Bukhari

1. Brooder guards: For minimizing the heat loss or keeping the chicks near the heat source, hover/brooder guards are used. The guards can be prepared by card board or tin sheet. Round the corners to avoid the huddling in the corners.
2. Chick feeders and drinkers: Chick feeding trays are generally used to feed the chicks in the beginning. Usually trough or pan and hopper type feeders of smaller size are used for chicks. Pan and jar are generally used as drinkers for chicks and subsequently replaced by bigger size pan and jar and smaller tubs are used. Automatic drinkers and feeders are also used by the farmers.

Poultry Houses made by Bamboo and Wooden Poles

Equipments: The life cycles of egg producing birds are divided in three phases. These are as follows:

1. Brooding period ( day old to 8 weeks)
2. Growing period (9 weeks to 18-20 weeks)
3. Laying period (19-21 weeks to 72 weeks)

The equipment requirements during all the three phase are different. The following equipments are required:

a. Brooding equipments

1. Hover: Hover is usually a pyramidal/ rectangular or circular structure in which heating devices and bulbs are fitted for maintaining the temperature. 500 chicks can be brooded in a hover having diameter of 2 meters.

1. Heating equipments: Kerosene lamps, electric heater/bulbs, gas heater and Bukhari are generally used for providing heat in the brooder house. Bukhari is locally made up tin device in which saw dust is used as fuel and it can be fabricated with the help of local blacksmith.