Housing Systems

For healthy birds and even healthier profits, trust the name farmers have trusted and relied on for decades. Our top-of-the-line poultry housing solutions for rearing and layers provide the optimal conditions for your birds to have a healthy start for maximum laying productivity. Our poultry housing solutions for layers include cage-free aviary systems, hybrid systems, colony systems, and conventional cage systems. Select one of our poultry housing solutions from the list below that you’d like to learn more about:

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We are proud of our brand, birds, management team, buildings and our equipment choices as well. Cage-free management is challenging in itself, so having well built, reliable equipment and knowledgeable people to support us is wonderful.

– Tom Beachler, Kreider Farms

Latest News

Check out Big Dutchman’s newest innovations at IPPE 2024

After 85 years of business in the poultry industry, Big Dutchman is excited to introduce our latest technology and patent-pending solutions to the market. These innovations will first be rolled out at this year’s International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) trade show…

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Cage-free lighting strategies

Lighting is a crucial component to properly managing any poultry housing system. It’s even more crucial when managing a cage-free layer house. Our goal is well-trained pullets and layers that go back into the system at night so that…

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Why Big Dutchman?

With our global presence comes knowledge and experience from farms around the world. We are always thinking one step ahead, developing equipment and solutions that are dedicated to animal welfare and the environment. At the same time, they improve best practices and profits for the producer. Win-win? We think so.