Patent ID: 6851389
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. A method for transporting live poultry comprising the steps of providing at least one transporting unit including a supporting frame and a series of drawer-type cages having an open top and are carried by the supporting frame in a mutually superimposed condition, loading the poultry inside said drawer-type cages, and transferring said transporting unit to a station for unloading the poultry, wherein the step of loading the poultry is carried out at the front side of said transporting unit, according to the following procedure: extracting at least partially in the direction of one side of said transporting unit other than the front side thereof used for introduction of the poultry, the drawer-type cages situated above a drawer-type cage set in a lowermost position of said transporting unit; introducing the poultry into said lowermost drawer-type cage, until said cage is substantially completely filled from above through said open top; setting in, on top of said lowermost drawer-type cage, the drawer-type cage immediately above it in such a way that the bottom of the latter cage defines the lid of the former cage; and repeating the same procedure until the uppermost drawer-type cage has been filled and setting on top of the top cage a covering element as a lid.