Advantages
- Easily accessible by the hens, increasing nest acceptance
- Provides farm staff with a good overview of the flock
- Allows the birds to make short jumps between the functional areas for resting, eating, drinking and egg laying, due to the stepped design
- Provides more room for the hens to move because 100 percent of the house’s floor is scratching area
- Good utilisation of the house surface due to the large usable area
- Decreasing the ammonia content in the air and improving hygienic conditions in the barn, as manure collection is done by the manure belts below the levels and transported out
- Easy for the pullets to get used to the aviary after they are moved in because feed and water are readily available
- Reduces hotbeds for mites and increases welfare due to the clever design