After the last truck of broiler chickens was unloaded from a large-scale broiler chicken farm in Henan, the chicken shed was left with a floor covered in feces and a pungent ammonia smell. The farm manager, Lao Zhou, urgently needed someone to clean the shed, but after calling around, no one was willing to take the job.

"For one building, five people working for two days will cost two to three thousand yuan," said Lao Zhou. It's not that the money isn't offered, but that no one is really willing to come.

Lao Zhou's predicament is not unique. In the current era of rapid expansion of large-scale farming, the process of cleaning chicken coops is becoming an increasingly prominent pain point - dirty, tiring, urgent, and expensive. Young people are unwilling to do it, old workers are unable to do it, and the quality of cleaning is also uneven. When browsing recruitment websites, positions for "chicken coop cleaners" are listed for a long time, with monthly salaries ranging from eight or nine thousand to even tens of thousands, yet few people show interest. Usually, when cleaning chicken coops, one has to beg people everywhere, make phone calls, use connections, and speak kindly, but even with the wages increasing again and again, people may still not come.

Until this year, Lao Zhou heard about a robot specialized in cleaning chicken cages, which could handle the job. For the first time, he realized that he might not have to beg people anymore for help with cleaning the chicken coop.

[1] An intelligent cleaning worker who "chooses no easy tasks and never muddles through"

At the operation site of the Dingda chicken cage cleaning robot, a scene distinctly different from traditional cleaning is unfolding: in the aisle of the chicken coop, a compact robot moves steadily, resembling a well-trained cleaning staff, calm and methodical. Six to ten high-pressure sprayers simultaneously spray out fan-shaped water curtains, quickly stripping the feces and dirt from the cage as they pass by, akin to several experienced cleaners holding high-pressure water guns, targeting each layer of the cage and thoroughly cleaning it.

The high-pressure main unit is placed near the water and electricity supply, and the hose reel is positioned at the start of the aisle. A high-pressure hose automatically retracts and extends as the robot moves forward and backward. Operators only need to perform remote control with one button, eliminating the need to crawl under cages or climb up and down, greatly reducing dangerous, repetitive, and heavy labor.

"In the past, workers had to wear raincoats and face masks to enter, and they would come out covered in fecal water," an on-site operator explained. Now, only one person is needed to operate the equipment and move it to different aisles to clean the entire chicken coop.

This "intelligent cleaning staff" possesses qualities that are difficult for humans to exhibit: it never asks for leave, never complains about dirtiness, never complains about being tired, and it will not rush through just because the smell is pungent. It does not pick and choose dirty or tiring work, nor does it avoid hard-to-reach corners. It is unaffected by whether the smell is irritating, the temperature is high or low, or the feces are thick or thin. Its operational logic is simple: to flush where it should be flushed clean. There is no "good enough" or "just flush the corners casually", nor is there "anyway, no one will check tomorrow". It only recognizes one standard - to flush until it is clean, and every corner should be flushed equally clean.

Manual cleaning is precisely where the quality is most likely to suffer in these hard-to-reach corners. The bottom layer of the cage, the corners of the feeding trough, and the edges of the manure belt are all places where water jets cannot reach and workers cannot bend down. As a result, fecal deposits accumulate layer by layer, forming hard shells. Skilled workers can clean them more thoroughly by feeling them with their hands, while novices may just muddle through without being noticed. The quality of cleaning depends entirely on one's conscience.

This "automated cleaning worker," who is neither picky about tasks nor sloppy, is doing the work that used to take three or five skilled workers.

In the past (single-building dormitory): three to five people, working continuously for several days

Now (single dormitory): one person with remote control and collaboration, completed in half a day

A 100-meter hallway can be cleaned in just 50 minutes

The sixth-generation model of Dingda boasts a flushing pressure ranging from 150 to 200 kilograms. It employs a 105-degree ultra-wide-angle fan-shaped spray technology, ensuring that the coverage area per single pass is three to four times that of traditional narrow-angle sprayers, capable of covering 3 to 8 layers of cages. The short cleaning cycle significantly reduces downtime, thereby enhancing the turnover rate of chicken houses.  

