Pullet rearing | Jumping and flying take practice
Rearing pullets in two-level houses is currently still quite uncommon. One recently constructed example was put into operation in Neuenkirchen-Vörden in North-Western Germany a short while ago. The…
Barn egg production | Israeli farmers select a welfare aviary system from Germany
The moshav Bnei Netzarim in the north-west of Israel believes in modern and animal-friendly egg production. The residents of the cooperative agricultural settlement have proved this with a new house…
Practical tips on aviary systems are very well received
Every beginning is difficult! This is also true for egg producers and pullet rearers who want to switch from cages or enriched colony systems to cage-free aviaries, venturing into uncharted territory.…
Turnkey farm project for egg production in Bahrain
Providing the growing population in the Middle East and Africa with safe food is a great challenge. With the construction of their new turnkey farm, General Poultry Company B.S.C. (GPC) is making a…
Dr. Frank Hiller to become Chairman of the Big Dutchman Board of Management
With effect from 1 April 2023, Bernd Meerpohl, long-term Chairman of the Board of Management of Big Dutchman AG, will be succeeded by Dr. Frank Hiller. Bernd Meerpohl takes over the position of…
Free range egg production: farmer starts a new production branch
Reinhard Schneeberger from the German municipality of Niedermurach in Bavaria recently started producing organic free range eggs in a new and modern poultry house. Two strictly separated groups of…
Market insights and technologies in the field of welfare farming of laying hens, broilers and pigs
The 2022 World Conference on Farm Animal Welfare and Food Health, co-hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the China Association for the Promotion of…
Egg production: newcomer named Germany’s best poultry manager 2022
In 2019, Holger Hogt from Itterbeck in the northwest of Germany decided to switch from pig production to egg production. Just three years later, in 2022, the Big Dutchman customer scored a podium…
Big Dutchman equips welfare barn for 36,000 organic layers with aviary system and anti-mite innovation
Mites love laying hens – a fact which poultry managers hate, because parasites in the poultry house have a negative effect on animal welfare. Additionally, affected hens lay fewer eggs. Ditte and…
Low energy consumption, a sustainable manufacturing process and robustness during use
Lights on in the barn – while also saving energy? With LED technology, this vision does not have to remain a dream. LED lamps are much more than just a piggy bank, however. The manufacturing process…