A lighting system for a poultry house is disclosed which includes a plurality of lights movable in the vertical direction, projecting light to different areas of the poultry house at prearranged times and projecting light of different intensity in the poultry house at prearranged times through the raising and lowering of the height of the lights. The lighting system provides adjustable parameters in the areas of the poultry house being lighted and the intensity of these areas across the interior of the poultry house. The system provides the poultry with migration options to areas of lower or higher light intensity, thereby improving management practices of the poultry.

A lighting system for a poultry house is disclosed which includes a plurality of lights movable in the vertical direction, projecting light to different areas of the poultry house at prearranged times and projecting light of different intensity in the poultry house at prearranged times through the raising and lowering of the height of the lights. The lighting system provides adjustable parameters in the areas of the poultry house being lighted and the intensity of these areas across the interior of the poultry house. The system provides the poultry with migration options to areas of lower or higher light intensity, thereby improving management practices of the poultry.

A welfare-oriented raising house for meat-type ducks, including a raising house, is provided. The raising house is internally provided with a support frame which is of a U-shaped structure and arranged in a length direction of the raising house, a raising net arranged at a top of the support frame, a cleaning and storing mechanism arranged at one end of the support frame for cleaning and storing the raising net, a traction mechanism arranged at the other end of the support frame for the traction of the raising net, blocking mechanisms which are of a zigzag structure and arranged at both sides of the support frame, and tensioning vibration mechanisms arranged at bottoms of the blocking mechanisms and fixedly connected to a side edge of the support frame.

A welfare-oriented raising house for meat-type ducks, including a raising house, is provided. The raising house is internally provided with a support frame which is of a U-shaped structure and arranged in a length direction of the raising house, a raising net arranged at a top of the support frame, a cleaning and storing mechanism arranged at one end of the support frame for cleaning and storing the raising net, a traction mechanism arranged at the other end of the support frame for the traction of the raising net, blocking mechanisms which are of a zigzag structure and arranged at both sides of the support frame, and tensioning vibration mechanisms arranged at bottoms of the blocking mechanisms and fixedly connected to a side edge of the support frame.

The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for continuously supplying livestock to a processing plant. The disclosed technology can include an enclosure configured to house livestock. The enclosure can include an enclosure entrance, an enclosure exit, and moveable walls to partition the enclosure into separate pens and automatically direct the livestock from the enclosure entrance toward the enclosure exit. A passageway can be connected to the enclosure exit and include moveable walls to automatically direct the livestock from the enclosure exit toward a processing plant. The moveable walls can be configured to move at a predetermined speed such that the plurality of livestock enter the enclosure as offspring, are reared in the enclosure, and are directed through the enclosure exit into the passageway approximately when the plurality of livestock have reached slaughter weight.

EGGOIST multi-level floor equipment system for commercial poultry maintenance combining the advantages of poultry's free-range run with periodical automated manure removal feature of the cage housing method. The optimum dimensions of the aviary body frame are calculated as per special formulae for the length and width depending on the nest type and arrangement. EGGOIST equipment system allows to improve the microclimate parameters of the aviary, to ensure the consistently high sanitary and hygienic conditions and the lowering of egg-laying hens' morbidity rate, and to dramatically increase production rates per farmland area unit.

EGGOIST multi-level floor equipment system for commercial poultry maintenance combining the advantages of poultry's free-range run with periodical automated manure removal feature of the cage housing method. The optimum dimensions of the aviary body frame are calculated as per special formulae for the length and width depending on the nest type and arrangement. EGGOIST equipment system allows to improve the microclimate parameters of the aviary, to ensure the consistently high sanitary and hygienic conditions and the lowering of egg-laying hens' morbidity rate, and to dramatically increase production rates per farmland area unit.

The invention relates to a poultry keeping facility comprising at least one nest box, a first colony surface having a perforated first floor area and a second colony surface having a second floor area for spreading litter. According to the invention, a perch facility having at least one perching rod is arranged at a height above the first or second floor area. The perching rod is movable relative to the first or second floor area, wherein the perching rod is movable from a first position to a second position in which the perch facility covers a smaller area of the first or second floor area than in the first position.

The invention relates to a poultry keeping facility comprising at least one nest box, a first colony surface having a perforated first floor area and a second colony surface having a second floor area for spreading litter. According to the invention, a perch facility having at least one perching rod is arranged at a height above the first or second floor area. The perching rod is movable relative to the first or second floor area, wherein the perching rod is movable from a first position to a second position in which the perch facility covers a smaller area of the first or second floor area than in the first position.

A circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock. The circular grazing system including a center pivot structure installed at a field. The center pivot structure may have a center pivot axis. The field may be a poultry and/or livestock grazing field. The circular grazing system for poultry and/or livestock may include an enclosure for containing poultry and/or livestock. The enclosure may extend generally radially from the center pivot structure to a circumference of the field. The enclosure may be rotably coupled to the center pivot structure such that the enclosure rotates around the center pivot axis.