Much more space per bird, comfortable perches, bales of straw and a winter garden to romp about: 25,000 broilers recently tested and approved their new home, a barn in the German municipality of Seubersdorf in Bavaria. The birds are marketed under the Swiss animal welfare label “Donautal Premium”. Wanting to be able to provide his broilers with everything they need, farm...
There’s still time to apply for the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund The Animal Health and Welfare grant opened on the 23rd March 2023 and closes at midday on the 15 June 2023. Available to: Those with an Address in England Value Range: £1,000 - £25,000 Our door systems, VVS and VentTubes can all be claimed within the grant. Contact us for advice on how to...
Clinical symptoms of heat stress include; • Elevated respiratory rates • Increased water intake • Sweating • Reduced appetite • Decreased milk production • Lower fat% and protein% in milk • Conception rate reduces Improving ventilation is crucial to avoiding heat stress in your livestock sheds. Find out more about our ventilation solutions here;
Tubes can be placed over cubicles to increase lying times, or over parlours or waiting areas to provide cooling and increase cow comfort. Find out more here;
1. Floor laying, a headache for all breeders. Regardless of the level of egg remuneration, floor laying always results in adverse economic consequences. A high laying rate on the ground means more dirty and contaminated eggs, fewer hatching eggs, a lower hatching rate and a lower quality of chicks... Aware of the financial stakes, all breeders therefore resort to the me...
XO robot user since May 2022 (56). Discover his testimony and how he uses the XO robot in his broiler farm.
One of the most important goals for every broiler breeder is to control the weight of birds to ensure flock is as uniform as possible at the point of lay. Multiple weighing and grading processes are, therefore, absolutely essential during the rearing phase. Big Dutchman’s new mobile grading scales Heidy make this task a very straight-forward one. Read the whole story by...
The steps to do ultrasound for sheep are roughly as follows: 1 Choose a suitable ultrasound device, preferably portable and capable of wireless transmission of images to a tablet or phone. 2 Prepare a clean scanning area, which can be a fixed barn or a mobile isolator. 3 Make sure the sheep's body is dry and shave off excess hair from the back and abdomen. 4 Apply an ap...
Ideal climate conditions in poultry houses are important to provide the birds with temperatures that they perceive as comfortable. Only then will they stay healthy and be able to perform to their full potential. Depending on the region and its climate, two different ventilation systems have proven their effectiveness: tunnel ventilation and side ventilation. Both syste...
The customer is king! That’s why the family-owned Spanish company Avícola Tratante has been expanding its product range since 2018, offering not only eggs produced in enriched colony systems, free range eggs and organic eggs, but now also barn-laid eggs. In 2021, the final two of a total of four turn-key poultry houses for barn egg production started operating. The cor...
“Animals should not adapt to liners, but rather liners should adapt to the herd.” In line with the 10 questions to understand if you are using the right liners for your herd, discussed in the previous episode, we would like to open our new discussion with this crucial statement. In fact, this clarifies how essential knowing your herd is, not only in terms of quantity of...
Poultry managers know of the risks connected to an infection with the avian influenza virus, and the high economic loss that can follow. In the German state of Lower Saxony alone, around 1.1 million birds had to be culled during the past winter season. But not only poultry stocks need to be protected: German pig managers have been and still are heavily affected by the c...
Poultry equipment supplier Big Dutchman and the Dutch producer and exporter for organic fertilizer Ferm O Feed have agreed a sales cooperation. Effective immediately, customers will benefit from the knowledge of both companies. Ferm O Feed is part of family-owned company Den Ouden Groep located in the Netherlands. Read the whole story by clicking on 'More information'!
After a renovation period of 1.5 years, Big Dutchman customer Gobarto S.A. recently started operating one of the most modern pig farms in Poland. The complex located in Zalesie, not far from Wrocław, can house 6,000 sows, which are kept in animal-friendly groups for the gestation period. 180,000 piglets are weaned every year; contract farmers continue the finishing proce...
In many regions of the world, permits for poultry houses are only granted on the condition that the exhaust air is cleaned from ammonia, odours and dust. This was also the case when Duncan Davies from Wales wanted to build a second barn for free range egg production last year. For a positive decision, the authorities required Davis to filter 70 % of the ammonia from his ...
Nowadays, portable ultrasound machine for swine have become the standard equipment for farms. Indeed, with the emergence of modern farms, more and more farms are buying veterinary ultrasound machines to detect animal reproduction and increase efficiency. Let’s take a look at the use of veterinary ultrasound machines in pig farm. Analysis of the practical application of ...
How does Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy Work? Our FMBs Therapy Systems Activo-Med rugs, leg wraps and therapy floor all contain Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (magnetic pulses created using electrical energy). PEMF therapy is created by passing an electric current (from the battery) through a number of copper coils. The frequency at which the current is sent...
