Frank Tobin - Pig Farm Case Study
Stage 1 Loose Sow
IDS had the opportunity to work with a well known pig farm, creating a full housing system which caters for all stages of the growth Process.
The Frank Tobin Pig Farm is a well known supplier of quality pigs, more so since the development of this fantastic Pig Farm Housing System.
Watch the videos, and view the pictures, below in order to gain an understanding of how we developed an efficient and productive pig housing environment for Frank Tobin.
Service area: Solid bar stalls and baskets. Guillotine gate closed.
Loose sow house: Solid bar stalls and baskets, concrete slat flooring. Guillotine gate open.
Solid bar stalls and baskets. Wet feed pipe, water nipple and stain steel trough.
Stage 2 Farrowing
Pvc slat flooring. 35mm penning, heavy duty locking system on backing of the crate, canopy open.
Pvc slat flooring. IDS farrowing crate heat pads and cast iron under sow 35 mm pvc penning, stainless steel fixings.
Pvc slat flooring. IDS farrowing crate heat pads and cast iron under sow 35mm pvc penning, stainless steel fixings.
Stage 3 Growing 1st Stage
Drinker bowls, stainless steel, 2 to a pen. Clearlite canopy with heat lamps, pvc slat flooring, pvc insulated canopy for piglets, stainless steel fixings. 35mm pvc penning.
Clearlite canopy with heat lamps, pvc slat flooring, pvc insulated canopy for piglets, stainless steel fixings. 35mm pvc penning.
35mm pvc penning, stainless steel, 2 to a pen. Clearlite canopy with heat lamps. Pvc slat flooring, pvc insulated canopy for piglets, stainless steel fixings.
Stage 4 Growing 2nd Stage
2nd growth stage. 35mm pvc penning, feed line, water line, pvc slats, ventilation system.
IDS stainless steel adlib feed trough, 50mm step, stainless steel dividers for head spaces, wet feed pipe, earth rod, sensor to regulate feed, pvc slat flooring. 35mm pvc penning.
Pen layout, 35mm boards, drinker nipple, stainless steel bottom half of back wall, 1150 high, support for feed system, sprinkler system, lights, internal ceiling, 50mm for gable wall, two vent chimneys, pvc penning, stainless steel door locking safety latch.
Stage 5 Fattening
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