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From family farms to commercial farms, we supply them all – anywhere in the world. For ten thousands of farmers Big Dutchman is THE supplier for poultry equipment of any kind. And it makes no difference whether the farm is raising ten thousand, twenty thousand, two hundred thousand or two million birds.

To us it is quality that matters, not only quantity. We always have a workable solution for any possible problem. And many of these have been successfully installed already.

Here you will find some concrete examples:

A Big Dutchman classic for hen management in aviary systems

New poultry house for free range egg production

12/03/2012

Poultry house for free range egg production: The hens have six hectares of hen-run at their disposal. Air is exhausted centrally at the rear end of the house.
Both sides of the poultry house have a winter garden; this way, layers can walk out of the house along the entire length of the annex. According to the guidelines sufficient drinkers with open water are available for the birds.
Economic management of laying hens in aviary systems: Natura-Nova Twin is part of the flexible Natura modular system, scoring with numerous intelligent creative options: Whether old house or new building, whether a small or a large house, whether barn, free range or organic egg production – thanks to the sophisticated variety of types Big Dutchman aviaries are the right choice, when talking about optimum space utilization and tailor-made solutions.
The visitors showed great interest in the poultry house and the aviary. Big Dutchman sales representative and specialist Heinrich Beckmann (left) answered any questions the visitors had.
New feature: The connection aisle between the nest and the system was enlarged. This is a benefit also for Mathias Hoppe using it for this daily inspection rounds. A typical feature of Natura Nova Twin: The layers can walk over to the nests without problems after drinking or feeding since both areas are on the same level.
Another new feature is the further reinforced and now even safer to step on connection aisles above the portal frame. The Fumus fresh air chimney ensures an optimum house climate, it can be adapted according to the requirements and thus to the respective season by running either only with fresh air or mixed air or circulating air.
Well-thought-out aviary systems: Below the portal frame the hens can scratch extensively. But it also has advantages for the farmer: The passage height of 1.91 m facilitates management and checking operations. The passage doors have been changed to open upwards, so that the manure can be removed from the house comfortably by means of a wheel loader.

Mathias Hoppe from Melle in Lower Saxony (Germany) decided to start egg production on his farm. The young farmer continues his parents Barbara and Hubert Hoppe‘s farm which is also into pig finishing. After six months of construction time the new poultry house for free range egg production has recently been completed. Now approx. 15,000 laying hens are laying their eggs in the pretty building designed for poultry management in an aviary system surrounded by approx. six hectares of leafy hen run. The poultry equipment including the Natura-Nova Twin aviary was completely supplied by Big Dutchman.

Open day

The Hoppe family recently inaugurated their new poultry house with an Open Day presentation and 250 invited guests. The visitors were particularly interested in the Natura-Nova 280 Twin system equipped with some new features – as can be seen further down: For poultry producers and of course all other interested people we have published some photographs of the successful project of economic free range egg production.