An animal feeding apparatus comprising a hopper for containing particulate fodder, said hopper having a lower opening, a feed device disposed below said lower opening of the hopper to receive fodder discharged from said hopper through said lower opening under gravity, and a feed trough arranged to receive feed from said fed device, a vibration generating means for imparting vibration to said hopper to deliver fodder from the hopper onto said feed device, and a controller for controlling operation of said vibration generating means and said feed device to deliver fodder from the hopper into the feed trough, said controller including a timer whereby said controller can be programmed to operate said vibration generating means and feed device for predetermined periods at predetermined times or time intervals to deliver predetermined amounts of fodder from the hopper into the feed trough at said predetermined times or time intervals, the feed device comprising a rotatable disc rotatably driven by a drive means to
