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Some Tips for Running a Poultry Feed Pellet Plant
Make Feed for Layer Chicken and Broiler Chicken
- To get quality compound feed the quality of the processed feed and the raw material need to be impeccable at all times.
- Scientific standards set the most effective levels of processing including the degree of gelatinization, particle sizes, and mixing uniformity. Poultry feed pellets will be good or bad depending on adherence to these standard requirements.
- The nutritional value of the feed will typically depend on how much of each raw material is in the feed formula. Too much of a given raw material will be wasteful while too little of a given nutrient can interfere with the efficacy of poultry functions such as breeding.
There are several categories of poultry animals that can be classified as poultry like chicken, geese, chickens, ducks, quails, pigeons, swans and even ostriches. Due to the wide range of these animals, it is practically impossible for one type of feed to be sufficient in meeting the nutritional needs of each of these animals. Production practice has gone ahead to give proof that the ultimate feed can be arrived at by bringing together several feed raw materials. This way, the resulting feed is not only palatable, but also has nutritional value to the poultry. Read more about the project report of 600,000 ton/year Poultry Feed Equipment Line.
The Main Processing of Poultry Feed Pellets
There are several steps that are generally followed during the processing of compound poultry feed. These steps are briefly discussed below;
- Cleaning the raw materials
This basically involves getting rid of all the unwanted materials in the raw materials for the poultry feed process. Some of these materials include stones and iron chips.
- Crushing
This can be said to be the most important process in poultry feed processing. This is because crushing involved breaking the raw materials and reducing them into a size that is standard and comfortable for the poultry to ingest. Crushing is the related to electricity consumption, the yield and even the quality and general cost of the feed. Crushing increases the surface area of the feed, making it convenient for digestion by poultry. The size of the grains varies, with a maximum diameter for the broiler chicks at 0.9mm. The size can increase with increasing age, so that the layers feed on gains that have a size of more than 0.9mm.
Poultry Feed Crushing Machine
Poultry Feed Crushing System
- Batching
This is the stage where the raw materials are weighed using some standard measurements that have been arrived at using some specific formulas. This is a very important step that ensures the resulting poultry feed is of high quality. In some cases, the pre-mix additives are weighed manually and directly put into the mixing machines.
- Mixing
This is the step where all the weighed ingredients are mixed together uniformly in the specified ratio. This uniform mixing ensures that all the pellets have the same proportion of the ingredients as required by the formula. Micronutrients used including the vitamins, minerals and amino acids have to be pre-mixed before they are mixed with the other ingredients. This is a very important step to ensure that the micronutrients are uniformly distributed in the pellets when mixing.
Feed Mixing Machinery
Feed Mixing Equipment
During the pre-mixing operation, it is wise to first pour in the larger contents followed by the smaller contents. The mixing time should be determined by carrying out a test to determine the uniformity of the feed. The coefficient of variation of the premix has to be calculated and it should not exceed 5%. The coefficient of variation of the resultant feed should also be calculated and it should not exceed 10%.
- Pelletizing
On a general scale, the food mixture usually has a water content of about 4-6% due to water vapor. This food has to be passed through a feed pellet mill and once it goes in, the water content in the feed increases from 10-12% at ambient temperature to about 10-12% at a temperature of about 80-90℃.
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Water is very important during feed processing. This is because it enhances lubrication during the process of granulation and gelatinization occurs when the feed is exposed to heat. Gelatinization in simple terms is the process where water and starch are subjected to heat leading to swelling of the starch granules. You maybe also interested in setting up a low cost 0-1 ton/h mini feed mill with flat die pellet mill.
- Screening, cooling and packaging
Feed Cooling and Packing System
Equipment Layout and Process Design
This is the next step after pelletizing and it is meant to get rid of all the powder and debris. It is then cooled down and packaged and stored and the powder and slag is taken back into the process.
How to Make Compound Poultry Feed Pellets?
There are different ingredients that are used to make compound poultry feed. These ingredients are incorporated in different proportions which are determined by a poultry formula. Poultry nutrition, the nutritional requirements of the poultry and the nutritional value of the feed are just but some of the requirements to design poultry feed formula. The poultry feed formula is designed so that it is easy to choose the raw materials with nutritional value to the poultry that come at a cheap cost for higher economic benefits.
Process 01: Raw materials reception → cleaning and removal of impurities → crushing → batching → mixing → pelleting → sieving & cooling → feed pellets packaging
This includes a series of steps like removal of impurities and cleaning, crushing, batching, mixing, pelletizing and sieving and cooling. The raw materials here are crushed on variety and efficiency. You can also choose different grinding sizes depending on the age of the poultry. This technology is very suitable for poultry feed processing with a variety of raw materials.
Process 02: Raw materials reception → cleaning impurities → batching → sifting → crushing → mixing — pelleting — sieving & cooling → feed pellets packaging
This involves batching, sifting, crushing, mixing, pelletizing, sieving and cooling and packaging. This process is characterized by the following;
- lt helps on saving silo space. This is because the batching bin is not only used for batching; it is also used for storage of raw materials, leaving the crushing chamber to act as only a buffer.
- The pellets have smaller size due to the added process of batching that is done before crushing. Having smaller sized pellets is beneficial because it enhances efficiency during the production of poultry feed.
- Tools and equipment with high technical levels and good performance are required. This is important to ensure the continuity of the poultry feed processing. Sieving is done after batching and this procedure ensures that the finer powdery materials are directly set to the mixer. This is because they are already fine and do not need to be crushed.
