Method of applying bedding on the floor of a poultry rearing barn and for recycling or disposing of spent bedding
AssigneeRapac
InventorPaul D. Lloyd
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Abstract
A poultry rearing barn having its floor covered by bedding including a plurality of lightweight expanded polystyrene chips. After use, the dirty chips may be cleaned to remove waste manure and the cleaned chips may be reused again as bedding. Alternatively, the dirty chips and waste manure may be burned to generate electricity.
Claims9
A method of applying a bedding on the floor of a poultry rearing barn comprising providing a plurality of lightweight expanded polystyrene elements, blowing those elements onto the floor of said barn to form said bedding at a sufficient thickness to cover said floor and to catch the manure droppings from birds which are reared in said barn, retaining said elements on said floor until such time as said elements are contaminated by said droppings, and removing said elements from said floor.
A method of applying a bedding on the floor of a poultry rearing barn comprising providing a plurality of lightweight expanded polystyrene elements, placing those elements onto the floor of said barn to form said bedding at a sufficient thickness to cover said floor and to catch the manure droppings from birds which are reared in said barn, retaining said elements on said floor until such time as said elements are contaminated by said droppings, removing said contaminated elements from said floor, and burning said contaminated elements as part of a process which produces electricity.
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