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It describes the deep litter house, including raised flooring, ventilation through wire mesh, litter depth and composition, and routine litter turning and replacement. It also compares advantages such as higher egg and meat production and better protection from predators, and disadvantages like cannibalism and disease risk from moisture.","Agriculture for Standard Six-Unit 21  \nSYSTEMS OF KEEPING CHICKENS 2  \nEnglish Agriculture  \nAgriculture for Standard Six-Unit 21 SYSTEMS OF KEEPING CHICKENS 2  \nEnglish Zomba, Southern , Malawi  \nCopyright © 2025, Knowledge & Information for Successful Society  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors , illustrators , etc.  \nINTENSIVE SYSTEM OF KEEPING CHICKENS  \nThe chickens are confined all the time.  \nThis system requires high levels of management and totally depends on commercial feeds.  \nThere are two main houses used to keep chickens under this system. These are  \n-Deep litter houses  \n-Battery cages  \nDEEP LITTER HOUSE  \nChickens are confined (kept) throughout their life in a house. Part of the wall is built with wire mesh to allow ventilation. The house is built on a raised ground.  \nThe floor is well filled with litter up to 10 to 15 centimetres high.  \nDEEP LITTER HOUSE (Contd)  \nThe litter can be made of sawdust, wood shavings, crashed maize cobs or chopped straws. The litter is turned constantly using a rake.  \nThe old litter is removed when new birds are put into the house. The house has a floor space of 2 to 3 birds per square metre.  \nThe farmer provides laying nests, roosting perches, feed and water troughs.  \nADVANTAGES OF DEEP LITTER HOUSE  \nMany chickens can be kept in a small area More eggs and meat are produced in this system than in the semi-intensive system Chickens are well protected from disease and predator attacks  \nDISADVANTAGES OF DEEP  \nLITTER HOUSE  \nThere is problem of cannibalism and egg eating  \nChickens can easily catch diseases if litter has a lot of moisture  \nLitter may not be available when needed It is difficult to identify non  \nlaying chickens  \nTHE BATTERY CAGE SYSTEM  \nThis is the most intensive of all the systems. The chickens are put in cages. 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