Brooder feeding apparatus

Details Brooder feeding apparatus Brooder feeding apparatus

1987-10-22

1989-03-28

Scherbel, David A.

Animal husbandry

Feeding device

Hopper and trough

119 5112, A01K 500

Patent

active

048154172

ABSTRACT:
An improved brooder feeding apparatus for a poultry house which includes at least one feed distribution apparatus suspended in a designated brooder area inside the poultry house for locating feed along the entire length of the brooder area, with specially designed, valve-operated drop tubes in the feed distribution apparatus and brooder feed pans located beneath the drop tubes, for distributing feed through the drop tubes into the pans and feeding brooder poultry such as baby chicks. The feed distribution apparatus is further characterized by an elongated, hollow tube provided with an auger and a feed hopper located at one end of the tube for moving feed from the feed hopper through the elongated tube and the drop tubes to a feed flow control box located at the opposite end of the feed tube. Feed distribution through the brooder feeding apparatus is controlled by valving the openings in the drop tubes and by means of a timer, an air cylinder and a microswitch provided in electrical connection with a drive motor which powers the auger. A method of feeding baby chicks in a poultry house which includes the steps of providing a specific brooder area in the poultry house.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3971340 (1976-07-01), Allen
patent: 4722301 (1988-02-01), Strong

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