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Optimisation of the mobile housing concept for free-range keeping of laying hens, taking into account predator protection, nutrient distribution and animal welfare, towards a universal and scalable low-input poultry farming method (OptiHuhn)
Project
Project code: 2819OE049
Contract period: 01.02.2021
- 31.12.2023
Budget: 389,280 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: eggs, poultry, husbandry techniques, hygiene, parasitology, animal health, organic farming
The overall objective of the OptiHuhn project is to refine the concept of mobile housing. Proven components are to be taken over, but solutions for known difficulties and system conflicts are to be developed and implemented. Central system conflicts are pasture use, investment costs, complexity, predators, parasites and scalability. In the OptiHuhn project, a poultry grazing system developed by the Department of Agricultural Engineering will be implemented and tested in practice. Due to the economic importance of laying hen husbandry, the implementation and validation within the project is limited to this production method. An adaption, for example to fattening poultry farming, is possible at a later stage beyond this project.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal Husbandry
- Organic Farming
Framework programme
Federal Organic Farming Scheme and other forms of sustainable agriculture (BÖLN)
