Create and Schedule Feedings
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Scheduled feedings drive the daily feeding workflow in FeedComp. You can create feeding plans in PULSE or the mobile app, and feeders follow the schedule step‑by‑step in the mobile app to keep feeding consistent across shifts.
Each scheduled feeding defines the recipe, pens, equipment, and total feed required. FeedComp automatically calculates feed amounts and handles split feedings, making even complex feeding plans easy to manage.
To build a feeding, you will define which recipe to use, which pens to feed, which equipment to use, and the total feed amount required:
- Recipe: The recipe or premix you choose for a feeding determines how much ingredient inventory needs to be loaded and mixed.
- Pens: When you assign one (or more) pens to a feeding, FeedComp counts the animals in the pen to determine how much feed is needed. If you assign more than one pen to a feeding, you can also change the feeding order between pens.
- Equipment: Select your equipment. FeedComp automatically determines your mixer capacity once equipment and recipe are selected. If your feed amount exceeds your mixer capacity, FeedComp automatically splits a feeding into multiple loads.
- Feed Amount Calculations: Enter the values for DM/HD (dry ingredients per head) and AF (dry and wet ingredients per head). This helps FeedComp accurately calculate the actual feed amount.
- Split Feedings (if applicable): Feedings are split automatically when a feeding exceeds mixer capacity, so you don't have to manually calculate how much feed can be distributed in a single run. The system automatically divides the load into equal parts, recalculates ingredient amounts for each split, and updates pen counts accordingly. Split feedings are identified by a split feeding icon
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