Organic poultry and Organic Chickens

Crates for chicks and boxes for chickens can be made of plastic or cardboard – plastic chick boxes are a lot more expensive than cardboard chick crates. When your day old chicks arrive they will most likely be in a cardboard chicken crate – 100 chicks per box. If you are free range egg farming you will need egg cartons or egg boxes to sell your eggs in – these are also made from cardboard or plastic. When you buy chicken crates you will need to buy at least 200 units – all the manufacturers of these boxes require quantities – and prices range from R15 – R28 per crate in cardboard. If you are concerned about the environment – ask for crates that use recycled materials – the green economy is the way forward – and will be the way all future business is run. Chicken houses, or green chicken houses have not yet become a reality – but they will as large companies recognise the benefits of a sustainable way of poultry farming. A green chicken house will use wind driven fans, solar panels and will recycle the chicken waste into methane driven heating units – the technology already exists and is being used in South Africa – it is fairly costly but some farmers are already getting good results and are saving money on their operational costs.

The poultry equipment needed for farming organic poultry is exactly the same as standard chicken farming. What is very different is methodology. How you treat your chickens and what you feed them. Items like nest boxes and drinkers do not affect the nature of free range  or organic poultry.

Tube drinker for chicken

Bell drinker for Chickens

Chicken Brooder - for heat

Poultry equipment and chicken eqipment are supplied in our famous organic chicken house – theYellow Door Chicken House