Views: 8742 Author: LONGMU Publish Time: 2026-03-06 Origin: LongMu Breeding Equipment
A large-scale layer farm located in Thailand, has been engaged in layer breeding for many years, with a breeding scale of 30,000 layers raised in layer cages. As a typical local medium-sized layer farm, it has long been plagued by the high temperature and high humidity climate in Southeast Asia, as well as the limitations of the traditional manual breeding model—including outdated manual feeding, inefficient water supply, and lack of professional feeding line and water line equipment—including outdated manual feed feeding, inefficient nipple drinker use, and no professional cage matching equipment. Low breeding efficiency and high costs once trapped the farm in a dilemma of “increased production without increased profit” — until the introduction of LONGMU water line, feeding line, and matching nipple drinker, feeder pan, and cage-matched drinking and feeding equipment.
Within just 3 months, the farm achieved a comprehensive upgrade: per capita management efficiency tripled, mortality decreased by 15%, and feed waste dropped to 3%, becoming a benchmark for automated upgrading of layer farms in the region.
As a key case of LONGMU in the Southeast Asian market, this farm's transformation has precisely solved the core pain points of layer farming in Thailand and Southeast Asia—such as inefficient feeding line operation, unstable water line supply, and poor equipment adaptability—such as inefficient feeding line, poor nipple drinker performance, and mismatched layer cage equipment. It also proves the strong adaptability of LONGMU water line, feeding line, and supporting nipple drinker, feeder pan, and cage supporting equipment to tropical hot and
humid environments, providing a replicable efficient breeding solution integrating water line and feeding line integrating drinker, feeder, and cage for more farmers in Southeast Asia.
1. Challenges Before Upgrade: High Temperature & Humidity + Manual Farming
Thailand has a tropical monsoon climate, with high temperatures and rainfall all year round. The average temperature is 28–32°C, and relative humidity often reaches 75%–85%. These conditions place extremely high demands on poultry drinking and feeding systems, especially the stability of the water line, the moisture resistance of the feeding line, and the overall durability of both systems in harsh environments, including nipple drinker tightness, feeder pan moisture resistance, and layer cage ventilation and matching performance with drinker and feeder equipment.
Before the upgrade, the farm faced multiple critical problems:
Serious water leakage and poor water quality: Traditional nipple drinkers and common drinkers had poor sealing, with a leakage rate of 5%–8%. This caused wet litter in the layer cage, high ammonia levels in the cage, and frequent respiratory diseases in hens. Water quality deteriorated easily in high humidity, directly affecting hen health, egg quality, and the service life of the drinker equipment. The outdated drinker design also failed to match the layer cage, leading to uneven water supply for hens in different positions of the cage.
Severe feed waste and mold: Manual feeder pan was uneven, and the traditional feeder pan lacked moisture-proof design, making feed quickly mold in hot and humid conditions. Feed waste reached 18%, while feed accounts for more than 70% of total production cost. The feed feeder was not matched with the layer cage, leading to feed scattering outside the cage and further increasing waste.
Low management efficiency: 30,000 layers in layer cages required 3 full-time workers to manage feeding line, drinker maintenance, and cage cleaning. Only 10,000 layers could be managed per person, and the manual operation of the drinker and feeder was time-consuming and laborious. Egg production rate fluctuated greatly, with a peak rate of only 87%, below the local average, largely due to uneven feed supply from the feeder and unstable water supply from the nipple drinker.
After comparing multiple suppliers and their drinker, feeder, and cage products, the farm finally chose LONGMU to carry out its automation upgrade, focusing on optimizing the nipple drinker, automatic feeding feeder, and layer cage matching system.
2. The Solution: LONGMU Customized for Hot & Humid Climates
Based on the farm's 30,000-bird scale, layer cage specifications, and Thailand's hot and humid climate, LONGMU provided a complete solution combining the Side-Mount Nipple Drinker (a high-performance nipple drinker), Automatic Feeding Line (equipped with professional feed feeders), and cage-adapted mounting accessories, ensuring perfect matching between the nipple drinker, feeder, and layer cage.
① Side-Mount Nipple Drinker (High-Quality Nipple Drinker)
Double-sealing design: This nipple drinker adopts a double-sealing structure, reducing the leakage rate to below 0.5%, effectively keeping the layer cage dry, reducing ammonia concentration in the cage, and avoiding wet litter caused by drinker leakage. The side-mount design is perfectly adapted to various layer cage types, ensuring every hen in the cage can easily access the nipple drinker.
Anti-mold & easy cleaning: The nipple drinker is made of food-grade corrosion-resistant material, which is heat-resistant, aging-resistant, and suitable for long-term use in high-humidity layer cage environments. The detachable design of the nipple drinker makes daily cleaning and maintenance convenient, ensuring the drinker remains clean and the water quality is up to standard.
Precise pressure control: This nipple drinker works with LONGMU pressure regulator to ensure proper water supply for different ages of chickens in the layer cage. The stable water flow of the nipple drinker avoids water waste and ensures each hen gets sufficient and clean drinking water, improving hen health and egg quality.
② Automatic Feeding Line (Equipped with Efficient Feed Feeders)
360° uniform feeding: Spiral auger system ensures even distribution, with uniformity over 98%.
Anti-waste & anti-mold: Sealed hopper prevents moisture and mold; anti-scratch design greatly reduces waste.
Labor-saving automation: Fully automatic timing and quantitative feeding.
③ Turnkey Service
LONGMU provided on-site measurement, installation, commissioning, and professional operator training. With overseas local after-sales support, the farm enjoyed stable and worry-free operation.
3. Upgrade Results: Data-Proven Improvement
After 3 months of stable operation, the 30,000-layer farm achieved remarkable results:
Per capita management efficiency tripled: from 3 workers to only 1 worker.
Mortality decreased by 15%: monthly mortality dropped from 1.2% to 1.02%.
Peak egg rate increased: from 87% to 92%.
Annual profit increased by more than 25%.
“The LONGMU equipment is perfectly adapted to Thailand's climate. It solved our long-term problems of water leakage and feed mold, and saved a lot of labor. Our profit has increased significantly,” said the farm owner.
4. LONGMU in Southeast Asia
Thailand is a core market for LONGMU in Southeast Asia. This successful project is just one of many references in the region.LONGMU drinking and feeding systems are specially optimized for high temperature and high humidity, with high reliability, easy installation, and cost-effective performance. They are widely used in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and other countries, helping hundreds of large-scale poultry farms improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Conclusion
In the hot and humid breeding environment of Southeast Asia, suitable automated equipment is the key to profit growth.
The case of this 30,000-layer farm in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, proves that:
LONGMU Nipple Drinker and Feeding Line can effectively reduce labor, cut costs, lower mortality, and increase egg production.
Whether you are running a small farm or a large commercial layer farm in Southeast Asia, LONGMU can provide a customized drinking and feeding automation solution for your climate and scale.
Contact us today for a professional consultation and tailored solution.
