REARING-KEEPING FACILITY FOR REARING POULTRY ANIMALS, CORRESPONDING POULTRY ANIMAL HOUSE AND USE

Abstract

A rearing-keeping facility for the staggered rearing of poultry animals, in particular rearing aviary, is disclosed and includes at least one first rearing plane and a second rearing plane arranged above the first rearing plane. The rearing planes are configured for keeping the poultry animals, and the first rearing plane has a first lateral opening towards at least one side of the rearing-keeping facility and the second rearing plane has a second lateral opening towards the one side. A door arrangement is provided for closing the openings. The door arrangement has a closure arranged in a vertically displaceable manner with respect to the two openings and configured for releasing or for closing the first opening, the second opening, and both openings.

Claims

1.-15. (canceled)

16. A rearing-keeping facility for the staggered rearing of poultry animals comprising: a first rearing plane and a second rearing plane arranged above the first rearing plane, wherein the first and second rearing planes are configured for keeping the poultry animals, and wherein the first rearing plane has a first lateral opening towards at least one side of the rearing-keeping facility and the second rearing plane has a second lateral opening towards the one side; and a door arrangement for closing the openings, wherein the door arrangement has a closure, which is arranged in a vertically displaceable manner with respect to the two openings and which is configured for releasing or for closing the first opening, the second opening, and/or both the first opening and the second opening.

17. The keeping facility according to claim 16, wherein the door arrangement further comprises a guide arrangement for guiding the closure and wherein the guide arrangement is arranged on a base frame of the keeping facility.

18. The keeping facility according to claim 17, wherein the guide arrangement has oppositely arranged guide rails on which the closure is guided in a displaceable manner, and wherein, adjacent to the lateral openings, the guide rails have an essentially vertical guide rail section configured for guiding the closure for closing and releasing the lateral openings.

19. The keeping facility according to claim 18, wherein the oppositely arranged guide rails have, on a top side of the base frame, an essentially horizontal guide rail section dimensioned so that the closure can be received completely in the essentially horizontal guide rail section.

20. The keeping facility according to claim 19, wherein the guide rails, between the essentially vertical guide rail section and the essentially horizontal guide rail section, have a curved guide rail section that connects the essentially vertical guide rail section to the essentially horizontal guide rail section.

21. The keeping facility according to claim 16, wherein the closure comprises a grating.

22. The keeping facility according to claim 21, wherein the grating is formed from at least two grating segments, and wherein the at least two grating segments are connected by a connector and can be moved relative to one another.

23. The keeping facility according to claim 22, wherein the at least two grating segments can be pivoted relative to one another.

24. The keeping facility according to claim 22, wherein the connector is configured for reversibly connecting the grating segments,

25. The keeping facility according to claim 24, wherein the connector comprises a latching mechanism adapted for releasing a connection between the grating segments.

26. The keeping facility according to claim 22, further comprising at least two laterally opposite guides upon and by which the at least two grating segments are guided.

27. The keeping facility according to claim 26, wherein the connector for two adjacent grating segments are formed on the guides assigned to each grating segment.

28. The keeping facility according to claim 22, wherein a stop, which delimits a movement range of the grating in the essential vertical guide rail section and/or the essentially horizontal guide rail section, is assigned to the guide rails.

29. The keeping facility according to claim 16, wherein the first rearing plane and the second rearing plane each have a lateral opening towards at least one second side opposed to the one side, wherein the keeping facility has a second door arrangement with a second closure received in a vertically displaceable manner with respect to the lateral openings on the second side and which is adapted for releasing or for closing the first opening, the second opening, and/or both the first opening and the second opening on the second side.

30. A method for the configuration of a keeping facility according to claim 16, with at least one of the steps of: positioning a grating so that the first and second lateral openings are open; positioning the grating so that the first lateral opening of the first rearing plane is closed and the second lateral opening of the second rearing plane is open; positioning the grating so that both the first lateral openings of the first rearing plane and of the second lateral opening of the second rearing plane are closed; and/or dividing the grating into grating sections and moving the grating sections of the grating so that the second lateral opening of the second rearing plane is closed and the first lateral opening of the first rearing plane is open.

31. A poultry animal house for rearing poultry animals comprising a rearing-keeping facility according to claim 16.

32. Use of a rearing-keeping facility according to claim 16 for rearing poultry animals in a poultry animal house.

33. Use of a rearing-keeping facility for rearing pullets in a poultry animal house according to claim 31.

34. A rearing-keeping facility for the staggered rearing of poultry animals comprising: a first rearing plane and a second rearing plane arranged above the first rearing plane, wherein the first and second rearing planes are configured for keeping the poultry animals, and wherein the first rearing plane has a first lateral opening towards at least one side of the rearing-keeping facility and the second rearing plane has a second lateral opening towards the at least one side; and a door arrangement for closing the openings, wherein the door arrangement comprises a grating arranged in a vertically displaceable manner with respect to the first and second openings and configured for opening or for closing the first opening, the second opening, and/or both the first opening and the second opening.

