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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6234114 | Nesting pads for use in combination with poultry houses An improved nesting pad for use in poultry houses with bays for egg laying poultry utilizing an extension portion to extend over an associated egg gathering conveyor to maintain the vertical relation between the pad and the conveyor such that the conveyor... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5562067 | Egg harvester An egg harvester has hingedly connecting nesting boxes resting on an elongate belt fixed at each end and along which a shuttle is pulled by a drive cable. The belt and a second conveyor define two slots which pass under the nesting boxes. The eggs and lit... | 10/08/1996 |
| 4791884 | Laying nest for domestic fowl and method for collecting eggs The invention provides a laying nest for domestic fowl with automatic egg collection. The nest includes a housing consisting of a substantially horizontal, at least in part substantially cylindrical drum-like structure provided with a window-like opening ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4516532 | Egg-collection system An egg-collection system is described for collecting the eggs of laying hens or the like. The system comprises an enclosure defining a plurality of hen laying-stations in side by side relationship, each station including a floor for supporting a hen and f... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4381732 | Poultry nest A poultry nest and egg collecting apparatus of improved reliability with respect to maintaining the sterility of the shells of eggs which includes a nesting chamber having an open front and a lower nesting surface that is provided with a rearwardly facing... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4188911 | Enclosure device for encouraging the laying of eggs by domestic fowls particularly turkeys Described is an enclosure device for encouraging the laying of eggs by domestic fowls particularly turkeys, comprising a cage open at opposite ends, one end constituting the fowl-entry end for permitting the entry and exit of the domestic fowl, and the op... | 02/19/1980 |
