A transporting unit for live poultry including a quadrangular supporting frame (1 10) and a plurality of drawer-type cages (2) open at the top, arranged in a superimposed condition in the frame (1 10) and slidably displaceable outwards through a first side (A) of the supporting frame (1 10), in a partially extracted condition, to enable loading of the poultry from a site located at a second side (B) of the frame (1 10), from the lowermost drawer (2) kept inserted within the frame (1). The frame (1 10) is configured so as to enable simultaneous loading of the poultry into each drawer-type cage (2) also from an additional site located at a third side (C) of the supporting frame (1 10) which is opposite to said second side (B).
