Gruppo Carli offers poultry farmers a wide selection of straw-based litters, in various consistencies and packaging formats, for the comfort and physical and mental well-being of their animals.
Cereal straw is the ideal material for poultry litter, thanks to its naturalness, absorbency, and biodegradability upon disposal.
Gruppo Carli straw litter meets the various welfare needs of farms, ensuring comfort and thermal insulation, protecting the health of the animals’ feet and allowing them to fully express their typical species-specific behaviours, such as scratching and dust bathing.
Gruppo Carli straw litter range
Chopped, fiberized, and dust-extracted cereal straw in 5 kg bales.
Thanks to its soft texture and insulating properties, this baled straw makes for the perfect litter for all poultry. Because it is not compressed, the product has a loose consistency, and can be easily distributed by hand.
Fiberized, shredded and dust-extracted cereal straw in 15 kg compressed bales.
A soft and absorbent litter, ideal for spaces dedicated to chicks.
As it is compressed, the product can cover a large surface area.
Select cereal straw, in pellets, with a diameter of 6-8 mm, in 25 kg bags.
Its absorbent power, insulating capacity and versatility make this pelleted straw the most widely used litter in poultry farming.
Select cereal straw, pelleted and crumbled, in 20 kg bags.
Its flaky consistency provides softness and increases absorption speed. Ideal for chicks.
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Long-fibre cereal straw in 25 kg double-compressed bales.
These straw bales improve the poultry farm environment, and stimulate the physical activity of the animals, thus preventing stereotypical behaviour.
Double compressed alfalfa bales
Long-fibre alfalfa in 25 kg double-compressed bales.
Ideal for the well-being of egg-laying poultry. The nutrients in alfalfa strengthen the immunity of laying hens, and the beta-carotene content intensifies the colour of the yolk.
Dehydrated alfalfa pressed into wafer cubes, in 18 kg bags.
The size and texture of these alfalfa wafer cubes make them an enjoyable pastime for the animals, stimulating their activity and preventing stress. Ideal for all poultry.
Gruppo Carli straw is:
🌾 sanitised with a heat treatment during ventilation and pelleting processes;
🌾 sustainable, once spent it is ideal for anaerobic digestion energy production plants;
🌾 GMO-free, from cereal crop grown in Italy, from non-genetically modified seeds
In addition to ensuring healthy farm conditions, the straw is proposed as a sustainable farming solution that contributes to the circular economy and the development of rural areas.
Bibliografia:
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
https://www.politicheagricole.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/18448