An apparatus for feeding frogs which includes a suspended frame carrying a motor driven conveyor chain equipped with several spaced carrying members, each designed to transport a food carrier, to which is attached a line having a particle of food secured to the free end thereof. As the conveyor chain is caused to move, the food is pulled at a predetermined speed across the surface or floor area in the vicinity of the frogs, thereby imparting movement and simulating a lifelike action to the food ...

A method and apparatus for improving the feed conversion of poultry confined within a poultry raising house. A guide rail having a moveable carriage attached thereto is provided within the house and a baffle positioned adjacent the floor of the house is attached to the carriage. The carriage is periodically caused to move along the guide rail whereby the baffle is moved over substantially the entire floor area of the house so that poultry within the house are disturbed and forced to move to a fe...

A window bird feeder has a rectangular body with translucent rear and side walls and an open front. The structure is adapted to be fitted into a double-hung window with the body lying inside the dwelling. The structure is mounted on the window sill in a lateral position so that the front edges of the body do not interfere with the closing of the lower sash and to provide a perch for the birds, a perch is hinged to the front edge of the bottom wall of the structure, which perch can be swung into ...

A bird feeder shaped like an inverted cone with wavy sides is disclosed. The bird feeder preferably is formed from a transparent polymer as a thin walled container in the shape of the inverted cone. The upper extremity of the bird feeder has an extended top opening, capped by a removable member, and the lower extremity has a restricted bottom apex. The wavy sides are defined by opposed convoluted profiles having outwardly protrusive shoulder regions and inwardly recessive waist regions, respecti...

In determine and ascertain the physical state of birds and animals in a livestock raising establishment, the batches of such creatures are weighed at certain time intervals, the information on the weight of a bird or an animal is signalled to a computer and is stored in the memory of the latter, the average weight of a number of birds or animals is calculated which gives an indication of the physical state of the respective creatures. To practice the method a weighing apparatus is used including...

A universal window bird feeder having a dish portion and a hood portion spaced thereabove with an elongated rod of non-circular section extending therebetween. Apertures on the hood and dish portions cooperate with said rod to non-rotatably mount said portions thereon. Bracket means are provided for either suspending or for supporting the feeder from beneath the dish portion. Alternative suction cup means are provided for mounting the feeder on a window surface.

A feed dish for use in combination with a cage having a cage side formed as a lattice of horizontal and vertical members. The feed dish includes a bowl and mounting structure wherein the mounting structure includes a pair of elongated leg members having enlarged end portions. The mounting structure further includes a slide member having a pair of slots for engaging over the leg members wherein the slide member is retained on the leg members between the bowl and the enlarged portions to retain th...

An improved method for the feeding of psittacines involves the use of a feeding device having a spout that may be grasped by the mandibles of the psittacine to prompt it to pump feed flowing from the vessel down its esophagus. This method mitigates damage to the avian choana and esophagus often caused by conventional use of syringes and cannula for juvenile psittacine feeding. Details are disclosed of the relevant feeding device which includes the spout designed to permit flow of psittacine feed...

An improved bird feeder having a freely rotatable hub, a plurality of arms projecting radially substantially beyond the rim of the hub and a plurality of feeding baskets, each suspended from a respective one of the arms.

A feeding dish particularly suited for feeding small animals such as household pets which has a handle permitting the person feeding the animal to avoid bending and to avoid contact with the animal being feed.