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

Keys to a successful pullet release

The most labor-intensive part of rearing cage-free pullets is release and training. Let’s first discuss why pullet release training is important.
Almost everything we do in the pullet barn…

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Preparing for your first aviary

Transitioning from a caged or enriched system to an aviary can be scary if you feel unprepared. Here a few tips and tricks to help with your first aviary flock. Being flexible with your aviary system management…

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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.