Facility for raising chickens

A chicken raising facility comprising:

• a building;
• at least one endless conveyor mounted in said building and including a pair of substantially horizontally disposed endless elements and a plurality of floor panels pivotably mounted to said endless elements for pivotal movement between respective horizontal positions in which said floor panels are adapted to support chickens and vertical positions which allow chickens to drop to a lower level, said at least one conveyor having upper and lower runs;
• driving means for driving said endless elements of said at least one conveyor such that said floor panels are moved along a predetermined path;
• guide means for guiding said floor panels during movement thereof along said predetermined path such that said floor panels are maintained in said horizontal positions while being moved along predetermined portions of said predetermined path, and are caused to pivot to said vertical positions at predetermined locations along said predetermined path;
• and
• a plurality of compartment dividing walls mounted above each of said upper and lower runs of said at least one conveyor for defining, together with said floor panels when in said horizontal positions, a plurality of chicken raising compartments along said upper and lower runs of said at least one conveyor.