Cage litter

Cage is a cement floor or compacted soil, then
on top of it sprinkled bran / rice husk.

Actually, the base material is not just limited to litter bran.
It can also be other materials, eg wood shavings cut into small,
sawdust, corn cob and much more.
The main principle of selection of materials that litter the base are:
1. does not cause dust. When the base material and litter

    berpartikel materials into small, will easily menimbulka dust.

    For example, from the fine sand. If it is easy to generate dust

    chicken will be disturbed breathing and respiratory pemeliharaanya

    also be disrupted. Most of the materials rather berpartikel

    big and little weight does not cause dust, such as bran,

    mill corn cobs, pieces of peanut shells, and so forth.
2. Materials used for the base should be easy to litter

     sucking water. Wet floors are also common to be problematic in

     maintenance of broilers, and therefore use a relatively litter material

     easy to suck the water for wet mat litter problem that can be a little bit helped.
3. litter material to be used is easily obtained. Every place

    and every season will be different litter materials that are somewhere.

     If longer harvest the bran will be easy to obtain.
4. untu litter material must be cheap, not to add to the cost of production.

Of the few studies conducted in Indonesia, it is evident that the use of
bran is still better than other materials. In the United States,now many people use sawdust or material repose
matchwood. But it must be remembered that the climate and temperature
in Indonesia is different from the United States.

Litter base material used will affect the temperature in
where child maintenance is the broiler.
Cage litter the floor mat has the following advantages:
1. chest blisters less likely.
2. broilers are relatively more resistant.
3. easier to manage them.
But the losses litter mat easily da fast wet and will cause
the odor and will nourish the disease.