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14 Operating instructions
14.2.1
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Description of Male-Pan and Male-Pan plus
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Fixed, non-swinging tube connection by means of a pressure spring and a
holding pin.
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Slide shut-off for uniform distribution of the total restricted feed quantity to all
males within the flock with decreasing number of birds (mortality/selection).
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Stable 5-arm grill.
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Deep feed plate to prevent feed losses and for complete reception of the
required daily ration for all males.
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Scale for precise and easy volume adjustment of all feed pans on a feeder line.
14.2.2
Introduction
In broiler breeder houses, separate-sex-feeding still has a very high, productiontechnical status.
This is important,
• to give a relatively small feed quantity to the males in comparison to the hens,
• to control the males' sexual development,
• and to avoid an uncontrolled increase in weight as well as premature obesity.
On the other hand, a feed recipe deviating from that of the hens shall also be offered
in individual cases.
Separate male-female feeding ("separate-sex-feeding") can be put into practice as
follows:
• The males must be denied access to the feed of the females by means of a relatively
narrow eating grille.
• At the same time, a feeding place has to be offered to the males which cannot be
reached by the smaller hens due to its raised position.
Since the males are fed extremely restrictively as are the females, such a male feeding
system has to fulfil special requirements in order to give each male its exact daily ration.
Here, we distinguish different feeding procedures,
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according to the kind of quantity fixing
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and even distribution of the feed to the males.
User and assembly manual AUGERMATIC
Edition: 11/2003 „ M 0742 GB