35. A rearing-keeping facility for the staggered rearing of poultry animals comprising: a first rearing plane and a second rearing plane arranged above the first rearing plane, wherein the first and second rearing planes are configured for keeping the poultry animals, and wherein the first rearing plane has a first lateral opening towards at least one side of the rearing-keeping facility and the second rearing plane has a second lateral opening towards the one side; and a door arrangement for selectively closing the openings, wherein the door arrangement comprises: a pair of oppositely arranged guide rails each having an essentially horizontal guide rail section on a top side of the base frame dimensioned so that the closure can be received completely in the essentially horizontal guide rail section, an essentially vertical guide rail section, and a curved guide rail section connecting the essentially vertical guide rail section to the essentially horizontal guide rail section; and a grating arranged in a vertically displaceable manner with respect to the first lateral opening and the second lateral opening and configured for opening or for closing the first opening, the second opening, and/or both the first opening and the second opening.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0028] The invention will be described in more detail below on the basis of a preferred exemplary embodiment with reference to the enclosed figures, in which:

[0029] FIG. 1 shows a poultry animal house according to the invention with a rearing-keeping facility, wherein the closing means release the lateral openings;

[0030] FIG. 2 shows a detail view of a horizontal guide rail section from FIG. 1;

[0031] FIG. 3 shows the exemplary embodiment of the rearing-keeping facility according to the invention according to FIG. 1, wherein the closing means close the lateral openings;

[0032] FIGS. 4 and 5 show detail views of the operating state according to FIG. 3;

[0033] FIG. 6 shows the exemplary embodiment of the rearing-keeping facility according to the invention according to FIG. 1, wherein the closing means close the second, upper opening; and

[0034] FIG. 7 shows the exemplary embodiment of the rearing-keeping facility according to the invention according to FIG. 1, wherein the closing means are divided and thereby close the first, lower opening and release the second, upper opening.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0035] FIGS. 1-7 show a poultry animal house 100 for rearing poultry animals, which is illustrated schematically in FIG. 1. The poultry animal house 100 is a pullet house. With reference to FIG. 1, the poultry animal house 100 comprises a rearing-keeping facility 2. The rearing-keeping facility 2 serves the purpose of the staged rearing of poultry animals and is formed in particular as rearing aviary 2. The rearing-keeping facility 2 has a base frame 4. A first rearing plane 6 and a second rearing plane 8 is formed or received, respectively, on the base frame 4. The second rearing plane 8 is arranged above the first rearing plane 6. The rearing planes 6, 8 are configured for keeping the poultry animals. The rearing planes 6, 8 are formed to open towards at least one side 10 of the rearing-keeping facility 2 via a lateral opening 11a, 11b in each case. In the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1, each rearing plane 6, 8 has openings 11a, 11b which are arranged adjacent to one another.

[0036] The rearing-keeping facility 2 furthermore has a door arrangement 12 with a closing means 13, wherein the closing means 13 is received in a vertically displaceable manner with respect to the two openings 11a, 11b and is configured for simultaneously releasing or for closing the first, lower opening 11a, the second, upper opening 11b, or also both openings 11a, 11b. In the operating state shown in FIG. 1, both openings 11a, 11b are released by means of the closing means 13.

[0037] The door arrangement 12 further has a guide arrangement 16 for guiding the closing means 13. The guide arrangement 16 is arranged on the base frame 4 of the keeping facility 2. In FIG. 1 and in the further Figures, the door arrangement is in each case detailed for the lateral openings 11a, 11b, which are illustrated on the right in the Figure.

[0038] The guide arrangement 16 has oppositely arranged guide rails 18. The closing means 13 is guided in a displaceable manner on the guide rails 18. Adjacent to the lateral openings 11a, 11b, the guide rails 18 have an essentially vertical guide rail section 20. The essentially vertical guide rail section 20 is configured for guiding the closing means 13 for closing and releasing the lateral openings 11a, 11b. On the top side of the base frame 4, the guide rails 18 further have an essentially horizontal guide rail section 22. The essentially horizontal guide rail section 22 is dimensioned in such a way and is configured for completely receiving the closing means 13 in the horizontal guide rail section 22. This state is illustrated in FIG. 1. It can be seen here that the upper horizontal guide rail section 22 can completely receive the closing means 13, so that the closing means is received horizontally and above the second rearing plane 8.