In broiler breeder houses, the manure that accumulates over the batch is usually stored in a manure pit below the plastic slat level. SIMBA puts a stop to this method: the new manure removal system uses belts to transport the manure from the house at regular intervals, with the cross belt installed above ground. This significantly reduces ammonia emissions and makes expe...
Presented by Big Dutchman, MaleChain is the world’s first chain feeding system for separate feeding of male and female broiler breeders where the entire chain loop requires just one trough. The male grille can be replaced by a special grille for the females, converting MaleChain into FeMaleChain. Read the whole story by clicking on 'More information'!
In the autumn of 2021, we installed a Smart electric fence system on animal enclosures in the Zlín Zoo. We applied our Smart Farm system to increase overall work efficiency. It concerned a unique system for controlling electric fencing from a mobile phone, tablet, or computer. About results of the installation, time and money saving, you can find more information under t...
When using a veterinary ultrasound machine to check the reproduction of ewes, it can be found that there may be feeding problems. The infertility of ewes is often related to the insufficient amount of feed or lack of some nutrients. As the ewes are managed in a sloppy manner, the diet is supplied at the required level and does not meet production levels, resulting in rap...
Lights on in the barn – while also saving energy? With LED technology, this vision does not have to remain a dream. LED lamps are much more than just a piggy bank, however. The manufacturing process of the Big Dutchman FlexLED tube lamp, for example, is certified according to ISO 14001 and ISO 9001. This means that the German equipment supplier has saved resources duri...
For EuroTier 2022, Big Dutchman presents the new, high-capacity battery storage system SunBox (at the EnergyDecentral trade fair, hall 25, stand M28). The modular system is of industrial-grade quality and meets the farm’s requirements in steps of 14 kWh. This makes SunBox the perfect complement to the SunFarm photovoltaic (PV) system or to already existing PV systems. ...
What to do about the manure? That’s a question many poultry managers ask themselves when they see the surplus of hen or broiler excrements produced on their farms. A reasonable amount is a valuable fertiliser, but too much may cause problems. An effective method for the sustainable treatment of these residues: composting. Several tried and tested solutions are available ...
Insulated wall panels Combiboard Kappa is the perfect choice in situations where insulation, ease of cleaning and stability are a requirement. In addition, the high chemical resistance of the plastic panels ensures wide applicability. An insulating wall in no time With Combiboard Kappa, an insulating wall that is impervious to moisture, mould, chemicals or vermin is bui...
DIAMAK is a company that offers the most advanced nail care (hydraulic, semi-hydraulic electric travail) manure scraper, manure pump, manure separator machines with years of experience. For this purpose, we wanted to give you good news about our new year campaign.
Combiboard has been supplying its panels within and far beyond Europe’s borders for many years, including China. In China, white Beta 500 x 35 mm panels were used as partition walls in pig houses. No less than 80 km of panels were used to realise this enormous pigsty. One of the reasons for choosing Combiboard was the quality. Products from Europe are highly regarded in...
The demand for alternative protein sources is one of the great challenges of the future in livestock farming. Using insects for protein production, this problem can be counteracted in the long term.
Our customers are already enthusiastic about the semi-automatic straw straw bedding system: the bale loosener automatically breaks up round or square bales and the loose straw is quickly chopped up. Before being transported to the pneumatic "Air" distribution system, the chopped straw is automatically dedusted extremely effectively (80% dust reduction!). This also reduce...
New restrictions for poultry and captive birds came into effect today to help stop the spread of avian influenza (‘bird flu’) We provide an 14mm bird netting mesh and ‘Farmflex’ fabric for bird-proofing free-range poultry, grain and feed stores. Available off-the-roll for DIY installation
Have you calculated the cost of lost feed due to pest pressure? Pigeons can be particularly costly with flock of 100 birds consuming £800 - £1680 worth of wheat per year* Our easily retractable door solutions are tear resistant, rot proof and flame retardant to European standards M2 & B1. *(based on a price of £400/t - Soil association)
Here are seven key factors to consider before making your next tributyrin purchase. The benefits of butyric acid Butyric acid has shown many benefits when used in animal nutrition including: • improving absorption of nutrients • supporting animal performance • supporting gut health • maintaining high standards of animal wellbeing Delivering butyric acid to the lower par...
It concerns the ECS Stackable pallet 120x90. Main advantage is customers can load more pallets in trucks and containers.
Hollema stands for reliability and a fast and innovative way of building within, among others, the agricultural sector. Zeta more than meets these expectations. Within this particular project in Oosterwolde (Fr), the farmer, in collaboration with Hollema, chose Zeta 333 x 175 mm panels. Besides an attractive and smooth finish, these panels offer ease of cleaning, insula...
Studies have shown they produce up to 4 litres less milk than cooler cows; their calves have a greater number of health problems, and the calves have reduced long term performance. Get in touch to find out more:
With lambing season fast approaching now is the time to get your sheds, spaces and equipment ready. Our free guide can help. Download it here
