DOL 535 • DOL 539
Technical Manual
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Layers in cages
It is not possible to create more groups than the number of tiers in the house.
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Tier 5
Tier 6
Tier 7
Tier 8
Tier 9
Tier 10
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Animal group 3
Animal group 2
Animal group 1
Figure 1: The example shows a cage system with 3 animal groups distributed on 10 tiers.
Number of animal groups
Setting the number of animal groups.
Animal groups settings
Naming the animal groups. Setting the first tier and displaying the last tier for each
group.
Layer aviary
When dividing the livestock house into compartments, the animals may be divided into the corresponding num-
ber of groups, provided that the function
Use animal groups
is activated.
If only one compartment is created, the registrations apply to the entire livestock house.
Compartment
1
Compartment
2
Compartment
3
Compartment
4
Compartment
5
Figure 2: The example shows an aviary house with 5 compartments corresponding to 5 animal groups.
Use animal groups
Activation of the function divides the animals into one group per compartment.
Animal groups settings
Naming and display of the animal groups.