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INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY IN YOUR POULTRY PRODUCTION WITH LED LIGHTING

Striben Agro, Denmark
Rokkedahl in Nibe has had the Nature Dynamics Dome installed. Wireless LED color lighting, which is controlled via an app.

Jesper Toft states: - We have got the market's smartest solution. The color settings can easily be changed in the app, depending on the chickens' needs. This is really the solution of the future.

POULTRY HOUSES

Improve production and achieve better welfare for animals and humans - while saving money

Poultry requires light that can both be dimmed and is absolutely flicker-free.

RN Solutions' dimmable LED fixtures with white light, FARM-LIGHT, have been specially developed for poultry, where dimming without flicker and good distribution of light has been the main focus. The luminaires are tested at DTU Risø. In addition, they are made for farm environments, which is why they withstand ammonia, dust, and can be pressure washed. A built-in transformer in each fixture ensures easy installation, operational reliability, and at the same time a cost-effective solution.

With NRX lighting control, you can set a daily rhythm in your stable via your smartphone. It ensures better well-being and lower electricity consumption.

WITH RN SOLUTIONS' SPECIALLY DEVELOPED LIGHTING CONCEPTS FOR POULTRY, YOU GET:

  • Optimal lighting with stable fixtures, specially developed for poultry, and with a built-in and protected driver
  • Easy installation – RN Solutions' cost-effective RNS Plug 'N Play™ solution for quick and easy mounting
  • Significant savings on the electricity bill - typically 50-80% per year depending on the current lighting
  • Robust long-lasting solution
  • 5-year warranty on the products
  • 50,000 hours of lifespan
  • All equipment is waterproof, withstands disinfection, dust, and has a special coating against ammonia
  • Several solutions:
  • Flicker-free with good light distribution and a very simple and quick installation, resulting in a very advantageous price (all 230V)
  • Colored LED Light for Chickens: Junglite Green™ - optimize with specialized lighting
  • Colored LED Light for Layers: Dim-to-Red® - optimize with specialized lighting
  • Colored lighting is available as TULEX 48V, DOME PRO 230V triac dimmable, or the market's most innovative solution: Nature Dynamics ND DOME 230V, which is APP-controlled, where each light source can be controlled individually and always updated with new information and individual conditions
At Leif Barsballe in Hobro, they have chosen to replace the old light sources 1 to 1, with LED fixtures from RN Solutions.

Leif Barsballe states "We have obtained good uniform lighting in all stables, along with a significantly reduced power consumption."
Leif Barsballe, Denmark
Better growth with
JungLite Green™

For broilers and live chickens up to and including week 16

JungLite Green™ - JUNGLE LIGHT

Colored LED light specially designed for broilers and live chickens up to and including week 16.

JungLite Green™ is a specially developed and patented full-spectrum "light recipe" that recreates the chickens' natural habitat, which is in the Asian jungle. The green diodes recreate the safety that the jungle leaves provided for the chickens when they needed to seek shelter from predators in the jungle - hence the name Jungle Light. At the same time, JungLite Green™ eliminates the extreme change in light when it is turned on and off by simulating a natural sunrise and sunset. This results in the chickens being exposed to less stressful input, a lower mortality rate, and an improvement in the chickens' immune system. This also makes them easier to work with for the farmer.

JungLite Green™ has been tested at the internationally highly acclaimed Wageningen University in the Netherlands, as well as leading American universities, Texas A&M, and Stephen F. Austin. Through the trials, it has become clear that chickens have a color preference that varies depending on their age, and that chickens have changing behavior patterns related to light. Therefore, the green light from JungLite Green™ is recommended for broilers and live chickens up to and including week 16, while the red light from Dim-to-Red® is recommended for layers and breeding from week 17.

3-5% less feed consumption and 3-5% greater growth!
JungLite Green™ is recommended for broilers and live chickens up to and including week 16, as the green light has a clear effect on the chicken's growth.

By exposing the chickens to the blue light found in JungLite Green™, the developmental needs of the chickens are met at each growth stage. The blue light has a clear effect on growth and sexual development by naturally elevating hormones in the body, which helps the chicken to form more muscle mass later in the growth phase. Studies show that broilers that have been illuminated with JungLite Green™ throughout their lives have an increase of 3-5% in slaughter weight. Additionally, the blue light in JungLite Green™ helps to calm the chickens and lower the blood pressure and glucose levels in the chickens.

Studies show a clear reduction in feed consumption in broilers that have been illuminated with JungLite Green™.

JungLite Green™ - LED light provides better animal welfare and lower feed consumption!

