Movable Perch Facility for Poultry Keeping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Poultry keeping facilities face a challenge in providing species-specific roosting areas while maintaining efficient use of space, as traditional perches reduce the available area for poultry to roam and forage.
Innovation Solution
A movable perch facility with perching rods that can be adjusted between a lowered position for roosting and a retracted position to allow more space, using a system of pivotable frame struts and actuator means for easy movement, ensuring poultry can engage in species-specific behavior without compromising the facility's functionality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If perching rods are provided for species-specific roosting behavior, then poultry can engage in natural roosting behavior, but the available space in the colony area is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The perching rod facility is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing it to be repositioned between different locations in the poultry keeping facility. This dynamic design enables the same structure to serve roosting functions when needed while minimizing space occupation during other times, thus resolving the contradiction between providing species-specific behavior and maintaining available colony area.
2Reliability
If perching rods are fixed in position, then poultry have stable roosting areas, but the facility cannot adapt to different operational requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The perching rod facility incorporates movable components that allow it to be repositioned along the longitudinal axis of the facility while maintaining structural stability when in use. This dynamic capability enables the system to provide reliable roosting areas when needed while also adapting to different operational requirements and space configurations.
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AI summary
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.