In the feeding and management of poultry, the amount of labor consumed in feeding is very large. For example, a laying hen needs to be fed 100-120 grams of compound feed every day, and a broiler chicken of 8-9 weeks old also needs to be fed 120 grams of feed every day. A chicken farm with 5,000 laying hens needs to feed 500-600 kilograms of compound feed every day, and the labor time for feeding alone accounts for more than 25% of the total feeding time. Artificial feeding easily causes feed to spill on the ground, causing waste. According to statistics, using automatic feeders instead of manual feeding can generally save more than 15% of feed. More and more farmers choose automatic feeding systems for chicken cages.

How does the automatic chicken feeding system work?

There are two rows of hoppers hanging on both sides of the automatic feeder, one on each floor of the chicken house. The lower part of the hopper is inclined, and the cross-section gradually decreases to form a feed inlet, which extends into the trough and keeps a certain distance from the trough. The feed is fed into the hopper by a feeder installed at one end of the chicken house. When the hopper on the upper layer is full, it flows into the hopper on the next layer. When all the hoppers are full, the track feeder can be started to distribute the feed to the troughs on each layer.

Requirements for the use of this system in a chicken farm

The chicken farm adopts a cage system.
The height of the chicken house is above 2.6 meters.
The total length of the chicken cage should be less than 100 meters.

Advantages of the automatic chicken feeding system

The automatic chicken feeding system is simple to operate and can greatly improve the feeding efficiency of the chicken farm. It saves costs from the perspective of labor, time and feed. More specifically, the design, materials and structure all contribute to the extraordinary performance.

The specially designed feed homogenizer makes the feed evenly distributed, so that the chickens can get a uniform feed intake and grow their weight evenly more easily.

There are edges in the feed trough to prevent the chickens from spilling feed and avoiding waste.

There are residue collectors at both ends of the feed trough to effectively solve the problem of feed residue and prevent feed deterioration and waste.