Poultry management device having a drying device

A drying device for drying poultry droppings stored on a collecting surface of a collecting device in a poultry housing device comprising:

• a poultry living area;
• a collection device located below the poultry living area with a collection surface for poultry droppings;
• and
• a drying device adapted to dry the poultry droppings on the collection device and comprising a fan member pivotally mounted about a pivot axis oriented at an angle of 45-90° to the collection surface;
• wherein the drying device comprises a driving device adapted to impart a rotational movement to the fan member about the pivot axis, and wherein the rotational movement is a reciprocal pivotal movement about the pivot axis:
• wherein the fan member pivotally mounted about the pivot axis is oriented at an angle of 45-90° to the collecting surface;
• and
• wherein;
• the drying device disposed between the poultry living area and the collecting surface;
• the fan member comprises a first plate-shaped element extending from the pivot axis in a first radial longitudinal direction;
• the fan member comprises a second plate-shaped element which, starting from the pivot axis, extends in a second radial longitudinal direction which, starting from the pivot axis, runs in the opposite direction to the first radial longitudinal direction;
• at least the first plate-shaped element comprises and is formed from an elastomeric material;
• at least the first plate-shaped element has an elastic deformability such that the first plate-shaped element deforms elastically when driven by the drive device;
• the driving device drives the drying device in a reciprocally designed pivoting movement and the frequency of the pivoting movement lies in a range substantially in a resonance frequency of the drying device;
• the driving device comprises a drive unit which is mechanically connected to the drying device by means of a coupling element comprising a cable pull device;
• the drying device comprises a plurality of fan elements each pivotally mounted about a pivot axis associated with each fan element, the pivot axes being aligned at an angle of 45-90° to the collecting surface and spaced from each other in a longitudinal direction of the poultry living area and adapted to be installed below a poultry staying area extending in a row along the longitudinal direction of the poultry living area;
• or
• the poultry staying area extends in the longitudinal direction of the poultry living area and has a width perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the poultry living area, the driving device driving the fan member into the reciprocal pivotable movement over a predetermined pivot angle range, a length of the fan member extending radially from the pivot axis is greater than the width of the poultry living area, and the predetermined pivot angle range is selected such that the fan member does not extend beyond the width of said poultry living area in any portion of the reciprocal pivotable movement.