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Why an Automatic Feeding System?
It is important to distribute food and water to your poultry in battery cages, that is because proper feeding can determine and affect on the health of the poultry. Usually, there are three types of automatic feeding system, traveling hopper or also called feeding carts, chain feeding system, and pan feeding system. AGICO can offer all of the three types, and the AGICO feeding system is widely used in many poultry farms. It is automatic when feeding poultry, no need workers to operate. Here, we place particular emphasis on the feeding system of the battery cages.
Like a drinking system, an automatic feeding system especcially traveling hopper or chain feeding system, is an indispensable piece of equipment for raising poultry in the battery cages. While for cage free chicken house, the pan feeder poultry is more common. No matter which feeding system can help farmers save time and food, reduce labour costs, and improve economic efficiency. Due to the automation of the feeding system, it is easy to operate and maintain. Generally speaking, for a standard layer chicken cage, it only takes seven or eight minutes to feed hens.
Working Principle and Key Advantages
Add chicken feed to the hopper via a feed silo or conveying pipe. Under electricity, feed is distributed automatically to the troughs—hoppers travel back and forth from the beginning to the end of the battery cage. AGICO has developed specific systems: feeding carts for A type cages and chain feeding for H type cages.
Time & Labor Saving
Fully automatic — no workers needed. Feed a standard layer cage in just 7-8 minutes.
Reduces Feed Waste
Precise distribution prevents spillage and keeps feed clean via sealed silo transport.
Easy to Operate
Simple installation and low maintenance — designed for daily farm operation.
A and H type Compatible
Gantry carts for A type cages, chain feeding systems for H type battery cages.
Durable Components
PVC or hot-dip galvanized steel feed troughs — strong, solid, and long lifespan.
Complete System
Bracket, down feed, walking output, walking, feed adjust, and electrical systems.
Automatic Feeding System Components
Usually feeding system contains bracket, down feed system, walking output system, walking system, feed capacity adjust system, electrical system. The main feed trough has two types, plastic PVC type and hot galvanized steel sheets feed trough. They both are high quality, the length is according to the real design of different battery cages. The two feed trough design are convenient to clean, solid and durable, has long lifespan.
AGICO Three Types Feeding Machine
Gantry Type Feeding Machine
- Beam: 6.5*0.7*0.26m/group(two feeders size)= 1.2M³
- Column: 1.2*0.2*1.6m = 0.4M³
- Hopper: 0.80*0.70*0.92m = 0.55M³
Newly Feeding Machine
- Components: hopper, track, main engine, front and rear end, electric feeding tube.
- Advantages: occupies fewer land and save space, uniform feeding, health.
Pan Feeding System
Poultry feed fan is one of the automatic feeding systems. In AGICO’s cage-free poultry house, chickens are pecking at the feed pan. The advantages are uniform feeding, a high degree of automation, and cost savings of labor. AGICO pan feeder main components are:
- Feed Hopper: it is used to store the feed.
- Feed Auger: Transporting feed from the feed hopper to the feed line.
- Feed line: A feeding pipe running through the deep litter poultry house.
- Feed pan: It is usually round, the material is always plastic, chickens eat feed here.
