JPH06327373A - Method for feeding for poultry farming and feeder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce eggs of good quality while reducing the consumption of a feed by regulating the supply of feeds to a chicken for the ovum collection with a computer and supplying the feeds while comprising a larger amount of calcium in the feed to be supplied especially in the afternoon than that in the morning. CONSTITUTION:The feeding mechanism 3 moving along a row 1 of cages in which the cages are arranged side by side is equipped with the first feeding mechanism 5 for administering the first feed containing no or only a trace amount of calcium and the second feeding mechanism 6 for administering the second feed of mostly or only the calcium. At the time of feeding in the time zone in the morning of a day, the first feeding mechanism 5 is operated to supply only the first feed to a feeding trough. At the time of feeding in the time zone in the afternoon, the first and the second feeding mechanisms 5 and 6 are operated in an interlocking manner to mix the second feed with the first feed and supply the resultant mixed feeds to the feeding trough.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention adjusts the feeding of chickens for egg collection in a poultry house by controlling them with a computer, and in particular, supplies the diet to be fed in the afternoon while containing a large amount of calcium. The present invention relates to a poultry feeding method and a poultry feeding apparatus, characterized in that the amount of feed used is reduced.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, when breeding chickens for egg collection, cages containing several chickens are arranged laterally in a row to form a cage row. In many cases, the rows are arranged in multiple rows vertically and horizontally, and in a large poultry house, 40 to 50,000 chickens are bred internally. Therefore, when feeding a large number of chickens in a poultry house, a fixed amount of feed is supplied at a time zone determined every day by a feeding mechanism that runs along the cage row. In a very general case, between about 5 am and 6 am, around 11 am, around 2 pm and around 5 pm, 4 times a day, about 25 grams of feed per chicken per day We are supplying. This feed usually contains about 3.5% calcium carbonate, and the same feed containing calcium carbonate is used regardless of the feeding time. However, a normal egg-collecting chicken has a natural habit of collecting a large amount of calcium in the afternoon, forming an eggshell in the oviduct at night, and laying eggs the next morning. For this reason, in the afternoon of the day, more calcium is required in the afternoon than in the morning, so more feed will be collected, and excess nutrients other than calcium will be discharged in excess and wasted. Become. Especially in poultry farms,
Since the cost required for feed accounts for 60% or more of the total cost, reducing the cost required for feed has an extremely large practical effect.

[0003]

Therefore, when a chicken is fed with a feed containing little or no calcium in the morning and a feed containing a large amount of calcium is fed to the chicken in the afternoon, Since there is little waste of feed supplied in the afternoon, it is possible to reduce the consumption of feed and it is economical. However, it is not possible for an automatic feeding device in a large-scale poultry farm to supply feeds with low calcium content and high feed amount separately in a tank, etc. and prepare the feed separately for morning and afternoon. It is impossible or extremely time-consuming, and therefore costs more than the feed reduction. Therefore, from the past, if it was possible to supply a diet low in calcium in the morning in the morning in the morning and a diet high in calcium in the afternoon to the chickens for egg collection very easily and reliably, it would be extremely advantageous for the poultry farmer. It is desired because it can reduce the burden of expenses and has high practical value.

[0004]

The present invention has been proposed in order to satisfy the above-mentioned conventional demands, and cages for accommodating egg-raising chickens and rearing the cages are arranged side by side in the lateral direction. The feeding mechanism moving along the row administers the first feed, which contains no or only a very small amount of calcium in the feeding mechanism, and the feeding mechanism which mostly contains calcium or only calcium. A second feed supply mechanism for administering the second feed is provided, and when feeding in the morning time zone on one day, the first feed supply mechanism is operated to feed only the first feed to the feeding trough. Supply, and at the time of feeding in the afternoon hours, the first feed mechanism and the second feed mechanism are interlocked to mix the first feed with the second feed and feed the feed trough. To feed the chickens for egg collection DOO relates poultry feeding method and feeding apparatus according to claim.

[0005]

In the feeding method and feeding device described above, the first
The second food feeding mechanism and the second food feeding mechanism are operated individually or in conjunction with each other while being controlled by a computer according to a preset time and state.
By feeding only the feed to the feeding gutter, the chicken does not collect much calcium, and by feeding the afternoon, the amount of calcium necessary for one day can be collected.
It is possible to reduce the amount of wasteful feed collected, stop the supply of unnecessary nutrients, and form a good and strong egg shell to prevent egg breakage, cracking, and the like.

