A feeding system for every poultry house with Fancom

All over the world, the prices and margins in poultry farming are under severe pressure. The goal of every poultry farmer is an efficient and practical production process with minimal costs. The quality of the end product and animal welfare are of paramount importance. As feed accounts for such a significant part of the total production costs, reducing the cost of feed is a factor that requires critical attention. After all, this is where producers can make the most gains.

A suitable solution for every house

Because every house is different, Fancom offers various automatic feeding systems for poultry:

Lumina 40 silo weighing

Poultry feeding system with silo weighing

In situations where you want to distribute large amounts of feed in a short space of time, such as in layer houses, you can opt for a silo weighing system where the silo is weighed using weighing bars or load cells. The feed is transported directly from the silo to the hoppers in the house, for a quick and efficient feeding process.

Lumina 41/42 batch weighing

Poultry feeding system with feed weigher

A feed weighing system uses an electronic feed weigher positioned between the silo and the hoppers in the house to accurately dispense small feed rations. The system accurately controls the entire process, from preparing the feed in the batch weigher, filling the hoppers in the house right up to supplying the feeding lines in the house.

Lumina 44 BreederBatch

Poultry feeding system with feed weigher for parent animals

BreederBatch is a batch weighing system especially for houses with parent animals where males and females are fed separately. The system automatically takes the distribution of the males and females in the house into account. Simply enter the number of males and females once, and how the feed should be distributed. The computer will calculate the distribution of all the feed over the various hoppers in the house during the entire rearing cycle. The formulation and type of feed for males and females may differ.

Batch weigher

Accurate feed dispensing

Fancom’s WU.70 is a galvanised weighing unit specially developed to dispense feed in poultry houses. The electronic feed weigher is positioned between the silo and the hoppers in the house and controlled by a Fancom computer. This enables highly accurate and controlled dosing of feed rations. The high weigher capacity means feed can be dosed very quickly (up to 9000 kg per hour). The WU.70 features a mechanical manual control valve and is supplied with a load cell amplifier.

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Efficiently organising the feeding process can make an important contribution. The animals are automatically fed the right portion of feed at the right time, and full data on stocks of feed and consumption is registered. This is valuable management data that will help producers improve the feed conversion rate of their animals to tighten control of the farm's most important cost item – feed costs.

Time saving

An automatic feeding process also saves time. The feed composition, amounts and feeding times are set in the feed computer and the system accurately controls the entire process, from preparing the feed weigher, filling the hoppers in the house right up to supplying the feeding lines. The farmer is only alerted if abnormalities are noticed, so that timely intervention is possible if necessary. This gives the security that each animal is automatically fed the right feed ration.

A feeding system for every poultry house

Fancom offers a suitable solution for every feeding strategy. Whether you apply an ab lib or restricted feeding strategy, want to dose accurately using a feed weigher or quickly supply high volumes of feed using silo weighing. There are also special solutions for houses with parent animals where males and females are fed separately.

Own feed kitchen on poultry farms

More and more poultry farmers are joining the trend of formulating their own feed as a cost controlling measure. They may add various raw materials to a basic ration, or produce their own mixed feed entirely. In this situation too, the process is easy to automate using a special feed computer and a weigher with or without mixing functionality. The system controls the entire process, from preparing the feed right up to transporting feed to the house.

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