US 11,805,764 B2
System and method for delivering nutrients to recently hatched chicks
Blyn Brown, Lake Jackson, TX (US); Trenton S. Torrance, Zionsville, IN (US); Terry Stemler, Sunfield, MI (US); Wade Almy, Portland, MI (US); Britt Leonard, Clarksville, MI (US); and Eric Aicher, West Monroe, LA (US)
Assigned to United Animal Health, Inc., Sheridan, IN (US); and Blynda, LLC, Lake Jackson, TX (US)
Filed by UNITED ANIMAL HEALTH, INC., Sheridan, IN (US); and BLYNDA, LLC, Lake Jackson, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/703,425.
Application 17/703,425 is a continuation of application No. 16/365,377, filed on Mar. 26, 2019, granted, now 11,284,603.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,052, filed on Mar. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211003 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. A01K 7/02 (2006.01); A01K 39/00 (2006.01); A01K 39/012 (2006.01); A01K 39/04 (2006.01); A01K 45/00 (2006.01); A01K 39/01 (2006.01)
CPC A01K 7/02 (2013.01) [A01K 39/01 (2013.01); A01K 39/012 (2013.01); A01K 39/04 (2013.01); A01K 45/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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,
a dry material holding bin,
a feeder operable to feed a metered quantity of dry material from the holding bin to the mixer, and
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 a 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.