[0006]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 shows a poultry raising method and a poultry raising apparatus according to the most basic aspect of the present invention. In FIG. 1, inside a poultry house (not shown), cages 1 for accommodating and breeding a plurality of chickens for egg collection are arranged in a row in the lateral direction. A bait gutter 2 is provided along the length direction of the cage row 1, and a feeding mechanism 3 that can reciprocate along the length direction of the cage row 1 is provided.

The feeding mechanism 3 has a structure in which a traveling cart 4 is provided with a first feeding mechanism 5 and a second feeding mechanism 6.

The first feed supply mechanism 5 described above contains a first hopper 7 for storing a first feed that does not contain a calcium component such as calcium carbonate or is contained in an extremely small amount, and the first hopper 7 described above. A first screw mechanism 8 is provided below the hopper 7, a first motor 9 for driving the first screw mechanism 8 is provided, and a first motor 9 is connected to the rear end of the first hopper 7. A first feed outflow pipe 11 extending from the feed discharge part 10 is made to face the inside of the feed gutter 2.

Further, the above-mentioned second feed supplying mechanism 6 includes a second hopper 12 for storing a second feed containing calcium as a main component or only calcium carbonate, and the second hopper 12 described above. The second screw mechanism 13 at the bottom
And a second motor 14 for driving the second screw mechanism 13 to connect the second feed outflow pipe 15 extending from the rear end of the second hopper 12 to the discharge unit 10. It is a configuration.

In the poultry house, the first motor 9 and the second motor 14 are connected to a central processing unit 16 composed of a computer, and particularly the second motor 14 has a timer function 1.
It is connected to the central processing unit 16 via 7, and the traveling of the feeding mechanism 3 described above is also controlled by the central processing unit 16. Then, when the first motor 9 is driven by the control signal of the central processing unit 16, the first screw mechanism 8
With the rotation of the first feed inside the first hopper 7, an accurate fixed amount per unit time is pushed out to the discharge part 10 and is supplied to the feed gutter 2 through the first feed outflow pipe 11. is there. Further, when the second motor 14 is driven by the control signal of the central processing unit 16 and the operation of the timer function 17,
The rotation of the second screw mechanism 13 causes the second hopper 1 to rotate.
The second feed in the inside of 2 is extruded in an accurate fixed amount per unit time and supplied to the discharge part 10 from the second feed outflow pipe 15, and the first feed and the second feed are mixed. Bait 2
Will be supplied to.

Therefore, in a normal poultry farm, 4 times a day
The chickens fed in the cage row 1 are fed twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon, but when the feeding mechanism 3 is run to feed the chickens twice in the morning, only the first food feeding mechanism 5 is fed. Is activated to feed only the first feed containing no or little calcium. That is, during the feeding period in the morning, the central processing unit 16 drives the first motor 9 of the first feeding mechanism 5 while keeping the second feeding mechanism 6 in the stopped state to drive the first screw mechanism. The rotation of 8 pushes an accurate fixed amount of the first feed per unit time into the discharge part 10 and supplies it to the feed gutter 2 from the first feed outflow pipe 11. Therefore, the chickens in the cage row 1 hardly collect calcium in the morning hours.

However, at the time of feeding in the afternoon, the central processing unit 16 drives the first motor 9 and the second motor 14 in an interlocking manner so that the first screw mechanism 8 and the second screw mechanism 13 interlock. The first feed and the second feed are appropriately rotated to be mixed with each other in the discharge part 10 and kneaded, and are made to flow down from the first feed outflow pipe 11 to be supplied to the feed gutter 2. Of.

By performing the daily feeding as described above, the feeding state in the morning and the afternoon can be changed to the case where the calcium content is almost not included and the case where the calcium content is contained in a certain amount. In the feeding of, since the necessary amount of calcium for one day is included, there is no shortage of calcium in chickens, and good eggs can be laid in the next morning.

FIGS. 2 to 5 show another embodiment of the present invention. Inside the poultry house, cage rows 1'having bait gutters 2'on the front surface are arranged in a stack of 5 rows. This is a case where the above-mentioned five rows of cage rows 1'are installed in a laterally opposed manner.

The feeding mechanism 3'in the above-mentioned embodiment is provided with a first bait feeding mechanism 5'and a second bait feeding mechanism 6'on both sides of the traveling carriage 4'and both the first bait feeding mechanisms. In the lower part of the first hopper 7'of 5 ', there are five first screw mechanisms 8'and a first motor 9'for individually rotating and driving each first screw mechanism 8', In addition, a discharge portion 10 'is provided at the rear of each first screw mechanism 8', and the first feed outflow pipe 11 'is extended downward, and each cage row 1'is
The first feed outflow pipe 11 'is exposed to the bait gutter 2'.

