Heater for a chick-brooding cage

摘要

1,111,255. Chick brooders. W. POTTER & SONS (POULTRY) Ltd. 19 Aug., 1966, No. 37379/66. Heading A1M. [Also in Division F4] A chick-brooding cage provided with a gas-fired heater (see Division F4) comprises a wooden framework supporting a wire mesh floor 16 and an asbestos sheet roof 18, the front and rear walls each comprising a lower sheet metal portion 22, 22a formed with holes 23, 23a for access to fed troughs 24, 24a, and an upper portion formed by vertical bars 27, 27a. The cages may be superposed, the asbestos sheet of one forming a droppings tray or a support therefor, for the superjacent cage.