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Key Notes for Automatic Broiler Loading: Insights from QL Resources-Foreway Project in Malaysia
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May 06,2026
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With the continuous development of intensive and intelligent chicken breeding, automatic chicken catching equipment has become an essential tool in large-scale chicken farms, which greatly improves work efficiency, reduces labor intensity, and minimizes the risk of manual operation errors. However, to ensure the smooth progress of automatic chicken catching, protect the health of the chicken flock, and avoid equipment failure and safety accidents, the following key notes must be strictly followed.
As one of Malaysia’s top three broiler farming groups, QL Resources has joined hands with Shandong Foreway to launch a high-standard automated broiler project in East Malaysia, setting a benchmark for large-scale, intensive and intelligent broiler farming in the region. The project includes 5 modern broiler houses with a designed stock capacity of 41,600 birds per house, and fully adopts the chain-type automatic loading system independently developed by Foreway, which greatly improves loading efficiency and reduces labor costs. Drawing on the practical experience of this project, this article sorts out the essential precautions for automatic broiler loading, providing practical guidance for local broiler farmers.
1. Pre-loading Preparation: Follow the Project’s Standardized Process
The QL Resources-Foreway project adheres to the concept of standardized and refined breeding, and adequate pre-loading preparation is the key to ensuring smooth operation, which can effectively avoid equipment failures and reduce broiler stress.
First, focus on the inspection and debugging of the chain-type automatic loading system. This system, independently developed by Foreway, is the core equipment of the project, featuring stable operation and high efficiency, and its single-row and single-layer loading speed can reach a high level, which is suitable for the large-scale breeding scale of the project. Before loading, it is necessary to carefully check the core components such as the chain, conveyor belt, grabbing device and lifting system of the equipment—clean the feces, feathers and debris in the gaps of the chain and conveyor belt to prevent jamming, which may damage broilers or interrupt the loading process. According to the project’s breeding standard, the marketable broiler weight is controlled at 1.8–2.5kg, so the conveyor speed and grabbing force should be adjusted to match the broiler size to avoid injury caused by excessive force or speed. In addition, considering the frequent power outages caused by typhoons and heavy rains in Malaysia, the project is equipped with special backup generators to ensure that the loading work will not be interrupted. At the same time, the equipment is treated with anti-corrosion materials to adapt to the high temperature and high humidity climate in Malaysia, which is also a key measure learned from the project’s equipment maintenance experience.
Next, do a good job in the pre-treatment of the chicken house environment and flock status in accordance with the project’s standards. 1–2 hours before loading, adjust the temperature of the broiler house to 24–26℃ and the humidity to 60–70%, and turn on the ventilation and cooling system to reduce heat stress—a common problem in Malaysia’s tropical climate. The project attaches great importance to the cleaning of the chicken house, requiring the timely removal of feces and waste before loading to reduce the concentration of harmful gases and avoid stimulating the broilers. At the same time, the project strictly implements the flock inspection system: before loading, professional breeders will check the flock, remove sick, weak and injured broilers, and handle them manually to avoid cross-infection or equipment damage. According to the project’s breeding cycle, broilers are usually ready for loading at about 45 days old, and it is necessary to confirm the age of the flock in advance to ensure the quality of the outgoing broilers.
Finally, implement strict pre-loading disease prevention measures with reference to the project’s biosafety standards. The QL Resources-Foreway project takes disease prevention as a key link, requiring thorough disinfection of all automatic loading equipment, conveyor belts, chicken coops and loading channels with mild and low-irritation disinfectants before loading. At the same time, prepare sufficient emergency supplies such as disinfectants, isolation equipment and emergency vaccines, and formulate a complete emergency response plan to deal with suspected disease situations. The project strictly implements the “all-in all-out” principle, requiring all broilers in the same broiler house to be loaded at the same time to avoid cross-infection between different batches, which is an important measure to ensure the biosafety of the farm.
2. During Loading: Implement the Project’s Operational Norms
The QL Resources-Foreway project has formed a set of mature operational norms in the automatic loading process, focusing on efficiency, safety and biosafety, which is worth learning from by local farmers.
Adopt the batch loading mode according to the project’s practice. Considering that each broiler house of the project has a large stock capacity of 41,600 birds, the project adopts the method of loading in batches according to the cage layers and regions, which effectively prevents overcrowding and trampling of broilers and reduces the injury rate. Operators must receive professional training in advance, master the operation skills of the chain-type automatic loading system, wear clean protective clothing, gloves, masks and shoe covers during operation, and are prohibited from adjusting the equipment speed without authorization or pulling broilers manually. In terms of the connection between the loading equipment and the transport vehicle, the project requires that the drop between the conveyor belt and the transport vehicle should not exceed 15cm, and a soft buffer pad should be laid to avoid injury caused by broilers falling. The transport vehicle must be disinfected in advance, and the internal temperature should be controlled at 22–25℃ with good ventilation to ensure that the broilers will not suffer from heat stress during transportation.
