An autonomous feed delivery system for evenly dispensing a specified amount of feed into a specified distance such as a feed bunk. This results in a concisely controlled rate of discharge per linear distance which is critical to achieving an even and accurate delivery of the specified amount of feed into the feed bunk. Features can include using a georeferenced map of feed bunks to identify correct feed rations to the correct bunks based on a prescription for each bunk, and preventing feed dispensing outside of bunk locations, load sense hydraulic control to provide hydraulic power to dispensing independent of vehicle engine rpm, and interruption of bulk feed supply to the dispensing sub-system if indications of overload are sensed.

A feeding system for feeding animals, in particular cows, at a feeding place that includes at least one autonomous feeding device with a container for accommodating a batch of feed from a feed supply. The autonomous feeding device takes feed held in the container to the feeding place and dispenses it at that feeding place. The feeding system includes a feed-quantity measuring device for measuring a feed-quantity value for the quantity of feed at the feeding place, and a control system receives feed-quantity values from the feed-quantity measuring device. The control system stores a plurality of feed-quantity values received from the feed-quantity measuring device in a memory. The control system determines at least one value of a variable which is representative of a relation between the feed-quantity values and time, at least at and/or after the last measurement instant, based on the feed-quantity values stored in the memory.

A game feeder especially suited to feeding whole vegetable roots and fruits. The game feeder includes: (a) a hopper having a first aperture at the bottom thereof, a second aperture 5 on one side thereof and a mouth at the top thereof; (b) a closure to close the mouth of the hopper; (c) a chute attached to or integral with the hopper, the chute having a receiving aperture aligned with the second aperture of the hopper, the chute having a discharge aperture at the bottom of the chute: (d) a conveyor belt positioned below the first aperture of the hopper so that when game feed is placed in the hopper and the conveyor belt is moved toward the second aperture. the game feed is conveyed to the chute so that the game feed can fall through the chute from the discharge aperture at the bottom of the chute. In an alternative embodiment, a swinging door located at the second aperture of the hopper is used in place of the chute.

A feeding station for farm animals (45), as in particular for pigs, provided with a first reservoir (3) for a first animal food component, a first conveyor pipe (15) connected to the first reservoir (3), with a first conveyor screw (17) extending internally of the first conveyor pipe (15), and a mouthpiece (7) for reception in the mouth of an animal (45). A first end of the first conveyor screw (17) is coupled adjacent to the first reservoir (3) to a rotatable first drive (21) and a second end of the first conveyor screw (17) ends shortly before the mouthpiece (7). The feeding station (1) is further provided with at least a second reservoir (5) for a second animal food component, a second conveyor pipe (16) connected to the second reservoir with a second conveyor screw (19) extending internally of the second conveyor pipe (16). A first end of the second conveyor screw (19) is coupled adjacent to the second reservoir (5) to a second drive (23) which is rotatable independently of the first drive (21). The second conveyor pipe (16) is joined together with the first conveyor pipe (15) adjacent to a second end of the second conveyor screw (19). The first and second drives (21, 23) are operable by a control unit (33) in accordance with a desired mixing ratio of the first and second animal food components.

An autonomous vehicle for transporting and delivering livestock feed to a feed bunk in a feedlot without human intervention. The vehicle includes a chassis having a translation assembly for moving the vehicle across a surface, a delivery box operably engaged with the chassis and defining a chamber for carrying the feed. A load-dispensing assembly and a load-advancement mechanism are provided on the delivery box. Actuating the load-advancement mechanism moves the livestock feed toward the load-dispensing assembly. A control assembly is provided with programming configured to autonomously control movement of the vehicle along a predetermined pathway in the feedlot, autonomously control the load-advancement mechanism and load-dispensing assembly to deliver feed from the delivery box into a feed bunk at a preset location along the pathway, and/or control the ground speed of the vehicle so that an exact weight of feed is delivered per linear foot traveled by the vehicle.

A drive wheel for driving a feed chain for dry-feeding livestock includes a base wheel having an axial passage for receiving a drive shaft and a gear rim having a toothed external circumferential face, wherein the external circumferential face has a multiplicity of tooth elements. Each tooth element has two tooth tips and one chain clearance disposed between the two tooth tips. At least the gear rim composed of an elastic material.

A feeding system to feed non-human animals includes a first autonomous mobile device and a second autonomous mobile device. The first autonomous mobile device includes a feed holder to receive feed, a feed mixer to mix the received feed, and a feed dispenser configured to dispense feed to the second autonomous mobile device. The second autonomous mobile device includes a feed holder to receive feed from the first autonomous mobile device.

A feeder for feeding poultry and the like, the feeder comprising: a base including a pan configured to receive and retain feed; a storage hopper positioned above the base during use for receiving and storing feed, said hopper being operable to dispense feed into the pan under the effect of gravity; the base further including a housing for at least enclosing the pan, the housing including an opening positioned in between the pan and the hopper during use for allowing poultry and the like to access an internal space enclosed by the housing for consuming the feed retained in the pan.

A feeding device for working animals comprises a conveyor with a plurality of receiving regions for a feed, where the receiving regions are arranged along the conveyor chain and are accessible from above for the working animals, a feed supply device for supplying feed to the receiving regions, and a guide device for guiding the conveyor along a predetermined path. The guide device guides the conveyor in a first path section of the predetermined path parallel and in a horizontal direction adjacent to a second path section of the predetermined path. The conveyor is guided in the first path section in a first conveying direction which is opposed to a second conveying direction in which the conveyor is guided in the second path section.

An automatic and autonomous feeding device comprising a feed kitchen having different feed varieties and a feed fetching device, and a control system for executing a feed composing cycle including receipt or generation of a feed order and controlling of the feed fetching device to fetch feed from the feed kitchen according to the feed order in order to compose a feed mixture, and comprising a feed determining device configured to deteiiiiine quantity information of the feed varieties, wherein the control device further contains fall-back information, for at least one feed variety, which fall-back information specifies what action the feeding device, during and/or after execution of a feed composing cycle, needs to perform if the feed determining device determines that that quantity of this feed variety which is desired in the feed order is greater than the available quantity.