You get results with JungLite Green™ for broiler chickens

  • 3-5% less feed consumption.**
  • 3-5% increased slaughter weight.**
  • More consistent slaughter weight
  • Less stress - resulting in improved immunity and lower mortality
  • Better flock performance
  • Stronger bone structure
  • Enhanced animal welfare through recreating the natural habitat of the chickens and regulating their circadian rhythm

JungLite Green™ - A robust long-lasting solution

  • LED diodes provide low energy consumption - significant savings on the electricity bill and CO2 footprint
  • 50,000 hours of lifespan
  • Build For Your Barn® - can withstand dust, high-pressure cleaning, and various gases, including ammonia

Recommended lighting conditions for chicks (0-16 weeks) - achieved with JungLite Green™

  • Full spectrum (i.e., all light colors) - patented "light recipe" based on research
  • Light adjusted according to a circadian rhythm
  • Even illumination - achieved through special lenses in JungLite Green™
  • Optimal light intensity
  • Need-based illumination - specially developed "light recipe" for broiler and layer chicks (0-16 weeks)
  • Flicker-free light and 0-100% dimmable

With JungLite Green™, the light intensity changes throughout the chickens' life cycle, yielding documented results

In recent years, JungLite Green™ has been tested with chicken producers in Europe and the USA, yielding visible results.

JungLite Green™ follows a specific lighting program that regulates the light color and intensity based on the age of the chickens.

In the first week, 100% intensity is used (50 lux and full spectrum). The white light with a deep red color and a 20-hour day length encourages the chickens to find food and water, enhancing early growth and reducing mortality.

Then, the light is dimmed to 40% or less to achieve 25 lux in weeks 2 and 3. The green/blue spectrum emerges, reducing movement and aggression among the chickens while promoting faster growth. In addition to dimming the light, the day length is reduced, simulating fall/winter, signaling to the chickens that they should focus on growth rather than egg laying.

From week 4, the light is dimmed to 15 lux, and from week 14 to week 16, it is further reduced to 10 lux, with a day length of only 8 hours.

In addition to the specified day lengths, it's recommended to use JungLite Green™'s 30-minute sunrise and sunset simulation.

Observe the development in the images on the left and in the chart below.

Claus De Place Bjørn from Basselund Chicken Farm has installed JungLite Green™ on his chicken farm.

Claus states: "It provides good, uniform lighting, and I'm looking forward to monitoring the results of the new installations."

Economic calculation of JungLite Green™

At RN Solutions, we want to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of the savings you can achieve by installing JungLite GreenTM in your poultry house. Therefore, we offer a free and non-binding economic calculation.

The calculation and savings depend on factors such as the number of poultry, size, and feed consumption. The investment pays for itself in less than 1 year. All savings thereafter contribute to pure profit.

Additionally, there is an extra benefit in terms of lower disease and mortality rates due to reduced stress caused by the lighting. However, quantifying this precisely is much more challenging.

The fixtures are designed to last for many years, which also contributes to the return on your investment.

* Wageningen University is the largest university in the Netherlands and a global leader in food, agriculture, and living environments, with researchers from all over the world.

Contact us for a non-binding calculation for your poultry house.

The calculation provides you with an overview of your feed savings in kilograms when using ONCE® JungLite GreenTM, as well as the total reduction in feed expenses in Danish kroner per year.
Improved welfare
DIM-TO-RED®

SPECIALIZED AND PATENTED "LIGHT RECIPE" FOR LAYERS AND REARING

ONCE® Owned by Signify, Europe's largest and oldest lighting manufacturer (formerly Philips Lighting).

Since 2008, ONCE® has made significant investments in the development, testing, and implementation of LED color lighting for barns.

DIM-TO-RED®

Colored LED lighting specifically designed for layers and rearing from week 17.

Colored LED lighting specially designed for layers and rearing from week 17. Dim-to-Red® is a specially developed and patented "light recipe" for layers and rearing.

It is a combination light, consisting of white light diodes and diodes of other colors. When dimmed to below 40%, the light will be solely red.

Poultry have a very different vision from humans and perceive, among other things, red light more intensely. Research shows that red light contributes to increasing the production of melatonin in the poultry body. The natural hormone melatonin is produced in a part of the brain connected to the eyes. When white light does not enter the eye, more melatonin is produced. Melatonin helps regulate the circadian rhythm and hormones in the body, including growth hormone and sex hormones. Thus, the red light promotes the natural sexual maturity of the hen, making it ready for mating and egg-laying. This leads to higher productivity for laying hens.

Melatonin is also a strong antioxidant that helps strengthen the immune system. Therefore, the red light improves the hens' immune system. This makes the hens more robust and healthier.

ACHIEVE BETTER ANIMAL WELFARE

The hen's natural color preference in the sexually mature age is to seek red light. Dim-to-Red® thereby contributes to simulating the hens' natural environment outdoors.

