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US 12,514,223 B2Granted
System and method for delivering nutrients to recently hatched chicks
AssigneesUnited Animal Health, Inc., Blynda, LLC
InventorsBlyn Brown, Trenton S. Torrance, Terry Stemler, Wade Almy, Britt Leonard, Eric Aicher
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Abstract
An apparatus for delivering digestible products to hatchling fowl includes a controller and a metered delivery mechanism, the metered delivery mechanism electrically coupled to the controller and configured to deliver a pre-defined quantity of digestible products to the container. The digestible product includes an edible and digestible semisolid material.
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An apparatus for delivering digestible products to hatchling fowl, the apparatus comprising
- a controller,
- a mixer operable to mix a plurality of constituents together to form a digestible product, and
- a vaccine delivery assembly operable to add a variable amount of a pre-mixed liquid material including one or more vaccines to the digestible product,
- a metered delivery mechanism, the metered delivery mechanism electrically coupled to the controller and configured to deliver a pre-defined quantity of digestible product to the container,
- wherein the controller includes a processor and a memory device, the memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to operate the mixer to form the digestible product, and activate the metered delivery mechanism to deliver the pre-defined quantity of digestible product to the hatchling fowl.
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