Eight State-of-the-art Layer Houses For Pullet

Eight State-of-the-art Layer Houses For Pullet Rearing and Egg Production With Latest Technology

The egg producer General Poultry Company (GPC) from Hamala in the north-west of Bahrain has been devoted to supplying the Kingdom of Bahrain with healthy food for the past 40 years. To ensure that this remains true for the future, the company recently commissioned German poultry equipment supplier Big Dutchman at the beginning of the year with the erection and equipment of eight modern new barns for egg production. The new buildings will successively replace the older ones, whose equipment was also purchased from world market leader Big Dutchman 40 years ago. In the medium term, GPC plans a vertical integration with the potential of opening up new markets The turn-key project, for which Big Dutchman will supplynotonlyallequipment for the barns but also the buildingsthemselves,consists of two houses for pullet rearingwith79,000birdseach, andsixlayerhousesfor75,000 layerseach.

Planning ahead

The farm is located in Hamala, in the north-west of the country. GPC will put the pullet rearing houses into operation in November 2020, with the start of egg production planned for March 2021. The buildings have been designed in such a way that they can be retrofitted with solar panels and a fully automatic manure dryingsystem.