The Dim-to-Red® recipe provides fully dynamic circadian rhythms by simulating a natural sunrise and sunset, thereby eliminating extreme changes in light, which are gradually and automatically phased in/out. This exposure to less stressful input results in lower mortality among hens, combined with a stronger immune system. Hens under Dim-to-Red® light are calmer, less prone to fly, and noticeably less aggressive.

Counteracts cannibalism and aggressive hens
The red light also has a clear effect in preventing cannibalism and hens pecking at each other. In addition to making hens less aggressive under red light, the red light also prevents hens from seeing wounds and/or blood on other hens, thus preventing them from pecking each other when the light is dimmed to red.

With Dim-to-Red®, documented improvements in production are achieved

Dim-to-Red® has been tested with leading producers and has shown clear results.

Laying hens achieve significantly higher productivity

The reduction of stress through the use of Dim-to-Red® has a noticeable impact on production. Experiments demonstrate that egg production increases by up to 8%, resulting in approximately 28.6 more eggs per hen over a 70-week laying cycle. Research has indicated that the application of Dim-to-Red® helps reduce floor eggs, results in more consistent egg sizes, decreases feed consumption per egg laid, and encourages daily laying.

Rearing from week 17

Research has shown that red light contributes to increased growth in a shorter timeframe, leading to stronger hens with improved immunity and lower mortality.

WHEN USING DIM-TO-RED® FOR LAYING HENS AND REARING FROM WEEK 17, YOU GET:

  • Need-based illumination - specialized "light recipe" for laying hens and rearing
  • Flicker-free light and 0-100% dimmable.
  • Less aggressive hens - significant reduction in cannibalism, hens pecking at each other, and feather pecking
  • Increased reproduction and growth
  • Optimization of egg laying and more consistent egg size
  • Improved immunity and lower mortality
  • Enhanced animal welfare - achieve healthier hens and reduced stress through recreating the hens' natural habitat and regulating their circadian rhythm
  • LED diodes provide low energy consumption - significant savings on the electricity bill and CO2 footprint
  • Long-lasting and robust solution
  • 50,000 hours of lifespan
  • Build For Your Barn® - can withstand dust, high-pressure cleaning, and various gases, including ammonia
Claus Wöste - Germany

"Nature Dynamics has truly proven to be a tremendous improvement. The chicks are well-distributed and exhibit very favorable behavior. Health has significantly improved, as we have very low mortality and culling rates when raising broiler chickens under this lighting."
ONCE® Owned by Signify, Europe's largest and oldest lighting manufacturer (formerly Philips Lighting).

Since 2008, ONCE® has made significant investments in the development, testing, and implementation of LED color lighting for barns.
ALL IN ONE APP
Nature Dynamics

Lighting system built for the future

NATURE DYNAMICS

The lighting system of the future for poultry

The research-based NATURE DYNAMICS lighting system for broilers and layers can enhance and optimize production in terms of both productivity and animal welfare through a dynamic automated light schedule featuring JungLite Green® and Dim-to-Red®.

Poultry are light-sensitive and regulated by light.

The NATURE DYNAMICS system from ONCE® by Signify is rooted in the rhythm and dynamics of nature, governed by the light of the sun. The system incorporates the latest and best technologies to provide you with maximum flexibility and rapid adaptability, focusing on the specific needs you have for your Poultry. At the heart of the system is recipe control and wireless technology in the lamps. With NATURE DYNAMICS, you obtain fully dynamic circadian rhythms tailored to follow the growth of the poultry - Bringing nature's own dynamics into the poultry house.

THE OPTIMAL LIGHT - available by prescription

The light recipe is an optimized lighting schedule that automatically adjusts as the poultry grow. Under the light from JungLite Green®, the broilers are less stressed, more relaxed, and even see better as their eyes perceive the light more effectively. You achieve documented health effects by using JungLite Green®, as well as improved productivity with the potential for 3% higher slaughter weight. The NATURE DYNAMICS system includes the option for easy customization of the light recipe to your specific needs. Built into the light recipe is a sunrise and sunset function.

The lighting system is built for the future.

The control of the light is automated locally on your wireless network, where you manage everything via PC / mobile device. The vision is to harness artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud-based algorithms to work for you, enabling further optimization of all measurable conditions and processes around the chickens (*see the diagram below). Different new products are coming in 2023: temperature sensors, humidity sensors, scales, etc. All you need to do is connect to 230V and update the app. The solution will continuously be upgradeable and expandable.

If you want to embrace a future with increased productivity, improved animal welfare, maximum freedom and flexibility, a good working environment, and sustainable quality lighting - choose NATURE DYNAMICS

Nature Dynamics Vision ▷

New wireless sensors are connected to the system. Zigbee Gateway is connected online to the cloud, allowing the farmer to control the light from anywhere.

