DEVICE FOR FEEDING POULTRY ESPECIALLY FATTENED POULTRY, PREFERABLY BROILERS

摘要

The invention relates to a device for feeding poultry kept in an animal shed, comprising a feed conveyor pipe which is maintained above the floor of the shed in such a way that it can rise and be lowered, said pipe having a series of branched openings, whereby each branched opening thereof is associated with a basin-type device which is suspended on the conveyor device and which comprises a downpipe descending from the branched opening and a feeding basin located underneath said downpipe having a dome-shape structure formed by lattices exending in a spoke-like manner. The downpipe consists of an inner cylinder (7) departing from the branched opening and an outer cylinder encompassing said inner cylinder and on which the basin hangs by virtue of the lattices, whereupon it rests upon the bottom of the shed when the downpipe is lowered. The outer cylinder is rotatably, liftably and lowerably guided on the inner cylinder and at least one lift stop defining the lift and lowering path thereof is provided, in addition to at least one rotary stop (19, 20,21) which defines the rotational path of the outer cylinder in relation to the inner cylinder.