When using broiler battery cages to raise chicken feed, it is required that the nutrients contained in each part of the feed consumed by the chickens are balanced and the same. Otherwise, the chickens will suffer from malnutrition, nutritional deficiencies or poisoning. Even if your diet formula is very scientific and the feeding conditions are very good, you still cannot get satisfactory feeding results. Therefore, the feed must be stirred evenly to meet the nutritional needs of the chicken. Feed mixing has two methods: mechanical mixing and manual mixing. As long as it is used properly, satisfactory results can be obtained. If you want to save trouble, you can buy a chicken feed mixer for mixing.
1. Mechanical mixing, using a mixer. There are two types of commonly used mixers, vertical and horizontal. The vertical mixer is suitable for mixing powdered feed with a water content of less than 14%. If the water content is too high, it is not easy to mix evenly. This mixer requires low power, low price, and easy maintenance, but the mixing time is long (generally 10-20 minutes per batch), suitable for professional chicken farmers and small chicken farms. The horizontal mixer can evenly mix the feed in the humid climate area or when the viscous ingredients (such as grease) are added to the feed.
The machine has strong mixing ability and short mixing time. It takes 3-4 minutes per batch and is mainly used in some feed processing plants. No matter what kind of mixer is used, the amount of charge should be appropriate in order to mix evenly. Too much or too little can not guarantee the uniformity. Generally, 60%-80% of the capacity is suitable. Mixing time is also an important factor related to the mixing quality. If the mixing time is too short, the quality cannot be guaranteed. But it is not that the longer the time, the better. If the mixing is too long, the feed will be mixed evenly, and then the stratification will be caused by over-mixing.
2. Manual mixing, this method is the main means of feed mixing when the family raises chickens. When mixing, you must be careful and patient to prevent some trace ingredients from piling up and caking. Uneven mixing will affect the feeding effect.
When using broiler cages to raise chickens. When mixing by hand, it is especially important to note that some of the trace ingredients, such as table salt and various additives, which account for a small proportion in the diet but seriously affect the feeding effect. If the mixing is uneven, the lighter ones will affect the feeding effect. In severe cases, the chickens will cause disease, poisoning and even death. For this kind of trace ingredients, they must first be fully crushed during mixing, and there must be no agglomeration. The lumps may be poisoned after being eaten by chickens.
Secondly, due to the small amount of such ingredients, it cannot be directly added to the bulk feed for mixing, but pre-mixing should be used. The method is: take 10%-20% concentrate as a carrier, and pile it up, press the latter feed on the feed that was put down, that is, put it on the top of the feed, so that the feed flows around the center point to become a cone Shape, so that all kinds of feed have the opportunity to mix. Repeat this 3-4 times to achieve the purpose of uniform mixing, and the premix is made. Finally, add this premix to all the feed and mix it 3-4 times in the same way to achieve the goal.
In manual mixing, only through such multi-level mixing can the quality of the combined feed be ensured. The method of turning or stirring the feed in place is not desirable.