NATURE DYNAMICS - Freedom through automated control via the app

The lamps can be wirelessly controlled through an app on your mobile device or farm computer (0-10V). The app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or Google Play, and the initial setup is done in collaboration with the installer, who also configures any desired light groups - tailored precisely to your requirements. Afterward, you have complete freedom to manage the lighting system yourself and activate or adjust light recipes/light schedules as needed.

Continuous Individual Customization
Each stage in the poultries development is optimized for day length, intensity, and light color (spectrum) through a light recipe that is downloaded. The research-based light recipe from ONCE® provides you with the most optimal growth light and animal welfare. The recipe is fully customizable and can be adjusted individually to achieve the exact desired composition, such as adding hatching light - only your imagination sets the limits. The lamps wirelessly update to your chosen light recipe every 3 minutes from the system's gateway.

For instance, when the need for catching arises, the blue moonlight can be activated. Afterwards, the JungLite Green® recipe can be easily resumed.

Light and control with great flexibility - Specially developed for poultry

  • JungLite Green® light recipe with documented results.
  • Dim-to-Blue night and catching light (monochromatic blue moonlight).
  • Warm white / cool white light - adjust the light tone yourself from 2700K - 6500K.
  • RGB control including red light to prevent feather pecking and aggressive hens.
  • Dim-to-Red® light recipe with documented results for laying hens.
  • Dimmable 100 - 0%. The light recipes have built-in sunrise and sunset functions.
  • The lamps are flicker-free and have excellent light diffusion.
  • During installation, any light groups are created completely independently of rows.
  • The system can be continuously adjusted, updated, upgraded, and expanded.
  • The lamps can withstand water jets, washing, dust, and ammonia gases. Includes a 5-year warranty.

Contact us for a non-binding calculation for your poultry house.

At the Rauff Hansen Family Farm in Stoholm, near Skive, they have reduced the number of floor eggs by 75%, even though they were already low. This achievement was made possible by switching to color lighting from ONCE® by Signify. Specially developed for multi-tier systems.

Plug'N Play - Easy and quick to install.
Increased animal welfare
TULEX tier system

Prevent floor eggs and pecking with colored light

LED color lighting for multi-tier systems

LED color technology with production enhancement for laying hens and rearing

Avoid floor eggs and pecking by illuminating the multi-tier system with colored light. This way, the behavior and movement pattern of the hens can be regulated.

Avoid floor eggs
It is scientifically documented that hens prefer to be in red or warm yellow light when they want to lay eggs. By illuminating the tiers with warm yellow (Amber) or red light (Dim-to-Red®) and the floor with white or bluish light (Dim-to-Blue®), the hens will naturally seek the tiers to lay eggs.

Dim-to-Red® and Dim-to-Blue® are both combination lights consisting of white light diodes (3000K) and diodes of other colors. When dimmed to below 40%, the light will be solely red or blue.

Research has shown that the use of red light from Dim-to-Red®, in addition to reducing the number of floor eggs, also leads to a more consistent egg size and promotes daily laying.

Prevent cannibalism and aggressive hens
The red light has a calming effect on hens and also effectively prevents cannibalism, pecking at each other, and feather picking. Hens are less aggressive under red light, and it prevents them from seeing wounds or blood on other hens. This prevents them from pecking at each other when they are in red light, leading to healthier and less stressed hens.

Easy catching
The blue light from Dim-to-Blue® is used to calm and pacify the poultry, making them easier to catch, for example.

Recommended products:

Multi-tier system

Our LED lighting concepts for poultry:

With the correct combination of Dim-to-Red® and Dim-to-Blue® in multi-tier systems, documented production improvements are achieved.

WHEN USING DIM-TO-RED® AND DIM-TO-BLUE® FOR MULTI-TIER SYSTEM, YOU GET:

  • Behavior-regulating lighting - specially developed for laying hens and rearing
  • Minimization of floor eggs - hens naturally seek the safe red or warm yellow light when they want to lay eggs
  • Less aggressive hens - noticeable reduction in cannibalism, hens pecking at each other, and feather picking
  • Optimization of egg laying and more uniform egg size
  • Capture light for activities like vaccinations - dimming the light to full blue makes the hens calm and passive
  • Improved animal welfare - achieve healthier hens and reduced stress
  • Better working environment - easier handling of poultry, as they are more comfortable and less stressed
  • Flicker-free - lighting without flicker promotes better poultry health and reduces stress
  • 0-100% dimmable - dimming to red prevents pecking, and dimming to blue makes hens passive
  • Plug 'N Play - easy and secure installation
  • Special lenses - provide even light distribution
  • LED diodes offer low energy consumption - significant savings on the electricity bill and CO2 footprint
  • Durable and robust solution
  • 50,000 hours of lifespan
  • Build For Your Barn® - can withstand dust, high-pressure cleaning, and various gases, including ammonia

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