CS223172B1 - Birthing pen for sows - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to housing sows in raised and non-raised farrowing pens with an inclined arrangement of stalls. The invention solves the problem of reducing the service spaces and areas in a row of pens by modifying the pen structure in such a way that the sow can turn inside the pen before its final fixation, so that the feeder can be placed on the side of the driving door, thereby unifying the driving corridor and the feeding corridor. For this purpose, the space for the sow is diagonally delimited by a fixed barrier, connected at one end to the side wall at a distance from the rear wall and by a swinging barrier, which is approximately parallel to the fixed barrier in one of its extreme positions and is located parallel to the side wall in its other extreme position, while the rear walls of the two parallel rows of pens are identical. The excrement channel at the rear wall is now common to both parallel rows of pens. The invention can be used in the mechanization of livestock production.

Description

The present invention relates to housing of sows in both elevated and non elevated farrowing pens with an inclined stall.

The present invention solves the problem of reducing service areas and areas in a plurality of pens by modifying the pen construction to allow the sow to rotate within the pen prior to its final fixation so that the feeder can be placed on the side of the propulsion door. . For this purpose, the diagonal place for the sow is delimited by a fixed barrier, connected one end to the side wall at a distance from the rear wall and a pivotable barrier which is approximately parallel to the fixed barrier in one extreme position and parallel to the lateral limit. The rear walls of the two parallel rows of pens are identical. The faeces channel at the rear wall is now common to both parallel rows of pens.

The invention can be used in the mechanization of livestock production.

The invention addresses the housing of sows in both elevated and non-elevated farrowing pens.

To date, methods of housing sows prior to farrowing, at birth, and after farrowing are known within a diagonal pens, with fixed lateral barriers defining the sows. There must be a feed passage between two parallel rows of pens inside the hall, allowing the feeders to be placed inside or outside the pens. Sows of both rows are permanently facing each other, while on opposite sides of pens are channels for feces and adjoining corridors, which are used for driving sows into pens, refinement of stalls, birth interventions, etc. This arrangement of pens and service corridors, forced by existing pens construction. space-intensive.

The above drawback is remedied by a farrowing pen for sows with a diagonal animal placement, intended to be included in a row of pairs of two-row arrangement, with the animals standing back to back, characterized in that it consists of a rigid barrier attached to the front wall and side wall structures; at a distance from the rear wall giving access to the veterinarian and a swinging bar pivotally mounted to a parallel opposed side wall, one extreme position parallel to the fixed barrier and the other extreme position parallel to the side wall, fixed in both extreme positions.

The advantage of the described arrangement lies in the establishment of only one service corridor for one row of pens, separate feed and manure corridors are eliminated, which brings great savings in construction costs per stable sow.

In the accompanying drawings, an embodiment of the pens according to the invention is shown, in a perspective view of a double row of farrowing pens, in FIG. 2, an end portion of a sow stall with a swinging piglet guard and a removable driving barrier; 5 shows a procedure for chasing and fixing a sow.

On the construction of the front wall 1 (see Fig. 1,

3] is fixed at one end by a fixed barrier 2, the other end of which is fixed to the side wall structure 3 at a distance 12 (see FIG. 2) from the rear wall 9. The side wall 3 is somewhat lower than the other walls of the pen so veterinary interventions and cleaning of the slatted stall from the adjacent pens area 10 were possible The spacing 12 above the side wall 3 must be closed during the driving of the sow, which is provided by a removable driving barrier 9, preferably movable, tilting or sliding As part of the normal equipment of the farrowing pens, they are provided (see Figs. 1 and 3) with a pivoting guard 8 rotatably mounted on the rear wall structure 7, fixed on the fixed guard 2 and a hinged dorsal guard 4 rotatably mounted on the fixed guard 2, which is fixable to the pivot bar 5.

The pivoting barrier 5 is pivotally attached to the structure of the adjacent side wall 3 and is fixed in a stable position to the structure of the rear wall 7.

The operator pivots the pivoting barrier 5 from the handling chamber 11 of the adjacent pen. The manure channel 15, parallel to the rows of pens, extends below the rear portions of the parallel rows of pens.

Before entering the sow into the pen, the operator folds out the folding back fence 4 and the swinging bar 5 from the handling chamber 11 of the adjacent pen (see Fig. 3). After entering the sow into the pen (see Fig. 4) the operator closes the door 13 with the feeder 14 The sow itself, or with a slight effort of the operator, rotates inside the pen to provide space 10. Then (see Fig. 5), the operator tilts the pivot bar 5 to an approximately parallel position with the fixed bar, secures it on the rear wall 7, folds the fold back bar 4 a thus closing the sow in the housing area defined by the fixed barrier 2, the swinging barrier 5, the foldable back barrier 4, the rear wall 7 and the door 13.

Claims (1)

SUBJECT A farrowing pen for sows with a diagonal animal placement, intended for inclusion in a row of pens of two-row configuration, with the animals standing back to back, characterized in that it consists of a fixed barrier (2j attached to the front wall structure (1) and side wall structure) 3), at a distance from the rear wall (7J, giving access to the veterinarian and a pivot bar (5J) pivotally mounted to a parallel opposite side wall (3), one extreme of which is parallel to the fixed barrier (2) and the other extreme of a side wall (3), the barrier (5) being fixed in both extreme positions.