- Watch that Iron
Excessive iron can cause problems for watering systems. Article presents some ways to avoid that, including best practices for keeping watering systems clean.
- Ten tips to achieve optimal water pressure
One of the most important and misunderstood jobs in a poultry house is managing the water pressure of the watering system. Here are ten tips for achieving optimal performance from a flock.
- How to determine the right drinker for the job
With all the different drinkers on the market, it’s not surprising some producers get confused and choose the wrong drinker.
- Five common poultry watering myths
Many times the roadblocks to better profits are misconceptions about watering
- Managing your watering system during brooding
Poor conditions during brooding will damage a flocks’ performance.
- Upgrading for a successful poultry operation
To remain competitive, producers need to address aging equipment.
- Managing your watering system to promote poultry health
The watering system, and how you manage it, can impact almost every aspect of a poultry operation.
- Vaccinating broilers with the watering system
The watering system has become the preferred method for administering live vaccines to broiler flocks because of the labor it saves.
- Protecting water supply crucial for any poultry operation
Most producers understand the importance of having a backup generator; however, some don’t realize they also need to back up the watering system
- Watering system advances can save time and money
Poultry equipment manufacturers seek innovations that can save producers time and money.
- Treat chicks to a more hygienic environment for better results
Getting a poultry flock off to a healthy start goes a long way to ensuring a successful growout.
- Pressure Pro Installation Manual
For proper and complete installation of the Ziggity Pressure Pro for Floor Watering System please read and follow the illustrated instructions found in this manual.
- Usage = Consumption + Spillage, Article 1
To effectively manage your watering system, it’s important to understand how water usage involves both bird consumption and drinker spillage, and how these factors affect production. First in a series on watering system management concepts.
- Corrosion poses a major threat to poultry operations
A number of factors can negatively impact return on investment, but corrosion is probably the most serious.
- Striking the right balance for salt intake
A lack of salt in the diet, or too much salt, can harm the flock and production.
- Managing the watering system for intestinal integrity
The importance of managing the watering system to promote bird health is increasing with the growing opposition to using antibiotics as growth promoters.
- Using your watering system to get better return on investment
Ziggity describes specific steps producers can take with their watering systems to improve return on investment.
- Poultry farmers gain new option for filtering water
Parker-Hannifin Corp. recently developed the first water filter made specifically for poultry applications.
- Understanding how a regulator functions
This article examines the very basics of how a nipple-type watering system, especially the regulator, works.
- When was the last time you checked your watering system?
This article discusses what elements of the watering system need examining and gives a time table for those examinations.
- Sand in your watering system: best to stop it at the source
This article provides the procedure to clean a watering system that has a sand problem.
- Making chicken paws profitable
The American poultry industry is finding a new profit center exporting chicken paws to China where they are considered a delicacy.
- Hygienic water
Hygienic water is vital in a successful poultry operation
- Use acids in poultry production with caution
Will the gain in production outweigh the costs of replacing equipment damaged by acidifiers?
- Don’t let your watering system become the fatal flaw in your biosecurity program
Any biosecurity program that is truly successful will include extensive prophylactic measures involving the water supply and the watering system.
- How to combat wet litter
Ziggity has developed a series of protocols to help you determine the cause of your wet litter
- Managing heat stress with your watering system
This article discusses tactics producers can take with their watering system to manage heat stress
- Fighting coccidiosis
Managing your watering system to prevent wet litter can help keep the incidence of coccidiosis down
- Biofilm Basics
This is a short summary of the basics of biofilm.
- Water can be a friend or foe to a poultry operation
Maintaining a good environment inside your poultry barn is necessary if you are to hae healthy and profitable flocks, growout after growout.
- New brochure series highlights ways to improve poultry performance
Poultry producers can learn how to improve bird production through three educational brochures published by Ziggity Systems Inc.
- Clearing the air: the difference between water usage and water consumption
More than a few experts in the poultry industry assume they can determine how much water a flock is consuming by looking at the water meter. That unfortunately is not true, and that assumption can lead to faulty practices.
- Floor Watering Installation Manual
For proper and complete installation of the Ziggity Floor Watering System please read and follow the illustrated instructions found in this manual
- Slope Neutralizer Floor Installation Guidelines
Follow these simple instructions for proper installation of Ziggity Slope Neutralizers in floor applications.
- Managing poultry barn environment key to controlling respiratory disease
Strict adherence to good management practices throughout the poultry operation, especially the watering system, is the only way producers can reduce the impact of respiratory disease on their flocks and profit.
- Managing your watering system to improve feed conversion
Many producers are not aware of the important role the watering system has in the feed conversion process.
- When you can’t be on the level
How proper watering system setup and management can overcome the challenges of sloped floors.
- Max3 versus catch cup systems
Broilers prefer sanitary water – they respond with better results
- More Max3 versus catch cup systems
Note better performance in every category.
- The role of water in the life of a chicken
It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance of water to poultry flocks
- Product bundling not in producers’ best interests
Product bundling may provide producers with a one-time savings when building a new poultry house. However, that bundle of products may result in loses over the long term.
- Ziggity focuses on maximizing system, litter and bird performance
Ziggity is the only company whose sole focus is on poultry watering.
- Ammonia in the poultry house sabotages production; can impact poultry workers’ health
Elevated levels of ammonia in the poultry house can result in a wide range of problems for poultry producers
- Poultry farmers often overlook biofilm growing in watering system
Biofilm is an often overlooked and misunderstood threat to poultry flocks
- Understand broiler drinking behavior to achieve better flock performance
The better you understand how and why birds drink water, the better you can provide for their needs and produce more profitable flocks.
- Maximizing the benefits of enclosed watering systems
Five ways to maximize the benefits of an enclosed watering system.
- Planning necessary to prevent disease in poultry flock
Growing a successful and profitable broiler flock requires diligent planning and management especially in preventing diseases and other conditions that harm the birds.
- Solutions to the five most common challenges found in gravity-controlled water tanks
Gravity-controlled water tanks provide an excellent solution to the challenges of unreliable electric power and intermittent water supply
- Ignore your well at your own risk
Water quality from wells plays an important role in flock performance.
- Good litter management ensures flock performance
The route to improving flock performance lies in good litter management.
- Five watering mistakes that can hurt production
Common mistakes producers make concerning their watering systems.
- Quality components, not special prices, required when building a new poultry barn
Return on investment, not the up-front cost of a new barn, is the most important aspect to consider when building a new facility
- It may sound like a good idea, but is it really?
Many of the decisions a poultry farmer is asked to make can carry unintended consequences that can hurt the bottom line