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A small metal fabrication workshop cutting, bending, and spot-welding galvanized wire mesh into modular predator-proof coops, brooders, and nest boxes.
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Keywords: poultry cage making business, backyard poultry coop fabrication, brooder box making for chicks
Backyard poultry rearers lose tragic percentages of growing native birds to nightly raids by stray dogs, feral cats, and predatory mongooses attacking flimsily built bamboo coops. Suraksha Kukkut Coops fabricates sturdy, transportable wire-mesh coops, complete with raised wire floors, sliding manure drop-trays, and hooded exterior feeding troughs. The workshop also builds insulated plywood-and-mesh brooder boxes fitted with ceramic heating bulb sockets that keep day-old chicks warm and draft-free during cold nights. Rural homemakers purchase the modular units to keep country birds safe right in courtyard corners without foul smells or predator breaches.
Customers clean droppings simply by sliding out the galvanized bottom tray, keeping poultry sanitary and disease-free. Launching a poultry cage making business supplies durable, predator-proof housing that secures household poultry investments.
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Small backyard poultry flocks suffer immense mortality from night predators and damp ground diseases in poorly built bamboo coops. Raised wire cages with removable droppings trays keep birds clean, ventilated, and completely predator-safe. Sturdy fabricated coops represent a vital one-time investment for poultry keepers.
Households that keep a small flock and shut birds into bamboo baskets or wooden boxes at night, then lose chicks to cats, dogs and mongooses. FAO's report on a Madhya Pradesh poultry project found most chicks were housed under bamboo baskets at night and that high chick mortality was a main problem. A welder who makes a strong, raised mesh coop at a price a village family can afford sells to every home that has lost a clutch.
Sell coops, brooders and nest boxes by the piece, sized for 5 to 20 birds, with delivery and fitting. Retail listings give a reference: on TradeIndia a small galvanised wire poultry cage of 14 by 10 by 15 inches is listed at ₹245 a piece, and wire mesh cages at ₹65 a square foot. Poultry projects run by NGOs and self help groups can place bulk orders.
Homemade coops rot, sag and let small predators through gaps. Use galvanised mesh with gaps too small for a mongoose, raise the floor off damp ground, add a slide out droppings tray and a lockable door. Keep sizes simple and prices fixed so buyers can order by count of birds.
Suited for a village welder, metal fabricator, or practical carpenter with a roadside workshop. Do not attempt this if you lack basic metal-joining tools or have no display space for finished cages.
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You need a welding set, a wire mesh cutter, bending tools, a grinder and a covered workshop, plus galvanised wire and mesh stock. Systematic Ltd, a wire maker, recommends hot dip galvanised wire in 1.6 to 4.0 mm gauges for poultry cages because it resists rust. We found no sourced total for a small cage workshop.
Sales track how many families keep birds and how much they lose. A 2025 Kerala study found 94.44 percent of backyard poultry keepers already provided night shelters, mostly of wood, and only 11 percent of coops had perches, which shows both the habit and the room to sell better designs. We found no published income figure for a village cage maker.
Figures are quoted from the sources listed under Useful resources on this page. Check them against current local prices before you rely on them.
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Ask twenty households how many birds they keep and what they lost to predators last year.
Design two or three coop sizes with raised floors, trays and tight mesh.
Buy galvanised wire and mesh in bulk and set up a covered workshop.
Build samples and show them at the haat and poultry vaccination camps.
Quote NGOs and self help group poultry projects for bulk supply.
Offer repair and extension of old coops in quiet months.
Once you have a sample coop at the weekly market or poultry vaccination camp, the first orders can come within days. Bulk orders from poultry projects take longer and follow a demonstration.
TradeIndia lists a 14 by 10 by 15 inch galvanised wire cage at ₹245 and wire mesh cages at ₹65 a square foot.
Yes. A 2025 Kerala study found 94.44 percent did, mostly wooden, and only 11 percent of coops had perches.
Systematic Ltd recommends hot dip galvanised wire, which resists corrosion better than plain or electroplated wire.
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