Arrange special personnel to monitor the whole process, which is a key requirement of the project. Assign professional personnel to monitor the operation status of the chain-type automatic loading system in real time, pay attention to whether there are abnormalities such as abnormal noise and jamming of the equipment, and stop the machine immediately for processing if any fault is found to avoid further losses. At the same time, monitor the state of the broilers: if the broilers show signs of heat stress such as open-mouth breathing and listlessness, pause the loading work immediately, transfer the abnormal broilers to a cool and ventilated area, and use cool water and electrolyte solution to help them recover. In addition, real-time monitor the environmental parameters of the loading site, and if the temperature exceeds 28℃ or the humidity exceeds 75%, timely increase the ventilation volume or start the cooling equipment to ensure the comfort of the broilers.
Insist on unremitting disease prevention during the loading process. The project strictly prohibits mixing broilers from different broiler houses for transportation to avoid cross-infection. The transport vehicles are specially used for broilers, and are prohibited from transporting other poultry, livestock products or sundries. The transportation route avoids high-risk areas such as live poultry markets and migratory bird habitats to reduce the risk of disease transmission. During the loading process, the feathers, feces and other wastes generated are collected in a centralized manner, and are harmlessly treated by incineration or fermentation in accordance with the project’s waste treatment standards, so as to prevent environmental pollution and disease spread.
3. After Loading: Do a Good Job in Follow-up Work with Reference to the Project’s Standards
The QL Resources-Foreway project attaches great importance to the follow-up work after loading, which is an important link to ensure the long-term stable operation of the farm and the safety of the next batch of broilers.
Carry out comprehensive cleaning, disinfection and maintenance of the equipment. After the loading work is completed, immediately clean the chain-type automatic loading system, conveyor belt, chicken coops and loading channels, remove the remaining feces, feathers and debris, then carry out thorough disinfection, and let them dry naturally after disinfection to avoid disinfectant residue. At the same time, refer to the project’s equipment maintenance standards to check and maintain the equipment, replace worn parts such as chains and rollers, add lubricating oil, and do a good job in anti-corrosion treatment to extend the service life of the equipment, which is also the key to ensuring the long-term stable operation of the project’s automatic loading system.
Strengthen the cleaning and disinfection of the chicken house and its surrounding environment. After loading, thoroughly clean the feces, bedding and sundries in the chicken house, and transport the wastes to the designated place for harmless treatment. Conduct all-round disinfection of the chicken house, including walls, floors, roofs and gaps of chicken coops, and close the chicken house for ventilation after disinfection to reduce the concentration of pathogens. In addition, clean up the weeds and stagnant water around the chicken house to reduce the breeding of mosquitoes and rodents—these are important vectors of poultry diseases in Malaysia. The project adopts a combination of physical protection (installing screens and rat guards) and chemical prevention and control (spraying low-toxic insecticides and rodenticides) to block the transmission path of diseases.
Establish a complete record and traceability system. The QL Resources-Foreway project has formulated a strict record management system, requiring detailed records of the whole loading process, including loading time, batch number, number of broilers, health status of broilers, equipment operation status, disinfection situation and transport vehicle information. This not only helps to trace the source of products, but also facilitates the later investigation of problems and the optimization of operation processes, which is also in line with Malaysia’s biosafety traceability requirements for poultry products.
4. Special Reminders Combined with the Project and Malaysian Local Conditions
Combined with the practical experience of the QL Resources-Foreway project and Malaysia’s local climate and breeding characteristics, the following special reminders should be paid attention to:
Avoid loading during extreme weather. Malaysia is prone to typhoons, heavy rains and heatwaves. The project strictly requires avoiding loading during extreme weather to prevent equipment damage caused by rainwater or broiler injury caused by high temperature. If sudden extreme weather occurs, stop loading immediately and transfer the broilers to a safe area to do a good job in protection.
Adapt the equipment to the local breeding scale. The QL Resources-Foreway project adopts a large-scale integrated chain-type automatic loading system according to its own scale. For local small and medium-sized farms, they can refer to the project’s experience and choose compact and flexible automatic loading equipment to ensure the matching between equipment and breeding scale and improve loading efficiency.
Strengthen personnel training and emergency drills. The project attaches great importance to the professional quality of operators, and regularly conducts training on equipment operation, disease identification and emergency response for operators. Local farmers should also learn from this experience, strengthen personnel training, and conduct regular emergency drills to ensure that they can quickly and standardizedly handle equipment failures, disease outbreaks and other sudden situations.
Comply with local relevant regulations. The QL Resources-Foreway project strictly abides by Malaysia’s and ASEAN’s relevant regulations on broiler breeding, disease prevention and product safety. Local farmers should also follow the relevant policies, go through relevant breeding and quarantine procedures, and update their operation norms in a timely manner according to policy changes to ensure the compliance of the whole loading process.
The QL Resources-Foreway project has provided valuable practical experience for Malaysia’s automated broiler loading. By following the above precautions and learning from the project’s standardized operation concept, local broiler farmers can effectively improve the safety and efficiency of automatic loading, reduce losses, and promote the healthy development of the local broiler breeding industry.
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