Chicken nesting trailer—chicken camp
View Patent ↗A free grazing egg harvester device comprises: a plurality of solar panel; a communication antenna; a front access door; a plurality of roll away nest boxes; a side access door; a plurality of nest gates; a water reservoir; a plurality of water nozzles; a plurality of wheels; and a plurality of roosts. An actuator is provided to open and close the plurality of nest gates. The actuator has a piston that further has an extension rod. The extension rod has two arms that push/pull the plurality of nest gates by extending and contracting the extension rod. The device has many advantages like reduction in fixed infrastructure investments, mobile nests for production of free grazing eggs, energy autonomy, storage and filtration of rainwater, real-time remote data transmission is available in any type of communication device.
1. A free grazing egg harvester device comprising:
a plurality of solar panels to generate electricity;
a communication antenna providing information to a mobile device of a user through an application;
a front access door for user access in the free grazing egg harvester device;
a plurality of roll away nest boxes being provided to access chickens during daytime;
a side access door for opening and closing the free grazing egg harvester device which gives the chickens outdoor access;
a plurality of nest gates for allowing chicken access to the plurality of roll away nest boxes during day time;
a water reservoir for clean water storage;
a plurality of water nozzles being installed to provide drinking water to the chickens;
a plurality of wheels being provided to tow the free grazing egg harvester device from one place to another; and
a plurality of roosts being provided to allow the chickens to sleep inside the free grazing egg harvester device during night time;
wherein an actuator is provided; wherein the actuator comprises a piston; wherein the piston comprises an extension rod;
wherein the extension rod comprises two respective arms facilitating opening and closing of each pair of opposite nest gates of the plurality of nest gates; and
wherein the two respective arms extend and contract to close and open each pair of opposite nest gates of the plurality of nest gates.
2. The free grazing egg harvester device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein a conveyor belt inside the plurality of roll away nest boxes conveys eggs to an egg collection area;
wherein the egg collection area is inside the free grazing egg harvester device;
wherein a plurality of poultry pads are provided on which the chickens lay their eggs before they roll onto the conveyor belt;
wherein infrared sensors are provided to count the eggs as they roll onto the conveyor belt;
wherein the free grazing egg harvester device has a roof that collects rainwater;
wherein a water storage tube is fitted inside the free grazing egg harvester device to store the rainwater;
wherein the rainwater is filtered using a pump to suck the rainwater from the water storage tube and pass through a sediment filter followed by an activated carbon filter; and
wherein the filtered rainwater is stored in the water reservoir.
3. The free grazing egg harvester device as claimed in claim 1 ,
wherein the application provides information to the user from a communication device;
wherein the application stores data in a hard disk drive and in a virtual server to generate daily, weekly and monthly reports in a database;
wherein a sensor senses a temperature inside the plurality of roll away nest boxes;
wherein another sensor senses a water temperature; and
wherein the user remotely operates the free grazing egg harvester device through a control panel installed in the application.