Hog Slat Inc. Newton Grove, NC USA August 2020 5 Poultry Feeding System One important note concerning your feeder tubes As mentioned earlier, the Grower Select, Classic Flood pan is designed to work with 1 ¾” diameter feed tubes. There are basically 2 styles of feed tube on the market today. “Smooth Tube” and “Ribbed Tube”. “Smooth Tube” is just that. It is smooth on the outside and where the discharge holes are located there will be “tabs” protruding on either side of the hole to prevent the pans from sliding away from the discharge hole. “Ribbed Tube” has a seam protruding on the side of the tube that runs the entire length of the feeder tube. This rib stops at the discharge hole to allow the feed pan to swivel on the tube then, the rib continues to the next hole and so on. The rib is there for 2 reasons. First it prevents the pans from sliding away from the discharge hole. Second it is used in conjunction with the hanger to prevent the tube from twisting and causing the discharge hole to turn up, away from the feeder pan. Should the hole turn up and away from the feeder pan, feed cannot drop out into the pans. See the picture below for the proper position of the hanger in relation to the discharge hole. The hanger used for “Ribbed Tube” is different than the one for “Smooth Tube”. It has an odd shape to allow the rib to rest in the cradle of the hanger, thereby preventing twisting of the tubes. MANAGEMENT GUIDE Getting Started: As always with any new installation, run the feeding system prior to populating the barn to insure any minor problems with installation are addressed as soon as possible. For the “typical” broiler application the lines should be lowered completely to allow the “classic flood” windows to open completely. Be careful not to allow “slack” in the winching cables as this will create problems when you decide to start raising the feed lines. Just lower the lines so all windows are open and cables are slightly taut. Start the feeder motors to pull or push the feed down the feeder tubes. Once all pans are full the control pan will shut off the feed line motor.
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