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…
A barn with a view: keeping layers at an altitude of 1,573 metres
Laying eggs where others go on holiday: at an altitude of idyllic 1,537 metres, Luca Crazzolara recently refurbished his old cow barn into a modern poultry house, including a range for the hens. All…
New animal welfare barn with Big Dutchman equipment in Bavaria
The Greppmair family from Aichach in Bavaria, Germany, recently started producing eggs and built a very impressive, new poultry house consisting of two compartments. During the day, the 6,000 hens can…
“Excellent production results and simple operation speak for Natura Step”
The customer is king! That’s why the family-owned Spanish company Avícola Tratante has been expanding its product range since 2018, offering not only eggs produced in enriched colony systems, free…
New barn for broiler production with animal-friendly (heating) technology
Much more space per bird, comfortable perches, bales of straw and a winter garden to romp about: 25,000 broilers recently tested and approved their new home, a barn in the German municipality of…
Best-selling welfare system now installed in Israel
Just like in many other countries of the world, eggs produced in alternative systems are gaining popularity in Israel. This trend has recently also been acknowledged by the Ben Shemen agricultural…
Three barns within three years: farmer Sven Sangel relies on Big Dutchman mobile housing systems
Sven Sangel from the Northern German district of Nordwestmecklenburg has been in charge of his family’s arable farm for years. In 2019, he additionally started producing free range eggs. It all began…
Free range egg production: a good start in the new barn
Kevin Creemers is happy with his new poultry house and the Big Dutchman Natura Colony 2400 aviary: his free range chickens had a good start. “I have a great overview of the entire barn and I like the…
Egg production: How to manage need-based feeding of laying hens with amacs and split feeding control
It’s all about the egg at the Meiners poultry farm in Spahnharrenstätte in the German Emsland region near the Dutch border. The farm has been family-owned for three generations and houses 50,000…
Welsh egg producer turns to Big Dutchman air scrubber to allow for free range expansion
In many regions of the world, permits for poultry houses are only granted on the condition that the exhaust air is cleaned from ammonia, odours and dust. This was also the case when Duncan Davies from…