Thank you very much! Finished getting all the birds in today. Hope it’s a good flock. Will be selling them right before Christmas so I’m excited about that.
I’m curious as to why you need to put that black sleeve in place of the drop? All we did was took the extension piece off the drop and just let it go inside the feeder. I’d be worried if the lines were too high you’d end up spilling feed. We did turbo feeders earlier this year and it’s been a great investment. The major plus is that we can keep feed on.
The main reason we swapped to turbo feeders is because so many of our spouts were breaking. The black sleeves came with the feeders so we went ahead and used them. We did use some spouts in one house. Our feedlines are so low when our pans are collapsed that we ended up taking a hacksaw and sawed off part of the spout even after removing the sleeve. They still don’t do a real good job filling up the feeder though. I guess depending on the feed pan you have it may work better for some people.
@@FarmerHunt We didn't get the black sleeves with ours. I feel gyped. 😂 Actually I'm not about to go back a replace them all anyway. I've not had any issues with the feeders filling up mainly because I don't really care if they are full to the top. Feed is on so there is constantly feed in them. I'm just super excited to not run feed 2-3 times a day. We would turn the lights out to feed and when you have babies that extra 1-2 hours of dark a day just to run feed makes a difference. I like the turbofeeders a lot so far. It takes the kids and I about 10 minutes per house to put them out or take them up so not bad for labor.
First time I've seen a rotem inside the house, if you have tunnel houses does it affect your static pressure? Our rotem's are in the control rooms. As far as the trays I wish it was cardboard trays, put them down and throw them away no washing. But Sanderson farms has to be their way of doing things.
I have only worked in houses that have the controllers inside the house so I don't really know what to compare it to. We don't have any issues with our static though. Occasionally if it's real windy our static may bounce around some but with the parameters of the controller it doesn't affect anything. We really like the cardboard trays. Maybe one day Sanderson will get on board.
I’m a grower in North Carolina. My integrator made us switch to turbo growers back in the spring. They seem to help on feed conversion but if all the farms your “competing” against have them only person it benefits is the integrator.
We haven’t been required to switch yet. I’m sure when that happens it’ll be just like you’re saying, the integrator will be the one that benefits. In the mean time, I’m hoping to have a little edge over some of the growers until everybody has them.
@@FarmerHunt you should have an advantage for a while then. Only problem I have found is 1st couple days chicks can’t seem to get up in the feed because of the lip
@@kevinward9733 I noticed that with my birds this flock. I think I may put down some of the large cardboard trays next flock to supplement for the first couple days. Do you ever use any extra trays to supplement?
@@FarmerHunt I have tried that but I also took time to rake litter up around the turbo growers to make that top lip even with the ground. A little time consuming but I tried that in 1 house and seen a difference in 1st few days that house ate more so grew faster.
I just retrofit my houses to full house brood in the warmer months, putting in chickmates between every other pan. Something tells me that in a few years I’ll be swapping to turbo feeders.
They are nice. The eliminate washing feed trays and also cut down on some waste (Especially if you don't monitor your feed closely). The main reason I switched is my chickmates are pretty old and started breaking. I was going to have to replace a bunch so I decided to try the turbo feeders. So far I like them though.
I like them a lot. Had PNT controllers before so the Rotem was quite an upgrade. I don’t know much about the choretime but one thing I really like about my rotem controllers is I have a communicator that allows me to logon from my phone or computer from anywhere. I can see what’s going on and make any changes to fans, vents, etc.
Thank you! Wish I could say I came up with that on my own, but somebody else gave me the idea. It works well though and gets them out of the way. I like to cap over with saw dust when I can, especially if my litter isn't real deep, but I don't do it every flock.
@@FarmerHunt we grow for Tyson, we are growing the Cobb 700. Let me rephrase, we are trying to grow the Cobb 700. Nobody is having much luck. They come in to the world looking for a way to die. I have thought about going with one of the turbo style feeders. How many days do you leave them down and how old a bird do you grow? Did the spray insulation help much. Was glad to find your channel, not many contract growers on here. Always good to learn from a fellow grower.
