An aviary apparatus for rearing laying hens, which comprises mutually laterally adjacent multistory rearing batteries, each one of the batteries comprising at least one lower stop surface and one upper stop surface, with areas on which the poultry can walk between the batteries and laterally to the outermost batteries. The lower stop surfaces and upper stop surfaces comprise corresponding conveyor belts for eggs and feces, the walkable areas comprising inclined floors which are arranged descending toward a contiguous conveyor belt of a lower stop surface of a corresponding battery.

An aviary apparatus for rearing laying hens, which comprises mutually laterally adjacent multistory rearing batteries, each one of the batteries comprising at least one lower stop surface and one upper stop surface, with areas on which the poultry can walk between the batteries and laterally to the outermost batteries. The lower stop surfaces and upper stop surfaces comprise corresponding conveyor belts for eggs and feces, the walkable areas comprising inclined floors which are arranged descending toward a contiguous conveyor belt of a lower stop surface of a corresponding battery.

The present embodiments provide an aviary that includes a cage tower and an egg collector. A cover is positioned over the egg collector and includes an inner end and an outer end. A cover adjustment member is coupled to the cover to reversibly raise one of the inner end and the outer end to a higher position than the other of the inner end and the outer end to facilitate movement of a deposit disposed on the cover toward the lower positioned end. The present embodiments also provide a method of operating an adjustable balcony in an aviary, which aviary includes a cage tower, an egg collector, a cover including an inner end and an outer end, and a deposit. The method includes disposing the cage tower in the aviary, disposing the egg collector on the cage tower, disposing the cover above the egg collector, and disposing the deposit on the cover. The method further comprises raising, during a first period of time, one of the inner end and the outer end to a position higher than the other of the inner end and the outer end to facilitate movement of the deposit toward the lower positioned end, and lowering, during a second period of time, the one of the inner end and the outer end to a position lower than the other of the inner end and the outer end to facilitate movement of the deposit away from the higher positioned end.

The present embodiments provide an aviary that includes a cage tower and an egg collector. A cover is positioned over the egg collector and includes an inner end and an outer end. A cover adjustment member is coupled to the cover to reversibly raise one of the inner end and the outer end to a higher position than the other of the inner end and the outer end to facilitate movement of a deposit disposed on the cover toward the lower positioned end. The present embodiments also provide a method of operating an adjustable balcony in an aviary, which aviary includes a cage tower, an egg collector, a cover including an inner end and an outer end, and a deposit. The method includes disposing the cage tower in the aviary, disposing the egg collector on the cage tower, disposing the cover above the egg collector, and disposing the deposit on the cover. The method further comprises raising, during a first period of time, one of the inner end and the outer end to a position higher than the other of the inner end and the outer end to facilitate movement of the deposit toward the lower positioned end, and lowering, during a second period of time, the one of the inner end and the outer end to a position lower than the other of the inner end and the outer end to facilitate movement of the deposit away from the higher positioned end.

The invention relates to a poultry management system comprising at least one animal holding area with a holding area floor and a conveyor comprising a conveyor belt with an upper belt and a lower belt, wherein the lower belt is arranged and designed to receive eggs from the animal holding area.

The invention relates to a poultry management system comprising at least one animal holding area with a holding area floor and a conveyor comprising a conveyor belt with an upper belt and a lower belt, wherein the lower belt is arranged and designed to receive eggs from the animal holding area.

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.

An aviary arrangement for poultry includes a first and a second aviary row, and a bridge which connects the first and the second aviary rows, wherein each of the aviary rows has a service tier, a nest tier and a resting tier, each having an inclined animal roosting floor, and a manure conveying device arranged therebelow, wherein the resting tier is arranged above the nest tier and the service tier is arranged below the nest tier, and the nest tier has a nest and an egg conveying device, and wherein the bridge is arranged above the manure conveying device of the service tier and has a bridge floor for receiving litter. A manure conveying device is arranged below an inclined animal roosting floor, wherein the animal roosting floor comprises an inclined integrated air duct arranged below the animal roosting floor and above the manure conveying device.

An aviary arrangement for poultry includes a first and a second aviary row, and a bridge which connects the first and the second aviary rows, wherein each of the aviary rows has a service tier, a nest tier and a resting tier, each having an inclined animal roosting floor, and a manure conveying device arranged therebelow, wherein the resting tier is arranged above the nest tier and the service tier is arranged below the nest tier, and the nest tier has a nest and an egg conveying device, and wherein the bridge is arranged above the manure conveying device of the service tier and has a bridge floor for receiving litter. A manure conveying device is arranged below an inclined animal roosting floor, wherein the animal roosting floor comprises an inclined integrated air duct arranged below the animal roosting floor and above the manure conveying device.

A poultry holding system that can be erected tool-free by assembling lengthwise and crosswise members on support posts. Multiple upright support posts are set up in an evenly spaced grid. The crosswise members and lengthwise members are constructed as U-profile rails, with through-holes in the horizontal sections of the U-profiles that allow the members to be assembled and supported on the support posts. The poultry holding system thus constructed can have at least two tiers, one above the other. The assembly components are designed to be particularly economical, which allows greater flexibility in the design and construction of the poultry holding system to accommodate the constraints of the particular facility.