Patent ID: 7040250

Claim:
A method of adjusting a size of a feed gate and a position of a brood gate of a feeder assembly, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a feeder assembly including a pan member, a grill member connected to said pan member, and a rotationally stable drop tube member having said brood gate provided therethrough, said grill member connected to said rotationally stable drop tube member, said drop tube member capable of receiving feed from a feed supply conduit and depositing feed into said pan member through said feed gate and said brood gate, said feed gate being defined between a distal end of said drop tube member and said pan member; and b) by rotating only said grill member in a first direction relative to said drop tube member, increasing a size of said feed gate by increasing a distance between said distal end of said drop tube member and said pan member; and c) by rotating only said grill member in said first direction relative to said drop tube member, changing the position of said brood gate relative to said pan member by changing a distance between said brood gate and said pan member.