😂😂 I know the feeling! Somedays I feel like i'm just barely hanging on. This is my second flock with the turbo feeders and so far I have no complaints. My first flock I was able to start my birds out in full house because it was fairly warm. I left my slides open for 9 days. I think I kept too much feed out in my pans during the cleanup time because it took about 4-5 days for the turbos to be fully cleaned up. For my second flock, I closed up my slides on day 5 and turned my birds out on day 7. By day 7 most of the turbo feeders were empty. For the next flock I think I will close my slides day 6, turn out day 7 and pick up turbos on day 8 once I have my birds spread through the whole house. We grow about a 4 lb 35 day old bird. What age/size bird do you grow? I really like the insulation. In my opinion, being able to pull air in the right spots and at a good static is very important. My houses were built in the 90s and prior to the insulation, they just did not ventilate well anymore. Thanks for checking out our videos. We are just learning on a lot of things as we go but hopefully as we learn we can share that with others.
@@FarmerHunt we grow a 49 to 56 day bird depending on the market. In years past I grew a 10 week bird, all roosters. That was back in the "feed them all the antibiotics you can days" we have sold with average weights in the 9.75 to 10 lbs range. We would sell on a Sunday night and put back in on Thursday and we where making a killing. Lots has changed now. We have to sit out a minimum of 12 days because of animal welfare. We have had ouy time around 21 to 26 days during covid but the guys that are growing the 32 day bird are sitting out as many as 40 days. We have 7 houses. 4 40x400 on one farm and 3 43x500 on another. Really enjoy your channel. I think a channel that shares tips and advice will be good for everyone. We use to be part of a broiler group on yahoo and it was amazing the wealth of advice that was shared. Do yall not windrow?
I think we have seen an improvement on feed conversion. In the past if we had big birds we were usually competitive with feed, but if our birds were small we rarely could compete on feed. Now we are typically competitive with both. I don’t know that it saves much labor on the actual putting down and taking them up. It may actually take a little longer. I think it does save time and money though because we don’t have to wash them. All in all I recommend them.
Love the video. I was wondering if you knew about the Turbomate 2? If you did then why did you chose these over the Turbomate 2? Reason for asking is because I'd like replace my farm with the Turbomate 2 but if these are more convenient then I'd rather go for these instead.
Thank you! We looked at the turbomate 2 and liked the idea. My main concern was adding that much to our feedlines, and also we were concerned about them breaking over time and turning into a problem. Seemed like they might be great for a year or two and then start leading to problems.That is just completely a guess on our part though. I like the turbo grow 2 that we got, but it does require some labor between picking them up and storing them. I think the turbo grow 2 will last for many years though.
@@FarmerHunt You are a wise man. Yes, I thought about them being worned out over time and having to constantly replacing them. I actually am testing only one Turbomate 1 on my feed line. When I saw your video then I realized that the Turbo Grow would be a longer lasting better option. Thanks again for making the video.
I'm also worried about the extra weight on the line. We store ours on the wall with an S type hook. There is a product called the Turbohang if you decide to retro fit them to flip up on the line.
@@FarmerHunt it looks like the feeders are both used for new chick arrivals and kept throughout adult growing up to a 6.5lb bird. Less feed waste and teaches the chick's to eat right away from the feeders. I will send a link of the advertisement. I'm in the process of buying a 7 house farm in Georgia which raises a 5 week bird 7x a year.
@@FarmerHunthere is the link to their short video, do you think this a good idea or would you still also have to but down additional trays? ua-cam.com/video/QosYBssqjv8/v-deo.html
@@nonegiven9727 I have different pans but they are similar in function. The baby chickens can get in my pans for about the first week. I think no matter what feed pans you use you’ll probably still need some additional feed put out for the first couple days or so.
Sephnos makes them. They were actually running a special where if you bought the turbo feeder it came with a slide. So far I really like them. They can also be purchased separately. That was initially our plan. I purchased mine through Georgia Poultry.
We love the tip of how to place the Turbogrow 2 on the wall! Thank you Ben :)
Thank you! So far it is working out nicely.
Always enjoy your videos. Good luck with the chicks.🐣🐣🐣🐣🐥🐥🐥
Thank you very much! Finished getting all the birds in today. Hope it’s a good flock. Will be selling them right before Christmas so I’m excited about that.
I’m curious as to why you need to put that black sleeve in place of the drop? All we did was took the extension piece off the drop and just let it go inside the feeder. I’d be worried if the lines were too high you’d end up spilling feed. We did turbo feeders earlier this year and it’s been a great investment. The major plus is that we can keep feed on.
