent the feed from being scratched out or beaked out onto the floor.

Answer 12

10mm to 20mm

Question 13

Waterers shall be spaced uniformly throughout the house; no bird shall have to go over __m to get water.

Answer 13

3m

Question 14

The recommended space requirement for waterers shall be __ mm/bird.

Answer 14

20mm per bird