[0039] Between the essentially vertical guide rail section 20 and the essentially horizontal guide rail section 22, the guide rails 18 further have a curved guide rail section 24. The curved guide rail section 24 connects the vertical guide rail section 20 to the horizontal guide rail section 22. The closing means 13 can be moved back and forth between the horizontal guide rail section 22 and the vertical guide rail section 20 in a particularly comfortable way by means of the curved guide rail section 24, which is formed on both opposite guide rails 18.

[0040] In the exemplary embodiment shown in the Figure, the closing means 13 is formed as grating 14. The grating 14 consists of several grating segments 26, wherein two grating segments 26 are in each case connected by means of a respective connecting means 28, as can be seen clearly in FIGS. 2 and 4 as well as 5. The connecting means 28 are configured for reversibly connecting the grating segments 26 to one another, in particular by means of a latching mechanism 32 and to reversibly release a connection between the grating segments 26. The grating segments 26 can be joined to form a grating 14 in this way and furthermore also to individual grating sections 27, as shown in FIG. 7.

[0041] By providing latching mechanisms 32, the grating segments 26 can be connected, as desired by the operator. Two laterally opposite guide means 30 are assigned to each grating segment 26. The respective grating segment 26 is guided in the opposite guide rails 18 by means of the guide means 30. The guide means 30 in particular have two opposite guide pins 40, which are in contact with opposite sides of the guide rails 18, so that the guide means 30 are securely guided on the guide rails 18. In the exemplary embodiment shown in the Figures, the connecting means 28 for two adjacent grating segments 26 are formed on the guide means 30. In a sense, the guide means 30 thus fulfill two functions. On the one hand, they serve for the guidance with respect to the guide rails 18 and, on the other hand, for reversibly connecting adjacent grating segments 26 to one another. The adjacent grating segments 26 are furthermore guided in a relatively pivotable or rotational manner, respectively, within the connecting means 28, so that the grating 14 as a whole can pass the curved guide rail section 24, as shown in FIG. 4, without the composite structure of the grating segments 26 being dissolved thereby.

[0042] As shown in FIG. 2, a stop 34 is assigned to the guide rails 18. The stop 34 delimits a movement range of the grating 14 into the vertical guide rail section 20 and/or the horizontal guide rail section 22. It is ensured in this way that the grating 14 remains securely in contact with the guide rails 18 and remains in the provided movement range. As can be seen in particular in FIG. 1, the rearing planes 6, 8 each have at least one, in particular two lateral openings 37a, 37b on a second side 36 lying opposite the first side 10. The holding facility 2 has at least one, in particular two second door arrangements 38 with a closing means 39, wherein the closing means 39 is received in a vertically displaceable manner with respect to the two openings 37a, 37b and is configured for releasing or for closing the first, lower opening 37a, the second, upper opening 37b and the two openings 37a, 37b. In the exemplary embodiment shown in the Figures, two lateral openings 11a are in each case provided in the first rearing plane 6 and two lateral openings 11b in the second rearing plane 8 per side 10, 36. A door arrangement 12 is thereby assigned to the respective adjacent lateral openings 11a, 11b. This applies analogously on the second side 36. A second door arrangement is also in each case assigned here to the adjacent lateral openings 37a, 37b. The horizontal guide rail sections 22 of the door arrangement 12 and of the second door arrangement 38 run in particular parallel to one another and on top of one another, as clearly illustrated in FIG. 1. The gratings 14 or closing means 13, respectively, can also be moved parallel to one another into a rest position, as illustrated in FIG. 1, in a region above the second rearing plane 8.

[0043] In the operating state shown in FIG. 1, in the case of which the gratings 14 are opened completely and are arranged in an upper, horizontal region of the horizontal guide rail sections 22, vaccinating personnel can catch and vaccinate the animals, which are received in the rearing-keeping facility 2, particularly well. Hardly any barriers are furthermore erected for the personnel by means of the door arrangement 12. In the closed state of the door arrangements 12 shown in FIG. 3, it is prevented that the animals reach onto a floor below the rearing-keeping facility 2. In the state shown in FIG. 6, in the case of which the grating 14 or the closing means 13 is partly in the vertical guide rail section 20, the horizontal guide rail section 22 and the curved guide rail section 24, the first rearing plane 6 is released and the upper rearing plane is closed.

[0044] It is prevented thereby that animals, which are located in the region of the upper second rearing plane 8, can jump down onto a floor below the rearing-keeping facility 2 and it can furthermore be ensured that the animals can initially be caught in the first rearing plane 6, which can be accessed from the outside, before, for example, the animals can also be caught in the second rearing plane 8. In the operating state shown in FIG. 7, the grating 14 was divided into grating sections 27, which, in turn, each consist of several grating segments 26. The lower first rearing plane 6 is closed in this way and the second rearing plane 8 is released. The grating section 27, which is not required, can furthermore be moved in the region of the horizontal guide rail section 22 and does not have an interfering effect on the accessibility of the rearing-keeping facility 2 in this respect.