UniVent The manure belt system for laying hens – excellent egg quality, high degree of automation, ideal material quality

The manure belt battery for secure, efficient, and therefore successful egg production The UniVent layer cage system from Big Dutchman meets customers’ high demands regarding bird health, laying performance and environmental factors in the most ideal way. This technically mature system is characterised by a very long service life due to the use of high-quality materials, excellent functional reliability and a high degree of automation. UniVent is a trademark for quality and customer satisfaction and has been for decades. IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE UNIVENT CAGE OptiCoat provides the ideal coating...

For UV 600-plus, the front and rear cage height have been increased by 50 mm. In warm climates, especially, this additional height ensures a much better air exchange in all tiers of the system. Additionally, the hens' combs no longer touch the upper manure belt, improving bird welfare. The Big Dutchman inspection cart is the ideal aid for inspecting your birds. It also facilitates moving hens in and out of the upper tiers. The height of the inspection cart can be adjusted as required. The cart runs on both the step-access feed trough and on the house floor. It is easy to stop in any position...

Feed supply Reliable and uniform with the Big Dutchman feeding systems Approximately 180,000 km of the Big Dutchman feed chain have currently been sold. A chain of this length would literally be long enough to loop around our planet 4.5 times! Rising sales figures worldwide prove the chain’s high quality and exceptional reliability. Customers appreciate this quality, so there is no reason to change the chain’s material and design, despite remaining the same for the past 85 years. We would have sold so much more chain if it did not have such an impossibly long life! 30 years are really not uncommon....

The Big Dutchman FC-V feeding system consists of a pulled feed cart in combination with a V-shaped trough. It is ideally suited for all cage systems consisting of up to six tiers without catwalk, and up to ten tiers with catwalk. The laying hens receive feed reliably and evenly. Feed wastage is not an issue with this feeding system. It is also a very cost-efficient and energy-saving system because it only requires one motor for up to six tiers. Feed distribution The FC-V feed cart is pulled along the entire row by a wire rope. It is supported by the troughs in each tier, so its weight is distributed...

In addition to a tried and tested system for manure drying, the air duct, Big Dutchman has developed a new manure drying option for the proven UniVent manure belt system: AirPaddle. AirPaddle is installed beneath the bird area, directly above the manure belt. It can be easily accessed at any time and is a simple, but very effective, manure drying system. Using both systems simultaneously dries the manure quickly and effectively: -> fewer problems with flies in the house; -> significantly lower ammonia concentration in the house. When using an air duct in colder climates, the incoming air can...

AMBA: manure removal with belts Automatic Manure Belt Adjustment for optimal running during manure removal Using manure belts reduces ammonia emissions and thus contributes to an improved climate in the house and to the birds’ health. Intervals between manure removals should, therefore, be as short as possible. In the past, however, manure belts had to be constantly monitored during operation, sometimes requiring repeated adjustment even by experienced staff. For this reason, manure was frequently not removed as often as it should have been. With its automatic manure belt adjustment system, AMBA,...

Cage dimensions/type Planning example for a UV 600A system Dutchman. Europe, Middle East & Africa: Big Dutchman International GmbH PO. Box 1163 • 49360 Vechta, Germany Phone +49(0)4447 801-0 [email protected] www.bigdutchman.de Brazil: Big Dutchman (Brasil) Ltda. Asia/Pacific: BD Agriculture (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. China: Big Dutchman (Tianjin) Livestock Equipment Co., Ltd. Technical details subject to change. en 4/2025