The main reason we swapped to turbo feeders is because so many of our spouts were breaking. The black sleeves came with the feeders so we went ahead and used them.
We did use some spouts in one house. Our feedlines are so low when our pans are collapsed that we ended up taking a hacksaw and sawed off part of the spout even after removing the sleeve. They still don’t do a real good job filling up the feeder though. I guess depending on the feed pan you have it may work better for some people.
@@FarmerHunt We didn't get the black sleeves with ours. I feel gyped. 😂 Actually I'm not about to go back a replace them all anyway. I've not had any issues with the feeders filling up mainly because I don't really care if they are full to the top. Feed is on so there is constantly feed in them. I'm just super excited to not run feed 2-3 times a day. We would turn the lights out to feed and when you have babies that extra 1-2 hours of dark a day just to run feed makes a difference. I like the turbofeeders a lot so far. It takes the kids and I about 10 minutes per house to put them out or take them up so not bad for labor.
First time I've seen a rotem inside the house, if you have tunnel houses does it affect your static pressure? Our rotem's are in the control rooms. As far as the trays I wish it was cardboard trays, put them down and throw them away no washing. But Sanderson farms has to be their way of doing things.
I have only worked in houses that have the controllers inside the house so I don't really know what to compare it to. We don't have any issues with our static though. Occasionally if it's real windy our static may bounce around some but with the parameters of the controller it doesn't affect anything.
We really like the cardboard trays. Maybe one day Sanderson will get on board.
On our farm here in SW Missouri, the turbos I drilled a hole about 1/2 inch from the top, then put an S hook on it to hang onto my string on the wall.
That’s a good idea! Is it working out well?
That’s what we do. It’s a great job for the kids. I take them off the wall and they put them under the drops.
I’m a grower in North Carolina. My integrator made us switch to turbo growers back in the spring. They seem to help on feed conversion but if all the farms your “competing” against have them only person it benefits is the integrator.
We haven’t been required to switch yet. I’m sure when that happens it’ll be just like you’re saying, the integrator will be the one that benefits. In the mean time, I’m hoping to have a little edge over some of the growers until everybody has them.
@@FarmerHunt you should have an advantage for a while then. Only problem I have found is 1st couple days chicks can’t seem to get up in the feed because of the lip
@@kevinward9733 I noticed that with my birds this flock. I think I may put down some of the large cardboard trays next flock to supplement for the first couple days. Do you ever use any extra trays to supplement?
@@FarmerHunt I have tried that but I also took time to rake litter up around the turbo growers to make that top lip even with the ground. A little time consuming but I tried that in 1 house and seen a difference in 1st few days that house ate more so grew faster.
@@kevinward9733 thanks for the tip. Did you run into a problem with more litter getting in the feeder when you did it that way?
I just retrofit my houses to full house brood in the warmer months, putting in chickmates between every other pan. Something tells me that in a few years I’ll be swapping to turbo feeders.
They are nice. The eliminate washing feed trays and also cut down on some waste (Especially if you don't monitor your feed closely). The main reason I switched is my chickmates are pretty old and started breaking. I was going to have to replace a bunch so I decided to try the turbo feeders. So far I like them though.
excellent video! thank you
How do you like the rotem controllers? A lot of them are starting to replace choretime/evolution around here
I like them a lot. Had PNT controllers before so the Rotem was quite an upgrade. I don’t know much about the choretime but one thing I really like about my rotem controllers is I have a communicator that allows me to logon from my phone or computer from anywhere. I can see what’s going on and make any changes to fans, vents, etc.
The string storage idea is brilliant! Do you put fresh shavings down everytime?
Thank you! Wish I could say I came up with that on my own, but somebody else gave me the idea. It works well though and gets them out of the way. I like to cap over with saw dust when I can, especially if my litter isn't real deep, but I don't do it every flock.
@@FarmerHunt we grow for Tyson, we are growing the Cobb 700. Let me rephrase, we are trying to grow the Cobb 700. Nobody is having much luck. They come in to the world looking for a way to die. I have thought about going with one of the turbo style feeders. How many days do you leave them down and how old a bird do you grow? Did the spray insulation help much. Was glad to find your channel, not many contract growers on here. Always good to learn from a fellow grower.
😂😂 I know the feeling! Somedays I feel like i'm just barely hanging on.
