An aviary that includes a system and method for providing litter to birds and for circulating the litter throughout the aviary. A litter distribution chain extends through at least some of the scratching platforms. The litter distribution chain receives litter from a storage container and then transfers the litter through the aviary for use by the birds on the scratching platforms. At least a portion of the litter from one scratching platform is directed to move to a scratching platform on a lower level where the litter may be used by birds occupying this lower level. This circulation pattern repeats on the current level, with the recycled litter being deposited on at least one scratching platform near the next lower aviary tower level. Once the litter reaches the lowest aviary tower level, it remains there until it is removed from the aviary by a belt or other means.

An aviary that includes a system and method for providing litter to birds and for circulating the litter throughout the aviary. A litter distribution chain extends through at least some of the scratching platforms. The litter distribution chain receives litter from a storage container and then transfers the litter through the aviary for use by the birds on the scratching platforms. At least a portion of the litter from one scratching platform is directed to move to a scratching platform on a lower level where the litter may be used by birds occupying this lower level. This circulation pattern repeats on the current level, with the recycled litter being deposited on at least one scratching platform near the next lower aviary tower level. Once the litter reaches the lowest aviary tower level, it remains there until it is removed from the aviary by a belt or other means.

A mobile education robot for a poultry farm having at least one laying area. The robot is configured to move the robot on the ground, prompt movement of at least two different types in order to push the birds present on the ground towards the at least one laying area, and to control the movement prompting. The robot includes mechanical elements for levelling and aerating the ground.

A mobile education robot for a poultry farm having at least one laying area. The robot is configured to move the robot on the ground, prompt movement of at least two different types in order to push the birds present on the ground towards the at least one laying area, and to control the movement prompting. The robot includes mechanical elements for levelling and aerating the ground.

A poultry management system having at least one animal holding area with a holding area floor for a poultry animal occupying the animal holding area and a conveyor comprising a conveyor belt having an upper track and a lower track disposed below the upper track. The lower track is disposed adjacent to the animal holding area and is adapted to receive one or more eggs deposited by the poultry animal occupying the animal holding area and transfer the one or more eggs for further processing.

A poultry-farming battery cage farming has at least two horizontal cage rows, formed with cage enclosures, arranged alongside one another, that are formed with double cages made up of cages that back on to one another. Under each row extends a droppings receptacle, over which air-fanning flaps are longitudinally spaced apart, each air-fanning flap having an upper force-transmission part and a lower fan part mounted on a transverse axis arranged near an upper air-fanning-flap end. The two cages of each double cage have cage bottoms extending away from one another transversely and are separated from one another by a common vertical longitudinal rear wall arranged at a vertical spacing above the upper air-flap end. The fan part of the air-fanning flap is arranged under the associated cage bottoms. The air-fanning-flap end is arranged in a double-cage area, from which the cage bottoms extend away from one another transversely.

A poultry-farming battery cage farming has at least two horizontal cage rows, formed with cage enclosures, arranged alongside one another, that are formed with double cages made up of cages that back on to one another. Under each row extends a droppings receptacle, over which air-fanning flaps are longitudinally spaced apart, each air-fanning flap having an upper force-transmission part and a lower fan part mounted on a transverse axis arranged near an upper air-fanning-flap end. The two cages of each double cage have cage bottoms extending away from one another transversely and are separated from one another by a common vertical longitudinal rear wall arranged at a vertical spacing above the upper air-flap end. The fan part of the air-fanning flap is arranged under the associated cage bottoms. The air-fanning-flap end is arranged in a double-cage area, from which the cage bottoms extend away from one another transversely.

A draw-ramp egg-teeter-totter wild-animal-shield chicken coop, comprising: a first and a second and a third and a fourth roosting walls attached to one another, a roosting roof attached to the first and the second and the third and the fourth roosting wall, a passage opening formed in the fourth roosting wall, a first nesting wall attached to the third roosting wall along the opposite passage-opening edges, a second nesting wall attached to the first nesting wall, a third nesting wall attached to the second nesting wall, a slanted nesting floor attached to the first nesting wall and the third nesting wall, a teeter-totter axle attached to the slanted nesting floor, an automatic egg-collecting teeter-totter seesawingly attached to the teeter-totter axle, an automatic egg-laying indicator attached to one of the two opposite teeter-totter ends, a teeter-totter-angle-adjusting screw threadedly attached to another one of the two opposite teeter-totter ends, a draw-ramp opening formed in the first roosting wall, two rails respectively attached to the first roosting wall along the top and the bottom of the draw-ramp opening edges, a sliding door slidably attached to and between the two rails, a door rod attached to the sliding door, a door-rod handle attached to the door rod, an automatic spring-loaded handle hook seesawingly attached to the door-rod handle, a handle-hook ring attached to the second roosting wall, a plurality of wall panels respectively attached to one another or the first roosting wall or the second roosting wall or the third roosting wall or the fourth roosting wall, a door panel hinged to one of the wall panels, a latch-tip brace attached to one of the wall panels, a latch-body brace attached to the door panel, a C-shaped cut-out formed in the latch-body brace, a latch pivotably and slidably attached to the latch-body brace, a latch lever molded to the latch, a spring housing molded to the latch-body brace, an automatic-relatching twistable compressable spring attached to the latch at one of the two opposite spring ends and attached to the spring housing at another one of the two opposite spring ends, a wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield positioned on the inside of the chicken coop against the wall panels and the door panel, a panel-strengthening anti-growing anti-digging horizontal shield molded to the wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield and positioned under the wall panels or the door panel, a plurality of wire-panel-coupling hooks respectively molded on or formed on the wire-strengthening anti-pushing vertical shield, a plurality of panel-raising anti-rotting ridges respectively molded on or formed on the wire-stren

A scraper blade is provided with depth control disks that are formed with a narrow peripheral circumference that cuts through the accumulated chicken litter on the floor of the poultry house to engage the surface of the floor and establish a uniform residual layer of chicken litter over the floor. The depth control disks are mounted for swivel movement to accommodate changes in direction of travel of the scraper blade, and are vertically adjustable to provide a height adjustment to select the thickness of the residual layer of chicken litter left on the floor of the poultry house by the scraper blade. The scraper blade is pivotal about a central pivot to enable displacement of the chicken litter to a selected side of the scraper blade. The pivotal movement is actuated by a hydraulic cylinder.

A scraper blade is provided with depth control disks that are formed with a narrow peripheral circumference that cuts through the accumulated chicken litter on the floor of the poultry house to engage the surface of the floor and establish a uniform residual layer of chicken litter over the floor. The depth control disks are mounted for swivel movement to accommodate changes in direction of travel of the scraper blade, and are vertically adjustable to provide a height adjustment to select the thickness of the residual layer of chicken litter left on the floor of the poultry house by the scraper blade. The scraper blade is pivotal about a central pivot to enable displacement of the chicken litter to a selected side of the scraper blade. The pivotal movement is actuated by a hydraulic cylinder.