A dish-like element is provided for feeding chicks. The dish-like element is round, colored red to attract the chicks, has a rim which the chicks can climb over and has a groove in the rim as a feed catching and supplemental feed trough. The dish-like element is made of a very thin, inexpensive plastic material.

A feeder lid for chicks is provided in the form of a deep dish having ribs throughout its bottom.

The invention relates to a poultry feeder and, in particular, to a chick feeder. The feeder basically comprises an open-topped trough adapted to contain the feed, the trough having a bottom and at least one upstanding wall. The wall has a number of circular holes formed in it and which are spaced a predetermined amount from the bottom of the wall. The wall is also provided with a slidable member having a corresponding number of circular holes. The arrangement is such that when the holes on the s...

A granular feed hopper for animals including a lower downwardly opening gravity outlet. A generally horizontal panel member is disposed in vertical registry with the outlet only slightly spaced below the latter such that the angle of repose of granular feed being gravity discharged through the outlet will fall within the plan area of the panel member. However, the spacing of the panel member below the outlet is appreciably greater than the largest dimension of individual feed particles to be dis...

A grill and guard arrangement adapted to be secured over a poultry feed trough including adjustably secured grid sections one of which may be selectively positioned to effect small feed openings over the trough to accommodate relatively young chickens and prevent their falling into the trough or to effect somewhat larger feed openings over the trough to accommodate older chickens.

A utility car for maintenance of a livestock environment is comprised of a container compartment which is supported on wheels and displaceable over a floor surface by a motor drive operated by a conductor person. A front-end loading bucket is provided for loading feed/hay into the container compartment. The container compartment has a discharge trough and a conveyor feeds the feed/hay from the compartment into the discharge trough. The front end loading bucket has a pivotal rear gate in an upper...

A bird feeder having a cup-like container for the bird seed, a vertical central shaft to support the container, a bent rod attached to the vertical shaft for hanging the bird feeder from a window frame (or other support), and a lid attached to the bent rod and spaced slightly above the container to protect the seed from the weather and to keep out large birds. The bird feeder's central shaft carries a horizontal plate, such as a washer, to support the seed container and to prevent tipping. Also,...

A spherical bird feeding station for dispensing food to birds comprises upper and lower mating hemispheres having a hollow interior chamber for storage of food, the lower hemisphere having a plurality of perforations thereabout through which birds may extract the food stored within while clinging to an encircling perch ring fixed to the lower hemisphere. An elongated rod extends along the polar axis of the sphere, supporting and carrying the lower hemisphere and extending upwardly through the po...

A method and apparatus for self-dispensing feed onto a ground surface from a suspended dispensing container in generally circular fall patterns of varying diameter. The apparatus includes an orifice plate positioned upon the bottom of a feed container. The opening of the orifice is provided with a truncated cone restriction which may be rotated by a wind motor to maintain flow through the orifice opening and dispense the feed in a fall pattern of varying diameter. To increase the fall pattern di...

A hummingbird feeder comprising a top wall and bottom wall defining a reservoir having a substantially circular peripheral margin, said top wall sloping upwardly from said peripheral margin and having a feeding station located adjacent to but spaced from said peripheral margin, said feeding station comprising an opening in said top wall and an insert mounted on said top wall and having an elongated tube extending through said opening, said tube being configured and dimensioned so as to permit th...