Animal production building and methods of producing animals and processing animal waste

An animal production building comprising animal living quarters designed for optimal animal density, said quarters having at least a partially slatted floor, an upper ventilation system allowing air to move through said animal quarters, a manure deposition area directly beneath said slatted floor, said deposition area having a floor, a lower ventilation system in said deposition area floor facilitating the movement of air through the manure in said deposition area, a water removal system in said deposition area floor for removing free moisture from said deposition area and the manure therein, an air exhaust system in said deposition area by which air which has passed through said manure and has passed through said animal living quarters is exhausted from said building, whereby animal life can be enhanced and manure may be processed for further use, an animal watering system in said animal living quarters, said animal watering system having animal waterers with basins therebeneath to catch all waste water from said waterers, and a drain system connecting said basins to said water removal system, said upper ventilation system moving air through said slatted floor to maintain a desired temperature and air quality and to obtain air flow through said quarters, said air exhaust system being sized to exhaust from said building the air flowing through said animal quarters and the air flowing through said deposition area without altering the direction of air flow through said animal quarters and said deposition area, said lower ventilation system having elongated pits in said deposition area floor, said pits being spaced apart and generally parallel to each other, tile positioned within said pits and extending longitudinally thereof.

An animal production building comprising animal living quarters designed for optimal animal density, said quarters having at least a partially slatted floor, an upper ventilation system allowing air to move through said animal quarters, a manure deposition area directly beneath said slatted floor, said deposition area having a floor, a lower ventilation system in said deposition area floor facilitating the movement of air through the manure in said deposition area, a water removal system in said deposition area floor for removing free moisture from said deposition area and the manure therein, an air exhaust system in said deposition area by which air which has passed through said manure and has passed through said animal living quarters is exhausted from said building, whereby animal life can be enhanced and manure may be processed for further use, an animal watering system in said animal living quarters, said animal watering system having animal waterers with basins therebeneath to catch all waste water from said waterers, and a drain system connecting said basins to said water removal system, said air exhaust system being sized to exhaust from said building the air flowing through said animal quarters and the air flowing through said deposition area without altering the direction of air flow through said animal quarters and said deposition area, an air blower, said air blower being operatively connected to said removal system, said removal system having an air plenum, said removal system having a drain, whereby water may be drained from manure in said deposition area through said system and air may be moved through manure in said deposition area through said plenum to dry and at least partially ferment said manure as desired.