item | Pig Gestation Crate |
Dimension | 2.2m*0.6/0.65m |
crate | Frame: φ26×2.5mm round tube, φ21.3×2.3mm lining round tube Front door: φ26×2.5mm round tube |
Rear frame | single-open back door/ double-open back door, φ26×2.5mm round tube |
Flooring | Fully slatted floor, perforation rate is less than 20% |
Feeding troughs | full-length stainless troughs, resin floor groove; |
others | All standard parts made of stainless steel. |
During pregnancy, a farmed sow may be kept in a gestation crate, also called a sow stall. A standard crate measures 6.6 feet x 2.0 feet (2 m x 60 cm).
Rather than bedding, sow stalls are floored with slatted plastic, concrete or metal to allow waste to be efficiently collected below. Lagoons are open-air pits in which waste is flushed. Sows are moved to farrowing crates a few days before giving birth, where they lie down and nurse their piglets from an attached crate.
