New animal welfare barn with Big Dutchman equipment in Bavaria
The Greppmair family from Aichach in Bavaria, Germany, recently started producing eggs and built a very impressive, new poultry house consisting of two compartments. During the day, the 6,000 hens can…
“Excellent production results and simple operation speak for Natura Step”
The customer is king! That’s why the family-owned Spanish company Avícola Tratante has been expanding its product range since 2018, offering not only eggs produced in enriched colony systems, free…
Biosecurity in livestock houses
Poultry managers know of the risks connected to an infection with the avian influenza virus, and the high economic loss that can follow. In the German state of Lower Saxony alone, around 1.1 million…
International Egg Commission unleashes new 10-year initiative to double egg consumption globally
The International Egg Commission (IEC) is launching a new global initiative to develop the reputation of the egg on an international scale.
Poultry manure pellets: Big Dutchman cooperates with Ferm O Feed
Poultry equipment supplier Big Dutchman and the Dutch producer and exporter for organic fertilizer Ferm O Feed have agreed a sales cooperation. Effective immediately, customers will benefit from the…
Best-selling welfare system now installed in Israel
Just like in many other countries of the world, eggs produced in alternative systems are gaining popularity in Israel. This trend has recently also been acknowledged by the Ben Shemen agricultural…
Digitalization, turnkey and many topics more: Big Dutchman has it all!
Big Dutchman is looking forward to welcoming many guests at the VIV MEA 2021 in Abu Dhabi from 23 to 25 November 2021. The impressive booth of the German poultry equipment supplier in hall 8 provides…
Happy World Egg Day!
Of course Big Dutchman also celebrates the special day of the protein bomb – with many delicious egg dishes in our staff restaurant and half a dozen coloured eggs to go! The egg is much better than…
Free range egg production: a good start in the new barn
Kevin Creemers is happy with his new poultry house and the Big Dutchman Natura Colony 2400 aviary: his free range chickens had a good start. “I have a great overview of the entire barn and I like the…
Egg production: How to manage need-based feeding of laying hens with amacs and split feeding control
It’s all about the egg at the Meiners poultry farm in Spahnharrenstätte in the German Emsland region near the Dutch border. The farm has been family-owned for three generations and houses 50,000…