In addition, 5 is also provided under the second hopper 12 'of the second food feeding mechanism 6', which is provided adjacent to the first food feeding mechanism 5 '.
The second second screw mechanism 13 'and the second motor 14' for rotationally driving each second screw mechanism 13 '.
And the second feed outflow pipe 15 'at the rear of each second screw mechanism 13' is connected to each discharge portion 1 of the first feed supply mechanism 5 '.
It is a structure connected to 0 '.

This is because, in this embodiment, the pair of first bait feeding mechanisms 5'and the second bait feeding mechanism 6'are responsible for feeding the cage rows 1'of the upper and lower five stages. The first motor 9'and the second motor 14 'of the mechanism 5'and the second feed supply mechanism 6'are electrically connected to the central processing unit composed of a computer, the timer mechanism and the like as in the above-mentioned embodiment. The time and condition are controlled and driven by the central processing unit, and the chickens in the cage row 1'are fed with a low or almost no calcium content in the morning and a high calcium content in the afternoon. The chickens in the cage row 1'can be fed in exact quantities. Therefore, this embodiment is applied to the case where the cage rows 1'are installed in upper and lower stages.

Although the present invention has been described above based on the embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and can be carried out in any manner as long as the configuration described in the claims is not changed. it can. For example, the first feed, the second
The feed supply mechanism that administers the feed of is not limited to the configuration using the motor and the screw mechanism, and any other mechanical,
Electrical equipment can be used. In addition, the central processing unit using a computer controls the drive by the motor of each feed supply mechanism to control the feed supply state, depending on the traveling speed of the traveling carriage and the number of chickens housed in the cage. It is extremely accurate and can be adjusted appropriately before feeding.

[0019]

In summary, according to the present invention, calcium is not contained in the feeding mechanism which moves along cage rows which are arranged side by side in cages which house and house chickens for egg collection. Or a second feed feeding mechanism that administers a first feed containing only a very small amount and a second feed feeding mechanism that administers a second feed containing mostly or only calcium. During feeding in the morning hours on a day, the first feed mechanism is operated to feed only the first feed to the feeding trough, and during feeding in the afternoon hours, the first feed It is characterized in that the feeding mechanism and the second feeding mechanism are operated to mix the first feed with the second feed and feed the mixture to the feeding trough to feed the chickens for egg collection. , Diets with and without calcium Two there is no need to prepare, feed free calcium content is in the morning, it is possible to supply the feed more calcium components in the afternoon chickens. As a result, the chicken will not be fed with extra nutrients during the afternoon feeding, and the feed can be saved sufficiently, and the feed can be reduced by 5% or more compared to the past, resulting in a significant reduction in poultry costs. it can. In addition, since the calcium content is high at the time of feeding in the afternoon, eggs with good and strong eggshells can be produced in the next morning, the quality of eggs can be improved, and the practical value is remarkably improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of a feeding mechanism according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a feeding mechanism according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 cage row 2 bait gutter 3 feeding mechanism 3 traveling carriage 5 first bait supply mechanism 6 second bait supply mechanism 7 first hopper 8 first screw mechanism 9 first motor 10 discharge part 11 first feed Outflow pipe 12 Second hopper 13 Second screw mechanism 14 Second motor 15 Second feed outflow pipe 16 Central processing unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A feeding mechanism which moves along a row of cages in which cages accommodating egg-collecting chickens are laid side by side and which contains no or only a very small amount of calcium. A first food feeding mechanism that administers a first feed that does not contain a first feed and a second food feeding mechanism that administers a second feed that contains mostly or only calcium content The first feed mechanism is operated to feed only the first feed to the feeding trough during feeding at the time of feeding in the afternoon.
By feeding the feed feeding mechanism and the second feed feeding mechanism in conjunction with each other to mix the first feed with the second feed and supply the mixture to the feeding trough, the feeding chicken is fed. A characteristic feeding method for poultry. 2. The feeding mechanism which moves along a row of cages in which cages accommodating egg-collecting chickens are laid side by side has no calcium or only a very small amount of calcium. A first feed supply mechanism that administers a first feed that does not include a first feed, and a second feed supply mechanism that administers a second feed that contains mostly or only calcium, And electronically and automatically controlling the operation of the second food feeding mechanism, the first food feeding mechanism is operated to properly feed the first feed during feeding in the morning time of the day. The feeding amount is adjusted to a feeding trough by an appropriate amount, and during feeding in the afternoon time, the first feeding mechanism and the second feeding mechanism are operated in conjunction with each other so that the first feeding is changed to the second feeding. Mix the feed and adjust the feed gutter to the proper amount. A feeder for poultry, which is characterized by being fed.