Nipple drinker is one of the most important equipment used in industrial poultry houses. Failure to pay attention to the drinking problem of birds in poultry houses can lead to many problems that we will discuss in this article. Also, unfortunately, due to the decline in water quality in most parts of Iran and water salinity, the efficiency and useful life of drinking fountains in Nepal has decreased, and in the meantime, there are solutions to minimize these problems. If your breeding herd is not growing well and you have various problems in the poultry house, the first thing that should be checked is the drinking condition of the birds!
Nipple Drinker, One of the Most Important Equipment in a Poultry Hall
Poultry waterer is one of the most important equipment that is used in all poultry houses, many poultry farmers have the experience of using manual and automatic waterers. Poultry waterers are used in all seasons of the year and in all types of laying or broiler chicken halls.
In this article from KarnoTech, we are going to talk about:
- Poultry farmers’ problems with waterers
- Features of a standard watering hole
- The useful life of drinking water
What problems do chicken farmers face regarding drinking water?
- The unprincipled placement design of the hanging or bell waterer or the number according to the needs of the bird, which results in the ineffectiveness of the waterer.
- Creating pollution in hanging drinking troughs and spreading the disease and its rapid spread among poultry
- The wetting of the bed and the emergence of pathogens such as coccidiosis
- Improper access of chickens, which happens due to high flock density
- Excessive busyness of workers, due to the need for handling and care
- Biofilm formation in drinking pipes
- The low efficiency of hanging drinking fountains in terms of efficiency
- Excessive waste of water and drugs and vaccines
- The poor quality of drinking water
- Water hygiene
The importance of hygiene in poultry houses
The issue of hygiene in poultry houses is a constant concern of breeders. In older poultry halls, due to the use of old systems such as bell troughs, etc., there is a lot of movement and water in poultry halls. Therefore, automatic systems can have a significant impact on improving the health status of your poultry house.
A problem called biofilm in drinking fountains
Biofilm is one of the important problems that occurs in the poultry drinking system. The presence of lime, iron, and manganese causes the formation of biofilm inside the drinking water line. After creating a biofilm, you will face a series of problems such as drug and vaccines sticking to the formed biofilm. Biofilms are a suitable place for the growth of bacteria and fungi.
As a result, the effectiveness of drugs and vaccines prescribed through drinking water decreases significantly.
After biofilm formation, it is extremely difficult to clean drinking water lines, so preventing biofilm formation becomes important. The following methods can be used to remove biofilm:
- Normal washing
In fact, it is easy to prevent the creation of biofilm in drinking pipes with a simple and routine washing. It is enough to wash the pipes completely after each use of additives or medicine. By doing this, the main source of nutrition for bacteria is destroyed. At the end of the period, it is very important to completely wash and disinfect the pipes.
- Automatic flushing
Using the automatic flushing system is an excellent, easy and hassle-free solution for cleaning drinking fountains. In the method of using flushing, you can determine which pipes should be washed, with what pressure and inة what time period.
The type of drinking water for chicken farms
Traditional drinking bowls are made of plastic. In the construction of these drinking fountains, it should be noted that new polymer materials are used. Some non-reputable companies that produce bucket or traditional drinking fountains use ground or recycled plastic materials to produce drinking fountains. This factor causes a significant decrease in the quality of the product, which, of course, will be cheaper – which is very important for poultry farmers. The poor quality of traditional waterers causes them to break and, as a result, a lot of water spills in the poultry house, which can cause many problems. Below you can see an example of a traditional drinking bowl or a bucket.
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Regarding automatic drinking fountains or so-called nipple drinking fountains, nipple needles are used for drinking. Nipple needles are semi-steel and full steel. All steel is used for poultry farms. These nipples are so-called 360 degrees, which makes it possible for the chicken to drink from all sides. Semi-steel nipples are mostly used in laying hens where hens are kept in cages. These nipples are so-called 180 degrees and chickens can only use them from two sides. This is logical considering that chickens are kept in cages, and it makes the price of laying hen nipples usually much cheaper than broiler nipples.
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Non-standard drinking water and its problems
Non-standard drinking waterers – whether traditional waterers, mat or nipple waterers – causes problems in the poultry farm, some of which we will mention below:
Wetting the Floor
If you use a traditional waterer, when the chickens move, the possibility of overturning the container and wet litter is easily available. Getting the bed wet is not pleasant at all. The wetting of the litter can be the cause of the emergence of various types of pollution and diseases among poultry. In the bed management article, it is fully explained about the points related to drinking water.
Waste of water
In the traditional poultry farming method, it is not possible to have a good management on the traditional drinking water. As a result, the amount of water wastage will be very significant. Because the amount of water needed by the bird cannot be predicted. Due to the fact that when the bird collides with the bell drinker and the herd rushes, we may have water. The non-standard nipple waterers also cause severe flooding in the poultry farm. This issue also causes the problems related to the wetting of the substrate that we mentioned.
Reduced growth of birds
The number of nipples used in the poultry hall as well as the drinking bucket in the traditional halls should be sufficient. There is a direct relationship between drinking water and food consumption. In poultry halls, you must have seen that the bird starts drinking after a few minutes of eating. The unavailability of drinking water makes the desire of chickens to consume feed less and this will reduce the performance and growth of poultry. Therefore, in automatic halls, a drinking line is usually considered one more line than the feeding line.
Using the nipple drinker as the best chicken drinker
If you are an experienced chicken keeper, you probably don’t hesitate to use a nipple drinker like me. In addition to all the obvious benefits of nipple drinking, because a drop of water always remains suspended in the water, it stimulates the chickens to drink. This point may seem simple at first glance, but it will be very important and effective. In the following, we have briefly explained some of the other advantages of nipple drinking systems.
Advantages of using poultry nipple drinkers
- The reduction of water consumption can be mentioned.
- The ease of working with the chicken nipple drinking system and reducing manpower up to 60%.
- Reduction of diseases compared to the bird’s use of a bell drinker.
- Increasing the density of birds per square meter of the hall.
- Ensuring the drinking vaccination method.
- Not using low-quality parts in the drinking system of chicken nipples.
- Higher efficiency of chicken nipple drinkers compared to domestically produced similar samples.
It should be noted that the automatic water dispenser includes various parts and accessories. For example, restraining pipes cause the establishment and uniformity of pipes with nipples throughout the hall. The nipple tubes themselves are square or round. Pressure breakers create proper pressure in drinking pipes. Knowing these parts and other essentials that are not discussed here will make you, dear reader, make the right choice in using the best drinking system. In the link below, you can see all the essentials used in the automatic drinking system.
Acquaintance and knowledge of drinking water essentials
Use of drug injection system
Vaccines and medicines are one of the constant requirements of poultry halls. Therefore, in industrial farms, microdosing and drug injection systems are used to make it standard and uniform among all poultry. For the proper functioning of drug injection systems, it is necessary to use a suitable and standard drug injection system.
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