RU2488268C2 - Method and device to grow hydroponic fodder and feed it to poultry - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, in particular, to methods for growing green hydroponic fodder and feeding it to poultry. The method to grow hydroponic fodder and feed it to poultry includes supply of seeds and water into trays. Closing of the tray with a net and feeding fodder from trays to animals. Seeds are couched outside the tray for 2-3 days. Sprouted seeds are laid onto the net placed on the tray ledge, and seeds are additionally grown for 2-3 days. Hydroponic fodder is grown for 5-8 days at room temperature. Further green hydroponic fodder is fed for 6-10 minutes by introduction under the cage of the feeding trough in the horizontal position and adjustment of tray lifting along the height. The device for realisation of the method comprises a cage with a meshed floor, a feeding trough equipped with a net of polymer materials, a support and a stop. The feeding trough comprises a ledge, on which the net is placed. The support is equipped with a worm gear and a bracket on a bearing built into the end of the upper part of the support. The feeding trough is fixed with the help of fixtures to the bracket and is supported in the horizontal position with the stop. The height of the feeding trough is adjusted with worm gear rotation.

EFFECT: invention provides continuous hydroponic green fodder to poultry.

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Description

The invention relates to agriculture, in particular to methods for growing and feeding birds green hydroponic feed.

Known poultry complex with agro-bridge device [RF patent 2086118, class. A01K 1/02, A01K 31/00, publ. 08/10/1997], including a stationary room for keeping animals and an agromost bridge for caring for farmland and poultry in mobile pens. On the farm of the agro-bridge device, captures are attached that interact with spring brackets to move the pens through the farmland, a system of feed dispensers for distributing feed to the pens, a drinking water tank, a hopper with a supply of feed. Regeneration of fed grass in the pens is carried out using a platform with interchangeable mounted agricultural implements.

A disadvantage of the known complex is the difficulty of regeneration of the fed green grass.

A known complex for growing broilers [RF patent 2326530, class. A01K 31/00, publ. 04/10/2007], containing a house with consecutive boxes, feeders, feeders, drinkers, heaters. Boxes are made in different sizes in accordance with the age of the bird. The complex is equipped with successively located open walking areas, the base of each site is made in the form of soil with a slope, on which a drainage layer is placed and on top is a soil layer sown with grass. The complex allows to reduce the cost of heat and electric energy.

The disadvantage of this method of growing broilers is the difficulty of regenerating green feed, cleaning the litter.

A device for growing and feeding animals hydroponic feed [patent of the Russian Federation No. 95968, cl. A01G 31/02, publ. 07/20/2010], containing a closed vertical conveyor with a drive mechanism, equipped with trays-feeders suspended from it by hinges and suspensions, closed with grids of polymer materials. The nets have mesh sizes sufficient for the passage of growing grass and insufficient for the penetration of the head and limbs of animals. Sowing devices, a lighting system and a container for a nutrient solution, an antimicrobial filter with silver nanoparticles are also provided. The device further includes an analytical unit connected to a container for the nutrient solution and containing a device for determining the chemical composition of the nutrient solution and the quality of the feed. The application of the proposed device can increase the productivity of plants and control the ecological purity of the feed.

The disadvantages of the known device are: the bulkiness and complexity of the operation of the device, damage to the root and basal parts of green food when feeding animals.

Closest to the technical nature of the proposed is a method of growing and feeding animals hydroponic feed [A.S. USSR 1653655, class A01G 31/02, publ. 06/07/1991], including daily movement of the seed trays with a closed vertical conveyor, feeding seeds into the trays for germination and mortar, lighting the trays, feeding the animals with animals is carried out from the seed trays, the movement of which is carried out cyclically by the conveyor; the number of trays on the conveyor is aligned with the number of days of the plant vegetation cycle; the width of the tray is determined from the condition of growing the feed mass, which contains the daily norm of carotene for the entire fed group of animals, and to prevent loss of the root system when feeding animals, the trays are closed with a metal mesh with mesh sizes sufficient for passage of grass overgrowth, but insufficient for penetration through them front of the head and limbs of the animal.

The disadvantages of the known devices are: the bulkiness and complexity of the operation of the device, for example, to clean the tray from droppings.

The aim of the invention is to minimize the area occupied by feeding; constant supply of birds with hydroponic green food. simplification of the device.

This goal is achieved by the proposed method and device for growing and feeding birds hydroponic feed, including feeding seeds into the trays for germination and water, closing the tray with a net, feeding the animal feed from the trays, and the seeds are germinated outside the tray for 2-3 days at room temperature temperature. Sprouted seeds are placed on a grid placed on the ledge of the tray, water is added to the tray to the level of the grid and the seeds are grown within 2-3 days, during which the root system of seeds is fixed on the grid. Hydroponic fodder cultivation is carried out for 5-8 days at room temperature, adding water to a level above the grid. Feeding the grown green hydroponic feed is carried out for 6-10 minutes after entering the feeder tray under the cage in a horizontal position and adjusting the height of the tray. A device for growing and feeding hydroponic food to birds contains a cage with a mesh floor, a feeder tray equipped with a grid of polymer materials, while the feeder tray is located in a horizontal position under the mesh floor of the cage. The device additionally contains a tripod and emphasis, and the feeder tray has a ledge, on which a grid of polymer materials is placed and is attached with a clamp, the tripod is equipped with a worm gear and a bracket on the bearing integrated in the end face of the tripod. The feeder tray is fixed with fasteners to the bracket and is supported in a horizontal position by emphasis by fixing it to the tripod with the lower end. The height of the feeder tray is adjusted by turning the worm gear. Cleaning the feeding tray from the litter is carried out in a vertical position by flushing with water.

