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All About Water

Water – the essential nutrient.
Good water and healthy birds go hand-in-hand. This essential nutrient can make a significant difference in overall bird performance, as well as a producer’s financial success. At Ziggity, we understand the importance of water and its direct effect on production results.

Learn more about water-related issues and how they affect your flock by reading some of these important articles:

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

Automated watering systems improve layer producers' bottom lines
Watering System automation has enabled producers to reduce labor costs and improve productivity.

Biofilm Basics
This is a short summary of the basics of biofilm.

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.

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.

Fighting coccidiosis
Managing your watering system to prevent wet litter can help keep the incidence of coccidiosis down

Five watering mistakes that can hurt production
Common mistakes producers make concerning their watering systems.

Good litter management ensures flock performance
The route to improving flock performance lies in good litter management.

How to combat wet litter
Ziggity has developed a series of protocols to help you determine the cause of your wet litter

Hygienic water
Hygienic water is vital in a successful poultry operation

Ignore your well at your own risk
Water quality from wells plays an important role in flock performance.

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

Managing heat stress with your watering system
This article discusses tactics producers can take with their watering system to manage heat stress

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.

Maximizing the benefits of enclosed watering systems
Five ways to maximize the benefits of an enclosed watering system.

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.

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.

Poultry farmers often overlook biofilm growing in watering system
Biofilm is an often overlooked and misunderstood threat to poultry flocks

Pressure Settings Simplified
A simple and easy guide to ensure dry litter and ample water to your birds

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.

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

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

The role of water in the life of a chicken
It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance of water 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.

Use acids in poultry production with caution
Will the gain in production outweigh the costs of replacing equipment damaged by acidifiers?

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.

Watering system critical in parent stock operation
The watering system and how the farmer manages it determine many of the conditions in a parent stock operation.

When you can't be on the level
How proper watering system setup and management can overcome the challenges of sloped floors.

Ziggity focuses on maximizing system, litter and bird performance
Ziggity is the only company whose sole focus is on poultry watering.