L'Alegra - Zoo-technical breeding

Zoo-technical breeding

Zoo-technical breeding of free hens

Technical info

The zoo.technical breeding is locaed in Settime, in Regione Passau, at the top of the hill and it's composed of a prefabricated buildingalla which includes offices, warehouse, workshop, technical services.

The breeding cycle starts with the arrival of the hens, aged about 100 days, that after 40 days of acclimatization start to produce eggs. The kind of hens is called "Gallus Gallus".

The production is about 5.400 eggs each day (about one for each hen). The life cycle of the hen is of 9 months and only the 5% of them die for natural accidents. The hens have the access at the green, outside the stock-farm, through a special exit.

Authomatic system to pick up the eggs

The feeding of the hens is composed of kernel, maize, wheat, herbs, minerals integrative.

The welfare of the hens is assured by ideal lighting, by good ventilation and through windows of the total surface of 90 mq each.

The harvesting of the eggs is made with a ribbon conveyer which transport the product at the top of the breeding, in the area dedicated to the storage.

Total Surface: mq 848 (indoor surface) :

Storage area: mq 141

Breeding: mq 625

Pasture-land: 19.000 mq

Inside the stock-farm

View of the breeding

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Control panels which allow us to check out the sorrounding conditions inside the breeding (temperature, humidity, ventilation) and which govern the daily ration of food for the hen.