PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a feed feeder which can prevent a trouble in that feed remaining in a feed channel without being consumed by chickens begins to overflow near a feed recovering port.SOLUTION: A feed feeder 1 includes: a ring-shaped feed channel 5 having a feed tub 7 and an auxiliary feed tub 8 a cylindrical feed column 4 having feed storage space 16, a feed supply port, and a feed recovering port 18 an endless chain conveyer provided along the inner tub bottom of the feed tub 7 and a drive unit for driving the chain conveyer along the feed channel 5. The feed feeder 1 also includes: a plate-shaped base part 19, which is provided at a connecting position B of the feed tub 7 and the auxiliary feed tub 8, and which closes the upper feed tub 14 of the feed tub 7 intersecting the feed supply route of the feed channel 5 at right angles a plate-shaped adjusting plate 20 and a feed amount adjusting part 6 having a height adjusting mechanism 24 which installs an adjustment plate 20 at the base part 19 to adjust the height from the tub bottom.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】鶏によって消費されずに飼料チャンネルに残存した飼料が飼料回収口の付近で溢れ出す不具合を防止可能な飼料供給装置の提供を課題とするものである。【解決手段】飼料供給装置1は、給餌桶7及び給餌補助桶8を有する環状の飼料チャンネル5と、飼料貯留空間16、飼料供給口、及び飼料回収口18を有する筒状の飼料コラム4と、給餌桶7の桶内底部に沿って設けられた無端状のチェーンコンベアと、チェーンコンベアを飼料チャンネル5に沿って駆動するための駆動ユニットと、給餌桶7及び給餌補助桶8の連結位置Bに設けられ、給餌桶7の給餌桶上部14を飼料チャンネル5の飼料供給経路に直交するように閉塞する平板状のベース部19、及び平板状の調整プレート20、及び桶内底部までの高さを調整可能にベース部19に調整プレート20を取付ける高さ調整機構24を有する飼料量調整部6とを具備する。【選択図】図2
