The Comfort Farrowing Pen was designed by researchers in Norway at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and developed together with Fjossystemer and cooperating pig farmers. This system was previously known as the UMB Farrowing pen.
Learn about the Comfort farrowing pen development and experience and learn about the latest production results.
Key features
The sow is given:
- Freedom of movement at all times
- Opportunity to nest-build
- Sloped walls for support in lying-down situations
- Rubber mattress (3cm deep) in the nest provides “comfort flooring”
- Opportunity to contact neighbouring sows
- Opportunity to dung and feed away from nest-site
- Sub-floor heating panels in the nest area to allow thermal comfort
The piglets are given:
- Opportunity for close udder contact
- Sub-floor heating panels in the nest area to provide thermal comfort away from sow lying site
- Sloped walls for protection during sow lying events
- Rubber mattress (3cm deep) in the nest provides “comfort flooring”
- Reduced spread of infection between pens
- Opportunity to experience an enriched environment
- Opportunity to dung away from resting areas
The staff are assured:
- Easy maintenance of good hygiene in the pens (separate dunging area)
- Easy provision of nest building materials
How to Build a Comfort Farrowing Pen
View the dimensions, including sloped walls and underfloor heating compartments, for the Comfort farrowing pen.
For full details please visit the company that builds Comfort Farrowing Pens, fjossystemer.
For further information on this system contact Professor Inger-Lise Andersen, email inger-lise.andersen@nmbu.no or contact sor@fjossystemer.no.
