Keeping facility for keeping poultry animals, related poultry animal keeping house, keeping method and use

A keeping facility for keeping poultry animals comprising:

• a floor defining a first dwelling surface for laying hens;
• and
• an inlay defining a second dwelling surface for rearing chicks, wherein the inlay is detachably arranged above the floor;
• wherein the floor defining the first dwelling surface and/or the inlay defining the second dwelling surface are formed as a mesh floor.

A method for keeping poultry animals, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a keeping facility according to claim comprising a floor defining a first dwelling surface for laying hens and an inlay defining a second dwelling surface for rearing chicks, wherein the inlay is detachably arranged above the floor, and wherein the floor defining the first dwelling surface and/or the inlay defining the second dwelling surface are formed as a mesh floor;
• housing day-old chicks on the inlay;
• rearing the chicks to become laying hens;
• removing the inlay after rearing the chicks;
• and
• keeping the laying hens on the floor of the keeping facility.

A method of using of a keeping facility for keeping poultry animals with a poultry animal house, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a floor defining a first dwelling surface for laying hens;
• and
• providing an inlay defining a second dwelling surface for rearing chicks, wherein the inlay is detachably arranged above the floor;
• wherein the floor defining the first dwelling surface and/or the inlay defining the second dwelling surface are formed as a mesh floor.