Layer house from Chicken Shack

Layer Houses for egg production

A layer house is a chicken house specifically designed to raise hens for egg production. Small chicken farmers would use small poultry units – usually a steel structure, that is designed as a layer house.

Poultry units can be layer houses or broiler houses – they are both, at the end of the day chicken houses, but with some key differences.

Layer houses

A layer house will be higher, to accommodate 2 tier layer cages or nest boxes. The height is important because the chickens must not be too close to the roof.

A layer house will also have much larger poultry curtain openings for better ventilation. The curtain openings will also wind down with a winch very close to the ground - allowing air to circulate over the litter that collects under the nest boxes or chicken layer cages.

The layer cages will have a nipple drinking system and will have a trough at the front to feed the hens. There will be no bell drinkers or tube feeders, but there must be a water tank on the roof for water supply. A layer house for chickens will also be wider than a standard broiler house so that one can easily move around the layer cages to collect eggs – with an egg trolley. Poultry units are made and erected in South Africa