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A poultry feeding system for a shed housing a flock of birds includes a female feeding line, a male feeding line, and a feed supply system which includes a weigh bin for supplying feed to the female feed line, and a weigh bin for supplying feed to the male feed line. An array of weighing cells for automatically weighing and identifying at least some of the individual birds of the flock, is arranged about the shed and data provided by the weighing cells is processed by first computer device to average the overall weight of the flock in the shed. Data from the first computer device is processed by second computer device to calculate the ration of feed for the shed for a predetermined time interval to maintain optimum productive weight of the birds. A control device activates the feeding system at a predetermined time to supply the determined ration of feed.
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