Animal husbandry – Confining or housing – Permanent building
Reexamination Certificate
2009-12-17
2010-11-16
Price, Thomas (Department: 3643)
Animal husbandry
Confining or housing
Permanent building
Reexamination Certificate
active
07832359
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus is provided for raising poultry, such as chickens, for food production. In a first embodiment, the method includes the steps of: providing a facility for housing the poultry, providing at least one light-absorbing ventilation fan associated with the facility for ventilating the facility, exposing an interior of the facility to natural light cycles of an outside environment for a first period and regulating light cycles of the interior for a second period, thereby mimicking daylight duration variation representative of seasonal changes for stimulating sexual development of the poultry. In a second embodiment, the method includes the steps of: providing a facility for housing the poultry, providing at least one light-absorbing ventilation fan associated with the facility for ventilating the facility, limiting exposure of an interior of the facility to light to produce a brown-out effect therein for enhancing physical development of the poultry.
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Lorton Brad W.
Wenger Curtis R.
CTB Inc.
Harness Dickey
Price Thomas
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