ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,744, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to PERDUE FOODS LLC (Salisbury, Md.).

"Systems and methods for encouraging movement of poultry within a mobile poultry enclosure" was invented by Daniel J. Coady (Warner Springs, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for encouraging movement of poultry disposed within a mobile poultry enclosure. The system may include one or more movable visual cues and/or auditory cues. The one or more visual cues may be disposed along a wall of a mobile poultry enclosure. The system may include a movement mechanism coupled to the one or more movable visual cues. The movement mechanism may cause the on...