Animal husbandry – Feeding device – Hopper and trough
Patent
1986-05-08
1988-02-02
Pate, III, William F.
Animal husbandry
Feeding device
Hopper and trough
119 5111, A01K 502
Patent
active
047223014
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 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, channel or trough provided with an auger and a feed hopper located at one end of the tube or trough for moving feed from the feed hopper through the elongated tube or trough 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 adjusting the height of the drop tubes with respect to the pans and by means of a timer provided in connection with a drive motor which powers the auger.
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Harrison John M.
Pate III William F.
Smith Creighton
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