Family feed bowl sow with piglets

VERBA Family Feeder (KZB)

The VERBA KZB is a nursery family food tray with special lowered trough with very good results specially developed for freeing stalls. The development of the KZB food tray is inspired by nature, where piglets have been taking solid feed for 14 days. Simply because the pig like in nature mimics the mother. We see at the KZB that the first piglets start eating with the sow and ingesting solid food for 4 to 5 days.

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Highlights

  • 1 Feeding trough from which both sow and piglets eat
  • Complete stainless steel 304
  • 1⁄2 hindered stainless steel water connection for the sow with external wire
  • Very strong full stainless steel 304 dosing mechanism and trough
  • After a few days the piglets go to dinner with the sow. Saliva production is starting
  • Almost no teat
  • Much less use of prestarter
  • Piglets on average 1 week earlier in weight
  • At the end of the suckling period the piglets are quite used to solid feed
  • Both sow and piglets can operate the dosing system
  • Unique and very popular food tray for the nursery
  • Excellent price / quality ratio
  • Jarno Brummelhuis, Topigs subfokker, in Farmhouse: "You can't see a teat tip and there is no teat diarrhoea here. The family food bowl of Verba contributes to this. The piglets stay in the same loft after weeping and know the way to the trough."
  • Niek Lansink, sow farmer, in Farmhouse: "Teating the piglets requires little work and the piglets grow smoothly. This is partly due to the Verba family food troughs, which teaches the animals to eat with their mother."
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Guarantee

3 years for material and construction defects; drinking nipples 1 year warranty on construction errors. Drinking nipples are all suitable for water, not for additives.

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Description

Optimize your pig farming with the robust VERBA Family Feeder (KZB)

The VERBA Family Feeder (KZB) is the solution for sows with babybigs. Made from durable stainless steel 304 with beaded edges, this unique feed bowl offers easy access to both the sow and its piglets. Due to the reduced trough of the feed bowl, the piglets can already eat with the sow at a very young age.

Benefits of the VERBA Family Feeder (KZB)

  • Stainless steel Drinking nipple: Equipped with a stainless steel drink nipple, the sow can teach its piglets to eat and drink at an early age.
  • Early Nutrition: Piglets often start on solid food after 5 days, which helps their intestinal and salivary glands get used to. This minimizes the teat tip at a later stage.
  • User-friendly: Users appreciate the simplicity, affordability and results, such as preventing teat tips.
  • Fast Payback Time: The Family Feeding System is aQuick Winit's for every nursery and gets back soon.
  • Improved Health: Research shows less outbursts and sleepers due to the rest that the feed bowl offers to the sows. This brings the sow fitter out of the nursery with a higher feed intake.
  • Active/Fitty sows: Sows take fresh food as they wish, are more common in the legs and are therefore fitter.
  • Minimum feed loss: Partially closed sides prevent bruising. Due to small portions, the trough is well eaten and drunk.
  • Space saving: Only 21 cm deep, leaving little space loss in depth.

Less feed waste

The VERBA Familie Voerbak (KZB) prevents feed waste as opposed to traditional feed plates. Measurements show that less feed is spilled than conventional sows. Since 2016 10,000 VERBA Familie Voerbakken (KZB) have already been sold in Europe, and demand continues to increase.

Available models and options

The family feed tray is available in all sizes standard in models of 310mm and 400mm wide. Also ideal for large tomen piglets who remain in the loft after moving the mother. The 400mm wide VERBA Family Feeder is the most popular. Additional options include additional water pipes, a transparent viewing window and a piglets' drinker on the side.

Customer Results

  • Weight increase: The average weights per pig after 4 weeks were 800-900 grams heavier than in my conventional system
  • Less Disability: My breakdown among piglets to teats has decreased by 3% after replacement by the VERBA Family Feeder (KZB).
  • Improved feed recording: My sows first ate 7KG per day, now 9KG per day, resulting in fitter sows and better milk production
  • Enter conversion: My feed conversion went from 1.66 to 1.55, with an average weight increase of 1 KG per pig after 28 days

Scientific Support

Research by Wageningen University & Research shows that piglets who learn to eat, grow, be healthier and behave better in the nursery. Faithful Nutrition stresses that it is important that feed stays fresh and that piglets learn to eat well in the nursery to avoid problems after teating.

Read the article of New Harvest on healthy piglets here.

Welfare requirements BLK 1 Star

The KZB Family Feeder meets the requirements of Better Life 1 Star. As from 2025, these standards will apply to new construction or cultivation and will be mandatory for all clones by 2035 at the latest. One of the important requirements in this is that the feeding troughs have a lowered trough so that baby-bigs can eat out easily. The KZB Family Feeder with its low trough meets this requirement. As a result, this family feed bowl meets the strictest welfare standards for kroenpoek.

Conclusion

The VERBA Family Feeder (KZB) offers numerous advantages for both sows and piglets. With proven results and scientific support, this is the ideal food tray to optimize the health and growth of your pigs. Invest in the VERBA Family Feeder (KZB) today and experience the benefits yourself!

Contact

For more information or to place an order, please contact us info@verba.nl.

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