Chore-Time^® News

MILFORD, Indiana U.S.A. – Chore-Time’s unique REVOLUTION® Poultry Feeder now offers broiler breeder producers an eight-spoke feeder pan assembly for use in feeding roosters. The new rooster feeder gives producers the option of automatically filling feeders with feed in the air or at floor level. The feeder’s eight-spoke grill design also offers roosters comfortable, easy access to feed in the pan.

Producers who favor filling their rooster feeders while the feeder pans are winched up and out of the birds’ reach can take advantage of the REVOLUTION Feeder’s unique ability to adjust the feed volume in all pans by using centralized winch location(s) together with the feeder’s innovative Rotary Gate. An actuator system controls the feeder’s feed level through the amount of gate opening with settable minimum to maximum requirements as the male birds grow.

One benefit of this fill-in-the-air option is that the producer does not have to divide the total daily feed ration by the number of feeder pans and then individually set each feed pan to hold that amount. With the Chore-Time REVOLUTION Rooster Feeder, all the feeder pans can be automatically adjusted as a group with each pan having a settable range of 0.75 to 1.75 pounds (.34 to .79 kg) of feed. The feeding system and pans are filled in the air and then lowered to the roosters at feeding time the next morning.

Producers who prefer to fill their rooster feeders at floor level have the option of getting a REVOLUTION Rooster Feeder pan assembly with no feed gates or windows. This feeder comes with a high-speed feeder line motor and indexed feeder tubes to dispense feed to all feeder pans at the same time. The system then runs until the feed ration is completely distributed.

The Chore-Time REVOLUTION Feeder is the latest in the company’s industry-leading history of automated poultry pan feeding advances and is part of Chore-Time’s complete package of feeding, watering, feed conveying, feed storage, ventilation, heating, cooling and controls products for poultry.

Chore-Time Poultry Production Systems is a part of the CTB, Inc. family of companies. Based in Milford, Indiana (U.S.A.), CTB is a leading global designer, manufacturer and marketer of systems and solutions for the poultry, hog, egg production, and grain industries. Its products focus on improved efficiency in the care of poultry and livestock as well as on grain storage, conditioning and handling. Founded in 1952, CTB operates from multiple locations in the U.S.A. and Europe and serves its customers through a worldwide distribution network. The business unit’s web address is http://www.choretimepoultry.com/.