Boosting crop yield with auto-flushing drinker lines

Automatic flushing systems have been available for a while now, streamlining the routine flushing of drinker lines in poultry sheds. But the cost of the systems can sometimes cause doubts about the viability of purchasing them. Water represents approximately two thirds of a bird’s intake, and it’s clear that a pure supply of water is critical for their overall health. Many of a flock’s ailments can be traced back to a compromised water supply. The resultant diseases then require reactive treatments which increase the overall cost of the flock’s cycle.

As distributors of the leading AutoFlush system from Lubing, we’ve seen the significant boost to flock health and productivity that they can bring. In this article, we want to outline the practical benefits that auto flushing offers and then the commercial boost that these provide.

Flushing of the drinker lines

Regular flushing of drinker lines helps to prevent bacteria flourishing. But while it remains a manual process, it very easily gets crowded out. Not only does this mean that the general water supply is compromised, but even dosing of expensive medication through the lines can be contaminated.

Automatic flushing removes the manual element altogether and ensures that it happens like clockwork at scheduled times. It enables flushing to be set at optimum time, e.g. early morning just before the birds are waking. Also, it is valuable during the hot weeks of summer, when bacteria is more prone to grow in the lines. AutoFlush helps to prevent additional bacteria from reaching the birds during the critical first four to five days of the chicks’ lives after placement.

Daily flushing is the optimum choice for truly healthy flocks, and auto flushing makes this a practical possibility. It simply takes place at the time that you set it to, with no manual input at all, leaving farm labour to focus on the critical tasks of the day.

An industry-leading solution

The automatic systems also make it easy to optimise the effectiveness of water treatments. With a market-leading product such as Huwa-San, in conjunction with Lubing’s AutoFlush, this ensures bacteria is not only killed in the water lines, but also fully removed from the water system.

It also makes it easy to prepare for critical medications to be administered, replacing stagnant water in the lines before adding the expensive treatments to the water supply.

Many farms assume that they would have to install auto flush systems at the time of the original drinker system install. However, the good news is that the Lubing Automatic Flushing system can be installed to existing Lubing drinker lines, simply and cost-effectively.

Streamlining operation

We believe the that cost of an auto flushing system is easily offset by the improvement in crop yield.

Irregular or infrequent flushing typically results in higher mortalities, or higher cost of medications to combat disease, and as a consequence generates lower productivity and performance.

On the plus side, automation of flushing reduces the requirement for manual labour, helping to streamline a whole farm’s operation.

The case for auto flushing is strong – Lubing’s AutoFlush system along with a water sanitiser like Huwa-San covers your birds’ clean water needs.

Explore the opportunities for your farm

If you’re interested in exploring the opportunity for your farm, contact our team to find out more.

Installation is straightforward – within weeks, you could be enjoying the enhancement that automation brings.