Study: Broiler growing in colony systems – performance and welfare
The demand for broiler colony systems has been increasing around the globe for the past ten years. Despite the popularity of these systems, there has been a lack of scientifically reliable data –…
German national goalkeeper inaugurates two houses for broiler production
Clara Woltering from Coesfeld-Lette is a state-certified agriculturist – and a top handball player: She has been keeping goal for Germany's women's handball team since 2003. However, the professional…
Big Dutchman takes over Zucami
The Big Dutchman group based in Vechta-Calveslage is taking over the Spanish poultry equipment supplier Zucami. The company with its headquarters in Beriáin, near Pamplona, recently became insolvent.…
International Cobb experts visit Big Dutchman
Thirty product consultants from the broiler breeding company Cobb Europe recently attended a one-day intensive seminar at the Big Dutchman headquarters. The focus of the seminar were the products for…
Two new houses for turkey production draw immense interest
The Röben family from Edewecht-Osterscheps in the German Ammerland district has been producing turkeys for the past twelve years. To enlarge the family-owned farm further, two new fattening houses for…
Poultry production: 20 years of Big Dutchman systems in Romania
Many successful Romanian livestock owners have trusted Big Dutchman poultry equipment and pig equipment in the past 20 years. This significant figure was recently the reason for a celebratory…
Breeder management with efficient manure pit ventilation
Farmer Carsten Focke recently invited guests to an internal open house for his two newly built broiler breeder houses in Lähden, Germany: He now keeps 40,000 broiler breeders in his two 26 x 100…
Big Dutchman novelties for breeder management
Poultry managers should be excited: Big Dutchman has recently launched two novelties for breeder management and presents both at the VIV Russia 2013. The group laying nest “Relax”, which is…
CAHE 2013: Big Dutchman equipment for successful breeder management
At this year’s China Animal Husbandry Expo (CAHE), Wuhan, Big Dutchman introduces an innvoative automatic single laying nest which is especially well suited for broiler breeder management. NXB…
Saving money with the new LED technology for poultry houses
For the broilers on Dirk Bockhorst's farm, the morning starts leisurely. As if the sun were rising, the lights are slowly turned on in the houses located in Emstek, Lower Saxony, Germany. Happy…