Feeding device for poultry animals
AssigneeBig Dutchman International GmbH
InventorJudith Langfermann
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Abstract
A feeding device for poultry animals having an upper feed provision element with an elongated expansion disposed so that poultry animals can reach the feed in the upper feed provision element from the access platform. The feeding device having at least one lower feed provision element disposed underneath the upper feed provision element during operation, wherein the lower feed provision element is arranged and designed so that during operation poultry animals can reach the feed in the lower feed provision element from a floor, and wherein the lower feed provision element is arranged and designed so that the lower feed provision element is supplied with feed provided in the upper feed provision element.
Claims16
A feeding device for poultry animals, comprising:
- an upper feed provision element comprising an elongated expansion;
- at least one access platform disposed so that poultry animals can reach the feed in the upper feed provision element from the access platform;
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- at least one lower feed provision element disposed underneath the upper feed provision element during operation, wherein the lower feed provision element is disposed so that, during operation, poultry animals can reach the feed in the lower feed provision element from a floor;
- wherein the lower feed provision element is disposed so that the lower feed provision element is supplied with feed provided in the upper feed provision element.
A method for feeding poultry animals, comprising the step of:
- providing a feeding device for poultry animals, the feeding device further comprising:
- an upper feed provision element with an elongated expansion;
- at least one access platform disposed so that poultry animals can reach the feed in the upper feed provision element from the access platform;
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- at least one lower feed provision element arranged underneath the upper feed provision element during operation, wherein the lower feed provision element disposed so that, during operation, poultry animals can reach the feed in the lower feed provision element from a floor, wherein the lower feed provision element is disposed so that the lower feed provision element is supplied with feed provided in the upper feed provision element;
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- further comprising the step of providing a supply of feed in the upper feed provision element;
- wherein the supply of feed moves from the upper feed provision element to the lower feed provision element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.