Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Aviary arrangement for poultry animals and method of poultry husbandry
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Application No.: US16486076Application Date: 2019-05-31
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Publication No.: US11213017B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Bernd Heidkamp , Judith Langfermann
- Applicant: BIG DUTCHMAN INTERNATIONAL GMBH
- Applicant Address: DE Vechta
- Assignee: BIG DUTCHMAN INTERNATIONAL GMBH
- Current Assignee: BIG DUTCHMAN INTERNATIONAL GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Vechta
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Priority: LU100811 20180601
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/064209 WO 20190531
- International Announcement: WO2019/229246 WO 20191205
- Main IPC: A01K31/22
- IPC: A01K31/22 ; A01K31/17 ; A01K1/00 ; A01K31/04

Abstract:
An aviary arrangement for poultry includes a first and a second aviary row, and a bridge which connects the first and the second aviary rows, wherein each of the aviary rows has a service tier, a nest tier and a resting tier, each having an inclined animal roosting floor, and a manure conveying device arranged therebelow, wherein the resting tier is arranged above the nest tier and the service tier is arranged below the nest tier, and the nest tier has a nest and an egg conveying device, and wherein the bridge is arranged above the manure conveying device of the service tier and has a bridge floor for receiving litter. A manure conveying device is arranged below an inclined animal roosting floor, wherein the animal roosting floor comprises an inclined integrated air duct arranged below the animal roosting floor and above the manure conveying device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210329890A1 AVIARY ARRANGEMENT FOR POULTRY ANIMALS AND METHOD OF POULTRY HUSBANDRY Public/Granted day:2021-10-28
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