Chicken Farm Feed Granulator

More and more chicken farmers are complaining that the prices of chicken feed sold by feed companies are too high, so that farmers have almost no profit when selling their chickens. Therefore, the current trend is to make poultry feed by oneself. So, what kind of feed pellet machine do you need to produce high-quality chicken feed pellets, and what raw materials can be used? Now let Zhengzhou Fude Machinery answer for you!

What are the suitable ingredients for making chicken feed?

• Energy feed (providing basic calories)

Grains: Corn (accounting for the highest proportion, up to 50% -62%), wheat, barley, rice, sorghum, brown rice, oats, rye, sweet potatoes (to be chopped and stewed before use). Corn is the main source of energy due to its high carbohydrate content and palatability. Sweet potatoes and potatoes need to be cooked and mixed with other feed.
Fury bran: wheat bran, rice bran, secondary flour, etc., can adjust the fiber content of feed.

• Protein feed (promotes growth and tissue repair)

Plant protein: soybean meal (up to 22% -34%), rapeseed cake, peanut cake, sesame cake, cottonseed meal, sunflower seed meal, etc.
Attention: Soybeans need to be puffed or matured at high temperatures to eliminate anti nutritional factors, as raw soybeans may affect absorption.
Animal protein: fish meal, meat and bone meal, blood meal, silkworm maggot meal, feather meal, shrimp bran, insects (such as black soldier ant larvae), etc. Fish meal is rich in amino acids, but the dosage needs to be controlled to avoid high costs.

Granular feed has become the mainstream trend

In the global poultry feed market, pellet feed accounts for over 65% (2024 data), and its core advantages lie in:

• Improved nutrient utilization rate: High temperature granulation (70-100 ℃) increases starch gelatinization rate by over 85%, protein digestion rate by 10% -15%, and inactivates pathogens such as Salmonella;
• Significant economic benefits: pellet feed reduces picky eating waste, increases feed intake by 10% -15%, reduces feed to meat ratio by 5% -8%, and increases the comprehensive income of each broiler by 0.44 yuan (RMB);
• Outstanding environmental value: Utilizing agricultural waste such as straw and fruit residue for granulation, reducing carbon emissions by more than 30%.

Matching host: Flat mold feed pellet machine

For most farmers who start making feed pellets, we usually recommend our flat die feed pellet machine because of its simple structure and easy operation. More importantly, the cost of purchasing a flat mold pellet machine is very low. Flat die feed pellet machine is a dry in and dry out feed processing equipment that directly compresses powdered feed (such as corn, soybean meal, grass powder, etc.) into high-density pellets through mechanical extrusion, without the need for additional water or drying treatment. Its core functions include high-temperature sterilization (killing pathogenic microorganisms and parasites), starch gelatinization (improving palatability), and nutrient retention (reducing processing losses).

What is the nutritional value of chicken feed pellets?

Chicken feed pellets are scientifically proportioned by uniformly mixing high-energy protein materials such as corn, soybean meal, and fish meal with minerals (such as calcium and phosphorus), vitamins, and functional additives (probiotics, amino acids). They are then extruded at high temperatures to achieve a balanced nutrition and efficient utilization. The high temperature (70-100 ℃) during the granulation process can kill pathogenic microorganisms, promote starch gelatinization (increase digestion rate to over 85%) and moderate protein denaturation (increase palatability), and lock in heat sensitive components such as vitamins (loss rate<5%), so that pellet feed can meet the nutritional needs of chickens at different growth stages, such as rapid weight gain of chicks (crude protein ≥ 20%), calcium reinforcement of laying hens (3.5% -4.5%), while reducing picky eating waste, increasing feed intake by 10% -15%, and comprehensively improving breeding efficiency.

Why choose a poultry feed pellet machine for your chickens?

This poultry feed pellet machine, suitable for small poultry farms or households, is different from other feed pellet machines. For chickens, they need to grow quickly and healthily. Chicken feed should pay attention to nutritional components and ingredients. We have developed this homemade chicken feed pellet machine, dedicated to improving nutritional integrity and palatability to accelerate chicken feed intake. In addition, chickens at different growth stages require different sizes of feed pellets. With this machine, you can make 2-10mm feed pellets to meet different needs.

How to make chicken feed with a granulator

Chicken feed pellet technology is reshaping the global aquaculture industry with scientific ratios as the cornerstone, intelligent devices as the engine, and green recycling as the goal. Both large feed mills and family farms can achieve cost reduction and efficiency improvement through technological innovation, providing key support for global food security and ecological protection.