The duration of seed germination outside the tray is carried out at room temperature for 2-3 days, which is optimal. With a reduction in germination time of less than 2 days, seed sprouts do not have time to sprout. With an increase in germination time of more than 3 days, the roots of the seeds germinate to significant sizes, which can be intertwined with the roots of neighboring grains and be damaged when transferring them to the grid of the feeding trough. It is optimal to grow seeds on the grid for 2-3 days, while the root systems are firmly attached to the grid. Growing green hydroponic feed is carried out for 5-8 days at room temperature with periodic addition of water to the tray. At the same time, the height of the grown green fodder reaches a height of 5-8 cm. Feeding the green hydroponic fodder is carried out for 6-10 minutes after entering the feeder tray under the cage in a horizontal position and adjusting the height of the tray. Next, the feeder tray is cleaned of litter. In this case, the seeds, with root systems fixed to the grid, remain on the grid. The feeding tray returns to the horizontal state, water is poured and the seeds are left to grow green hydroponic feed. After reaching a green feed height of 8-10 cm, the cycle repeats.

The proposed device comprises a cage 1 with a mesh floor 2 (figure 1), a tray-feeder 3 (figure 2) with a ledge, a mesh 4, a tripod 5, consisting of pipes of smaller 6 and a large 7 diameter, equipped with a worm gear consisting of a thread 8 and a threaded wrench 9, a tripod 10 and an arm 11 on a bearing 12 (FIG. 2) embedded in the end face of the upper part of the tripod 5. A mesh of polymeric materials is fixed using clamps 13 on the ledge of the feeder tray. The feeder tray is fixed using fasteners 14 to the bracket 11 and using the stop 15 (figure 2) is fixed in a horizontal position, while the lower end of the stop 15 is attached to a tripod. Feeding of birds is carried out by entering under the cage of the tray-feeder in a horizontal position by turning the bracket with the tray-feeder and adjusting the height of the tray using a worm gear. After feeding is complete, the litter tray is cleaned from the litter, which is carried out in the vertical position of the litter tray by flushing with water using a hose.

The device operates as follows. The feeding tray has a ledge at a height of 6-8 mm, on which the mesh is laid and secured with clamps. The net has a strong plastic frame with a mesh stretched over it with cells of 0.4-0.8 × 0.4-0.8 mm (depending on the size of the seeds used). Water is poured into the tray to the level of the net. Pre-prepared sprouted seeds are laid out on the grid, which are periodically sprayed with water. After 2-3 days, the roots of the seeds, growing, are fixed on the grid. Before feeding the birds, water is added to the feeder tray, covering the seed by 2-3 mm, and by turning the bracket the tray is installed under the cage. Then, the feeder tray with a worm gear rises up until the tops of the sprouts pass through the mesh floor of the cage. These tops of sprouts are green bird food. Birds peck sprouts through the mesh floor. Thanks to the water covering the grains and the net, the droppings falling from the cage do not adhere to the net, nor to the sprouts, nor to the bottom of the tray. After 6-10 minutes of feeding, the tray is removed from under the bottom of the cage. The emphasis supporting the tray in a horizontal position is removed, and the tray with a mesh under gravity takes a vertical position. Water is poured along with the droppings. The grid with sprouts is washed with water to remove stuck droppings. Next, the tray is raised to a horizontal position, put on the stop and add water to the level of the grid so that the sprouts can be fed. Providing birds with constant hydroponic green fodder is achieved by the presence of a certain number of feeding trays, on which green fodder is grown. As soon as ready, the tray-feeder with green food is fed. The number of tray-feeders for feeding birds of one cage is determined by the number of days of the vegetation cycle of growing green feed and ranges from 2 to 10, preferably 5-8 pcs.

The application of the proposed method and device will minimize the area occupied by feeding, to provide birds with constant hydroponic green food. The device is easy to operate.

Claims (3)

1. A method of growing and feeding hydroponic feed to birds, including feeding seeds to the trays for germination and water, closing the tray with a net, feeding the birds feed from the trays, characterized in that the seeds are germinated outside the tray for 2-3 days at room temperature, sprouted the seeds are laid on a grid placed on the ledge of the tray, water is added to the tray to the level of the grid and the seeds are grown within 2-3 days, during which the root system of seeds is fixed on the grid, and hydroponic fodder is grown exists within 5-8 days, water is added to a level above the net, and green hydroponic feed is fed for 6-10 minutes by entering the feeding pan under the cage in a horizontal position and adjusting the height of the tray. 2. A device for growing and feeding birds hydroponic feed, containing a cage with a mesh floor, a feeder tray equipped with a grid of polymer materials, characterized in that the feeder tray is located in a horizontal position under the mesh floor of the cage, while the device further comprises a tripod and emphasis, and the feeder-tray has a ledge, on which a grid of polymer materials is placed and fastened with a clamp, the tripod is equipped with a worm gear and a bracket on the bearing integrated in the end face of the pc ativa; the feeder tray is fixed with fasteners to the bracket and is supported in a horizontal position by emphasis by fixing it to the tripod with the lower end, the height of the feeder tray is adjusted by turning the worm gear; cleaning the feeding tray from the litter is carried out in a vertical position by flushing with water. 3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the number of tray-feeders for one cell is determined by the number of days of the growing cycle of growing green feed and ranges from 2 to 10, preferably 5-8 pcs.

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