This is my second flock with the turbo feeders and so far I have no complaints. My first flock I was able to start my birds out in full house because it was fairly warm. I left my slides open for 9 days. I think I kept too much feed out in my pans during the cleanup time because it took about 4-5 days for the turbos to be fully cleaned up. For my second flock, I closed up my slides on day 5 and turned my birds out on day 7. By day 7 most of the turbo feeders were empty. For the next flock I think I will close my slides day 6, turn out day 7 and pick up turbos on day 8 once I have my birds spread through the whole house. We grow about a 4 lb 35 day old bird. What age/size bird do you grow?
I really like the insulation. In my opinion, being able to pull air in the right spots and at a good static is very important. My houses were built in the 90s and prior to the insulation, they just did not ventilate well anymore. Thanks for checking out our videos. We are just learning on a lot of things as we go but hopefully as we learn we can share that with others.
@@FarmerHunt we grow a 49 to 56 day bird depending on the market. In years past I grew a 10 week bird, all roosters. That was back in the "feed them all the antibiotics you can days" we have sold with average weights in the 9.75 to 10 lbs range. We would sell on a Sunday night and put back in on Thursday and we where making a killing. Lots has changed now. We have to sit out a minimum of 12 days because of animal welfare. We have had ouy time around 21 to 26 days during covid but the guys that are growing the 32 day bird are sitting out as many as 40 days. We have 7 houses. 4 40x400 on one farm and 3 43x500 on another. Really enjoy your channel. I think a channel that shares tips and advice will be good for everyone. We use to be part of a broiler group on yahoo and it was amazing the wealth of advice that was shared. Do yall not windrow?
Curious if you noticed an improvement in your feed conversion. And did the switch save you labor?
I think we have seen an improvement on feed conversion. In the past if we had big birds we were usually competitive with feed, but if our birds were small we rarely could compete on feed. Now we are typically competitive with both.
I don’t know that it saves much labor on the actual putting down and taking them up. It may actually take a little longer. I think it does save time and money though because we don’t have to wash them. All in all I recommend them.
Love the video. I was wondering if you knew about the Turbomate 2? If you did then why did you chose these over the Turbomate 2? Reason for asking is because I'd like replace my farm with the Turbomate 2 but if these are more convenient then I'd rather go for these instead.
Thank you! We looked at the turbomate 2 and liked the idea. My main concern was adding that much to our feedlines, and also we were concerned about them breaking over time and turning into a problem. Seemed like they might be great for a year or two and then start leading to problems.That is just completely a guess on our part though. I like the turbo grow 2 that we got, but it does require some labor between picking them up and storing them. I think the turbo grow 2 will last for many years though.
@@FarmerHunt You are a wise man. Yes, I thought about them being worned out over time and having to constantly replacing them. I actually am testing only one Turbomate 1 on my feed line. When I saw your video then I realized that the Turbo Grow would be a longer lasting better option. Thanks again for making the video.
@@kennguyen6547 Thank you! Keep me updated on what you end up going with.
I have a buddy on his 4th year with the turn down kind and they are still like new.
I'm also worried about the extra weight on the line. We store ours on the wall with an S type hook. There is a product called the Turbohang if you decide to retro fit them to flip up on the line.
Is this your farm?
It is. I have 4 houses and my cousin Eric has 4 houses that are beside my farm.
What do you think about the
Chore-Time Konavi broiler feeder.
I haven’t had any experience with those feeders
@@FarmerHunt it looks like the feeders are both used for new chick arrivals and kept throughout adult growing up to a 6.5lb bird. Less feed waste and teaches the chick's to eat right away from the feeders. I will send a link of the advertisement. I'm in the process of buying a 7 house farm in Georgia which raises a 5 week bird 7x a year.
@@FarmerHunthere is the link to their short video, do you think this a good idea or would you still also have to but down additional trays?
ua-cam.com/video/QosYBssqjv8/v-deo.html
@@nonegiven9727 I have different pans but they are similar in function. The baby chickens can get in my pans for about the first week. I think no matter what feed pans you use you’ll probably still need some additional feed put out for the first couple days or so.
Where did you get those sleeves
Sephnos makes them. They were actually running a special where if you bought the turbo feeder it came with a slide. So far I really like them. They can also be purchased separately. That was initially our plan. I purchased mine through Georgia Poultry.
@@FarmerHunt thanks
excellent video! thank you
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!