Method and apparatus for poultry colony storage and conveyance

A colony system for growing poultry comprising:

• a rack system including vertically and horizontally oriented support members, where said support members are structurally interconnected forming multiple vertically tiered channels through which a poultry basket can be conveyed, and where each channel has an entry end and an exit end;
• a left entry end pulley system and right entry end pulley system positioned at the entry end of one of multiple vertically tiered channels, where each of said left entry end pulley system and right entry end pulley system has an adjustable left secondary pulley and right secondary pulley and a left main pulley and right main pulley respectively, where the left secondary pulley and right secondary pulley and the left main pulley and right main pulley each have multiple side-by-side left entry end pulley grooves and right entry end pulley grooves around an entry end pulley circumference of each left entry end secondary pulley and right entry end secondary pulley and of each left entry end main pulley and right entry end main pulley, and where said left entry end secondary pulley and right entry end secondary pulley is rotatably mounted on left secondary entry end bearing axles and right secondary entry end bearing axles where each of the left secondary entry end bearing axle and right secondary entry end bearing axles have opposing ends positioned along left bearing slot and right bearing slots, where the secondary entry end bearing axles are configured to adjustable along the left bearing slot and right bearing slots;
• a left exit end pulley and right exit end pulley, where each of said left exit end pulley and right exit end pulley has multiple side-by-side left exit end pulley grooves and right exit end pulley grooves around an exit end circumference of each left exit end pulley and right exit end pulley, and where said left exit end pulley and right exit end pulley is rotatably mounted on left exit end bearing axle and right exit end bearing axles where each of the left exit end bearing axle and right exit end bearing axles have opposing ends fixedly positioned;
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• a left endless conveyor cable and right endless conveyer cable, where the left endless cable has a left upper run and a left return run, and where each extends between the left entry end pulley system and the left exit end pulley, and where the left endless cable circumferentially wraps around the left entry end adjustable secondary pulley and through the left entry end adjustable secondary pulley grooves two or more times and said left endless cable circumferentially wraps around the left entry end main pulley and through the left entry end main pulley grooves two or more times, and circumferentially wraps around the left exit end pulley and through the left exit end pulley grooves, and where the right endless cable has a right upper run and a right return run, and where each extends between the right entry end pulley and the right exit end pulley, and where the right endless cable circumferentially wraps around the right entry end adjustable secondary pulley and through the right entry end adjustable secondary pulley grooves two or more times and said right endless cable circumferentially wraps around the right entry end main pulley and through the right entry end main pulley grooves two or more times, and circumferentially wraps around the right exit end pulley and through the left exit end pulley grooves.