When 1-day-old chicks are placed in the broiler house, they should find feed and water as soon as possible. Broilers need to learn where to find the feed. Many feed pans are designed to reduce spillage but are not made for day-olds to get easy access to feed from day 1. That’s why VDL introduced the Flow Slider to the Valenta pan feeder for broilers. With the Flow Slider, the farm manager can use a central mechanism to flood pans with extra fresh feed. Day-olds now have easy access to feed, and the farmer does not have to place additional feed trays for the first days.
After the flooded feed is consumed, birds start to eat from the pan. The VDL Valenta has the lowest entrance height when placed in the litter material. This makes it easy for the chicks to access feed. The grill-less design of the pan ensures that no birds get stuck when they grow.
The VDL Valenta broiler pan with Flow Slider truly supports broilers with a perfect start!
ANIMAL WELFARE AND PERFORMANCE
The grill-less pan design prevents broilers from getting caught and prevents feed from shifting to one side. The rounded edges, swinging, and rotation of the pan make sure that the birds do not get injured. The hinged pan bottom and open pan design allows easy emptying and cleaning of the broiler feed pan. The smooth surface, and swinging and rotating feed pan facilitate cleaning and disinfection with a high-pressure washer.
CONTROL PAN WITH LED LIGHT
The control pan is equipped with a built-in multi-voltage sensor and LED light. White LED lighting triggers chicks and stimulates the feed intake from the control pan. When empty, other pans are continuously supplied with fresh feed. The blue control LED light is positioned at the rear of the sensor to prevent broilers from pecking.
EASY CONTROL OF FEED DISTRIBUTION
The feed distribution can be easily managed by the central adjustment for high and low-feed-level positions with the winching system. The 6-position feed level ring ensures accurate and easy feed level adjustment. Feed spillage is prevented. The feed pan is suitable for a meal, pelletized, and crumbled feed. It is a labour-saving system that is easy to manage.
FLEXBIN LIGHTWEIGHT AND EASY TO HANDLE
The FlexBin weighs just 4.9 kg, making it an easy-to-handle hopper. The FlexBin has a transparent, white impact-resistant synthetic funnel (HDPE) that clearly shows the contour of the feed. The hopper is easy to install and available with a single or double outlet.
FLOW SLIDER
A new feed overflow system designed for the Valenta feed pan which makes it possible to dose approx. 1,5kg extra fresh feed in the opened feed pans before the DOC’s arrival. Approx. 0, 5 kg will flow over the edge on the floor stimulating feed accessibility for all DOCs without extra labor cost and need for chick paper. The flow sliders can be mounted on all pans or alternating between pans. To open and close the flow sliders a central mechanism is mounted on the feedline.
CENTRAL SLIDER
New central closing system for Valenta feed pans for a selected section of feed pans. Using a central lever, it is possible to partially close a section of the feeding line before thinning (partial unloading) the flock. Only the birds that are taken out will not have access to feed for 8 hours as subscribed by the slaughterhouse. The other birds maintain access to the feed and remain in their normal daily feed routine.