Air filter - if it does not have one it is not a poultry heater!

The most common cause for a gas heater not to work is dirt. All poultry heaters should have an air filter on the heater – if it does not have a filter – then it is not designed for a poultry house. The solution is to strip the gas heater and clean the jets – there is lots of dust in a chicken house and this will cause the heater to stop working. When not in use store the chicken heater in a dry, dust free, safe place – if you look after your gas heater it will last a lifetime. Don’t think that a cheap gas heater meant for your porch will do the same job – it won’t – and you will be replacing it within a few years – if not sooner. If your gas heater stops working you may have to repair the heater – send it to an expert.

Thermo coupler is the copper wire

Another reason is a bent thermo-coupler – this is a small copper sensor that looks like a round wire (about 3mm in diameter). The coupler needs to be adjusted so that it is near where the gas burns. If the heater keeps switching off or not staying lit – then it is either too far away or it is damaged. If the coupler, which is hollow, gets bent, then the gas heater will not work. Treat your heater with care – when you have finished using it after the day old have grown, with it with a soft clothe and store it in a dust free, safe place.

Check your regulator – is it’s settings correct – if you gas bottle is running low you may have to increase the pressure – make sure the gas pipes are not bent or twisted and not stopping the flow of LPG. GAS HEATERS CAN BE DANGEROUS – let an expert check your heater if you have followed these steps. Infrared heaters are fairly simple to operate – the most likely cause of a infrared heater not working are electrical connections and broken bulbs.

Infrared heaters are electric heaters that use an infrared bulb to keep the baby chickens warm. When you place day old chickens in a poultry house you will have to warm the chicken house first. A poultry farmer will begin to warm the chicken house a day before the day olds arrive. Keeping day old chicks warm is vital for the survival of the chickens and for a good growth rate later on. Preparing your chicken house correctly is vital! Poultry farming is a science – follow the rules.

A great solution for day olds

When you heat a poultry house you can use gas heaters or electric heaters. Electric heaters for chickens come in various forms and shapes – one of the most effective heaters for chicks is the kind of heater that the chicks can decide to move close to or away from. The low profile of this heater means that you are saving on your electricity as you do not have to warm the whole chicken house. Chicken heaters are a vital part of any broiler house, and in very cold climes a poultry heater may be required for older chickens.

Preparing for day old chicks

Before your chicks arrive

• Your house will have to be prepared. Your chicken house should have been sanitised and cleaned, and have stood untouched for at least a week.
• New shavings should have been placed in the poultry house
• Cordon off a small area for your day old chicks – you will not need the whole house initially. You can use hardboard to separate the rest of the chicken house. You can use a curtain as well – this will save electricity or gas.
• Heat the poultry house the day before. The shavings should be warm and the air should be warm – at least 34 degrees C.
• Make sure you have chicken trays and water fonts – baby chickens will not be able to reach bell drinkers, chain feeders or tube feeders,
• Make sure you have enough starter feed that is specifically for day old chicks.
• Place a few sheets of newspaper on top of the shavings and place your chick trays with food on top of the paper – scatter some chicken feed on the news paper. (baby chickens usually have a mother hen to teach them how to eat – you are now the mom – because chickens are curios, when they walk on the newspaper it will make a sound – help the chicks by scratching the paper – they will come and see what is happening and scratch and eat. After a few days you can remove the news paper.

When your chicks arrive

• The first thing you do is check the chicks – while the driver who delivered the day old chickens is still there. Look for dead chicks or very weak chicks – make a note on the invoice of all anomalies so that you can get a refund.
• When the chicks arrive they will be very thirsty – so water and heat are the first priorities.
• Place them in your enclosure – check with your min max thermometer that the temperature is right. After an hour or so – feel your chicks feet – if they are cold it means that your shavings were not warm enough.
• Once the chicks have taken on water you can encourage them to eat by scratching on the news paper – once a few begin to eat they will all copy. They should be eating within 3 hours of arriving.
• The chicks should be wandering around and happy fairly soon. If they are bunching in anyway it could mean that your temperature is wrong. If the chickens are clumping directly under the poultry heater it means that they are cold – and if they are all standing around the edges of your enclosure – it means your heater is too hot. This will happen with gas heaters and infrared heaters. Raise or lower the heater – or change the heat settings.
• The firts 24 hours are critical – if they survive them you are on your way. I the chicks are not drinking – encourage them by wetting their beaks with a few drops of water.

G12 gas heater from Chicken Shack Agencies

NB – IMPORTANT – day old chicks are very susceptible to disease. Only one person should be in the house with them – and the same person for a few days – avoid loud noises – flapping curtains and banging sheets from a loose roof will upset any chickens. Follow all the procedures for Bio security – foot baths, movement between older chicken houses and newer cycles is absolutely foolhardy – especially in the first few days. FOLLOW THE EGG!  Infrared heaters for keeping day old chicks warm and to heat a poultry house are available in South Africa from Chicken Shack Agencies. electric heaters and electric heaters for chickens can be costly to run – gas chicken heaters may be a better option.

Infrared heaters and gas heaters are usually used to warm a poultry house when day old chickens are placed. One method of heating a chicken house is to use an infrared poultry heater – these poultry heaters run on electricity and are very good at heating a chicken house. The cost of a poultry house usually includes some kind of poultry heater – whether that is a gas heater or an infrared heater. Both of the poultry heaters are radiant heaters. Both types of heaters work well in chicken coops, hen houses, layer houses and broiler houses. With the cost of electricity in South Africa – many farmers are choosing gas heaters over infrared heaters.

Prices for chicken houses vary – Poultry houses come in 2 types – layer houses for raising hens that will lay eggs for selling, and broiler houses that are designed to raise chickens for their meat. Both layer houses and broiler houses are made of steel – These are chicken houses for small farmers or emerging farmers.

Prices of poultry houses depend on the size of the chicken house, and what poultry equipment you are using.

Layer houses

Layer houses have layer cages or nest boxes inside the house. These are specifically designed to make the collection of chicken eggs and managing the layers easier. In an intensive chicken layer house you will use layer cages, and in a free range layer house, or organic poultry house you will use nest boxes. Layer houses are wider and higher than a broiler house – and the winched curtains are larger, going almost all the way down to the ground.

Broiler Houses

Broiler houses will come with drinkers and feeders. The price of the chicken house will depend on whether you use automatic feeding or drinking equipment, or semi automatic or manual. The sizes of the poultry houses range from 3m x 6m all the way up to 6m x 30m. Items like heaters, fans and cement slabs can be added costs – so make sure you know what is being supplied in the cost of the chicken house. Small farmers and emerging farmers who are looking for government funding will need a poultry business plan and a formal quote on a Poultry House.

The best gas heater for poultry houses in S.A. is the Gasolec brooder. Gas heater for chickens – get a quote. – quote on a gas heater, buy a poultry heater, gas heater for chickens

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M8 Gasolec Brooder

Along with the other poultry equipment like tube feeders, bell drinkers and chick trays, a poultry heater is a very necessary piece of poultry equipment – and not only if you are chicken farming in a cold place – even the hottest places are sometimes not warm enough for a day old chick – and without heat the chicks will die in a short space of time. Giving instant heat at an affordable price, a gas heater is the answer to warming a poultry house.

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Best chicken house in South Africa – comes with all the poultry equipment you need to start chicken farming – also supplied is the renown Gasolec Brooder or gas heater.