[II] From "experience-based" to "standard operation"

Cleaning the chicken coop may seem simple, but it directly affects the health of the next batch of chickens. Fecal residue is a breeding ground for pathogenic microorganisms, and incomplete cleaning often leads to frequent respiratory and intestinal diseases in subsequent batches. However, manual cleaning heavily relies on the experience and physical condition of the workers - how much angle to use, how much pressure to apply, and which positions are prone to harboring dirt, all depend on the feel that experienced workers pass down through hands-on training. But this feeling is not stable; when workers are tired, corners are neglected; when it's hot or cold, cleaning is done sloppily.

"The cleaning effect cannot rely on luck." A relevant person from Dingda stated that the walking speed, water pressure, and spray angle of the robot can be set and repeated. It travels back and forth, flushing both sides of the cage in both directions, turning cleaning from "experience-based" to "standard operation". The process design of wetting and softening first, followed by high-pressure stripping, ensures that dirt is effectively removed. Currently, the sixth-generation model has also upgraded the "foam bubble shed" mode, using foam instead of clear water for pre-treatment, raising the cleanliness rate from 85% in the traditional method to 95%.

[III] This "intelligent cleaning staff" keeps a clear account

In the chicken coop, a large robot smoothly navigates, thoroughly cleaning the designated areas. Operators, holding remote controls, effortlessly operate from the aisle, unlike in the past when a group of people, clad in raincoats and face masks, would spend days cleaning - resulting in low efficiency, poor environment, inconsistent quality, and unmanageable risks.

For livestock farms, the cost-benefit analysis is clear. Taking a broiler farm with a stock of 100,000 chickens as an example, the labor cost for cleaning after each batch of chickens is slaughtered, coupled with the loss due to delayed cleaning leading to empty shed periods, can easily amount to 150,000 to 160,000 yuan a year. By hiring back this "intelligent cleaning staff," one device can serve multiple chicken sheds, with a one-time investment for long-term use. While labor costs are significantly reduced, the turnover efficiency of the chicken sheds is actually improved. The sixth-generation model of Dingda has an actual annual failure rate of less than 1%, and the maximum operating time for a single unit exceeds 29,000 hours.

The deeper significance lies in the fact that when the cleaning process no longer relies on "whether we can recruit people", the production plan of the livestock farm gains an extra layer of certainty. Against the backdrop of increasing difficulties in recruiting workers in the livestock industry, this certainty is becoming more precious than the saved labor costs.

After calculating the cost, Lao Zhou didn't hesitate for long before deciding to purchase this Dingda chicken coop cleaning robot. In his words, "It's better to buy one and have peace of mind than to beg people every year."

He stood at the entrance of the chicken coop, watching the robot retract its hose and slowly drive away. "I used to be most afraid of the days after the slaughter, but now I'm really relieved," he said, with a smile on his face.  

"It's better to buy peace of mind once than to seek help from others every year."

In the wave of the aquaculture industry's transformation towards large-scale and intelligent operations, people often focus on aspects such as feeding and environmental control, yet they tend to overlook basic processes like cleaning. It is precisely these dirtiest and most laborious tasks that best embody the warmth of technological progress—letting robots do what humans are unwilling to do, freeing people from the dirt and grime. Dingda's deep commitment lies in this unassuming yet indispensable process: making cleaning no longer dependent on "whether we can recruit people," but rather relying on a single device and a set of standards. This may be the most simple yet valuable significance of the "chicken cage cleaning robot.".

Ultimately, what's saved is not just money, but a sense of security that comes from not having to beg for help anymore, and more importantly, the initiative in cleaning is back in one's own hands. If you are also struggling with the "difficulty in recruiting workers", why not try embracing automation?

Let robots do the work that humans are unwilling to do, so that farms can feel less anxious about "pleading with people" and more confident in their "controllability". After all, only by entrusting the dirtiest and most tiring tasks to robots can humans free up their hands to do more worthwhile things.

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