Feeding method

When the diet is used, each part of the feed that is required for feeding the chicken is balanced and identical. Otherwise, the chicken will be malnourished, lacking or poisoning, even if your diet is very scientific. The conditions are very good and still can not get satisfactory feeding results. Therefore, the feed must be stirred evenly to meet the nutritional needs of the chicken. Feed mixing is a combination of mechanical mixing and manual mixing. As long as it is used properly, it can achieve satisfactory results. pRD China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

Mechanical mixing: using a blender. Commonly used mixers are available in both vertical and horizontal styles. The vertical mixer is suitable for mixing powdery feed with water content below 14%. If the water content is too much, it is not easy to mix evenly. The mixer requires less power, low price and convenient maintenance, but the mixing time is longer (usually 10 to 20 minutes per batch), which is suitable for chicken professional households and small chicken farms. The horizontal mixer can evenly mix the feed when the climate is relatively humid or when the ingredients are added with strong viscosity (such as grease). The machine has strong mixing ability and short mixing time, each batch is 3 to 4 minutes, mainly used in some feed processing plants. Regardless of which type of mixer is used, the amount of charge should be appropriate for uniform mixing, and the degree of uniformity cannot be ensured if too much or too little is charged. Generally, it is suitable to charge 60% to 80% of the capacity. The mixing time is also an important factor related to the mixing quality. The mixing time is too short, the quality is definitely not guaranteed, but it is not the longer the better, the mixing is too long, the feed is evenly mixed and the delamination is caused by excessive mixing. phenomenon. pRD China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

Manual mixing: This method is the main means of mixing feeds when raising chickens. When mixing, be careful and patient, prevent some trace components from pile up, agglomerate, and uneven mixing, which will affect the feeding effect. pRD China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

Special attention should be paid to hand-mixing, which is a small amount of ingredients that are small in the diet but can seriously affect the feeding effect, such as salt and various additives. If the mixing is uneven, the lighter affects the feeding effect, and in severe cases, the chickens may cause disease, poisoning, and even death. For such trace components, it should be fully pulverized at the time of mixing, and there should be no agglomeration. The chunks should not be evenly mixed, and poisoning may occur after being eaten by the chicken. Secondly, due to the small amount of such ingredients, it is not possible to directly add to the bulk feed for mixing, but should be pre-mixed. The method is as follows: take 10% to 20% of the concentrate (preferably a large proportion of energy feed, such as corn, wheat bran, etc.) as a carrier, and stack it again, and press the latter feed on the feed that was put down one by one. , that is, always put on the top of the feed, so that the feed flows around the center point into a conical shape, so that all kinds of feeds have the opportunity to mix. This is repeated 3 to 4 times to achieve the purpose of uniform mixing, and the premix is ​​prepared. Finally, the premix is ​​added to the whole feed, and the mixture is mixed 3 to 4 times in the same manner to achieve the purpose. pRD China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry

When mixing by hand, it is only through such multi-level grading and mixing that the quality of the ration can be ensured, and the method of turning or stirring the feed in situ is not preferable. pRD China Feed Industry Information Network - based on feed, serving animal husbandry