Overview of styles of farrowing crate

Overview of styles of farrowing crate

 

The sow farrowing crate consists of crate, fence, and a leaky floor. The fence is generally 500mm high and uses PVC hollow boards, PVC solid boards, or metal fences; The leaky floor is composed of full BMC composite material leaky floor, cast iron floor+plastic floor, tri-bar steel floor+plastic floor, full plastic floor, full tri-bar floor, BMC floor+plastic floor, etc., which will not be explained one by one here. This article focuses on the structure of sow crate to illustrate the style of sow farrowing crate.

 

The structural of the farrowing crate including:

The function of protection bar 1: Give piglet a safe environment, to prevent sows from lying down and crushing piglets.

The function of the protection bar 2:  is to prevent the sow from suddenly lying down and crushing the piglets. When the sow lies down, it serves as a buffer and allows the piglets time to escape.

The function of adjustable position reguler:Adjust the position of the limiter to adapt to the size of the sows and the first born sows and multiparous sows, so as to prevent the sows from being too small and turning around in the fence; Prevent sows from suddenly squatting and crushing piglets.

 

1. The length of the sow pen is the same as the length of the farrowing crate, with front and rear doors, protection bar, and adjustable limiters. This type of crate has a simple structure, is sturdy and durable, and is firmly fixed.

2 No front door，3/4 inch pipe crate, with protection bar, simple structure and low cost

3.No front door, 3/4 inch pipe crate,with protection bar, simple structure and low cost

With the pvc board fence as rear door,it can be removed as a whole for the convenience of catching piglets.

4.Europe style farrowing crate,length 2.4m, crate frame 2.2m,with front door and rear door,

the width of crate can be adjusted, fit the different period of sow body requirement.

5.Chinese simple style, simple structure and is sturdy and durable.

6.Angle adjustable, and height adjustable

7.Angle adjustable piglet protection bar and fixed protection bar 2

8.Welfare farrowing crate (loose farrowing crate) , foldable sow pens to expand the range of sow activities and increase animal welfare.

9.Europe style farrowing crate with fixed protection bar.

10.Adjustable protection bar 1, fixed protection bar 2, and with adjustable position reguler.

11.Lift farrowing crate