From floor to pan feeding

The history of feeding chickens is a long one, but the introduction of chain and pan feeders, decades ago, led to a number of interesting developments. Chore Time, and later the Belgium company Roxell, have shown to be innovators in designing new feeder type standards. By Wiebe van der Sluis  Chickens were once provided with feed that was spread on the ground, or given manually on a plate or in troughs. It is likely that those feeding methods were practised for centuries. However, this cha