Pellet Quality and Nutrient Segregation on the Farm
Published:February 14, 2020
John Boney (Penn State) discussed his recent research on pellets and flock uniformity in poultry farms and processing plants, during IPPE 2020 in Atlanta, USA.
2 mm crumb for pre starter
2.5 mm crumb for starter or 3 mm pellet
3 mm pellet for finisher
Proper conditoning of 90 sec
Standard parameter for ME, protien Avl P , lysine , methionine M+C
Get 2000 g in 35 days
With FCR of 1.45— 1.5
Regards
Mr Dan Hofer
U being poultry farmer may not be producing pelleted feed ur self
Lot of factors are involved to have better quality quality pellets
1- proper preconditioning time around 2 minutes which will ensure proper gelatinisation
2-Iclusion of pellet binder
3- proper cooling of pellets
4 proper storage of pellets in silo bins or bags
5- Avoid any atmospheric moisture during storage as pellets are hygroscopic in nature
As the pellet passes thru so many channels from cooling to transport to loading to unloading to finally feeding to birds , it has to strong enough to sustain so that it doesn’t break into powder
Pl note that pellets are always better than mash
Regards
Mr Jonathan
Adding cane molasses in poultry feed has limited usage ie up to 1 to 2 % only in layer feed and not recommended in broiler feed
Therefore use of bentonite @1% can be used as Pellet binder and it is also an toxin binder
Follow my request and implement and revert please
Regards
Dr chandra
We feed mash on our farm and it’s better than pallets because it’s the same every time pallets sometimes fall apart than u get dusty feed broilers don’t like eating dusty feed
Mr Sesan
Pelleting does increase the cost of production as compared to mash but u look into efficiency of pellet, it’s much more better in terms of FCR, feed wastage, energy utilised by birds for prehenson of feed
With one pick of pellet complete feed goes into bird. More pellet is geletenised and cooked food thus BV of pellet is much better than mash
Regards
Dr Chandra
Kindly add pellet binder like bentonite @1% in the mixer and also 1 litre of geltin to make pellet slightly harder which will reduce powder % and segregation will reduce. Regard.
I would also point out that pelleting strategy plays a role here. Improved quality has often been shown to improve efficiencies, and now this and similar data is providing a good focus on impacts related to segregation. However, we also have data that demonstrates that common methods for improving quality (high conditioning temperatures and retention times, thicker pellet dies, lower throughputs) may significantly impact viability of nutrients.