Means for loading fowl onto a transporting vehicle

摘要

To load live turkeys onto a vehicle for transporting the birds to processing plants a device is provided including a four-sided, elongated chassis or frame having at one end thereof a pair of wheels, the wheels are connected to the frame by an hydraulic cylinder and at its opposite end a coupling device for attachment to a tractor. The coupling device-in turn-is connected to the frame by a second hydraulic cylinder. The arrangement further includes a collecting cage in which the birds are assembled which cage is raised by an appropriate member to a level at which the birds are chased into another cage.