JP2003023906A - Raising apparatus for pet chicken - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a raising apparatus with which a pet chicken can be excellently raised in a room of an ordinary home, etc. SOLUTION: This raising apparatus is an apparatus for admitting and raising the pet chicken B and equipped with an inner cage 20 in which the chicken B is admitted, an outer basket 10 which has intervals between itself and at least sides 24 and the bottom 22 among outer surfaces, encloses the circumference of the inner cage and admits the inner cage 20 and a receiving box 30 for droppings which is arranged below the inner cage 20 and inside the outer cage 10 and can be shaken in the horizontal direction and receives droppings of the chicken B and is charged with a treatment material 32 for droppings.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pet chicken breeding apparatus, and more particularly to a pet chicken breeding apparatus that is miniaturized for indoor breeding.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, chickens have been bred for pets at home rather than for the purpose of raising chickens for collecting eggs and using them as meat.

[0003] The breeding of chickens suitable for such pets is in progress, and for example, the mini Rhode Island Red breed (nicknamed "Puchikokko") is known. This variety has features such as a small body size, a warm personality, easy human familiarity, high egg laying rate, and easy breeding.

When breeding such pet chickens in a room of a general household or on a veranda, it is usual to use a bird cage for breeding ordinary pet birds such as canaries.

[0005]

However, when the pet chicken is raised in a normal bird cage, some problems occur.

For example, the treatment of feces is a problem. Compared to other small birds, the amount of chicken droppings is large and the odor tends to be strong.
Frequent cleaning of bird cages to remove and discard feces is a laborious task.

There is also the problem of foreign enemies. At home
Cats and dogs are often kept together with pet chickens. There is a concern that cats and dogs will insert their limbs through the gaps in the bird cage and damage the pet chicken. In the case of small birds, a bird cage is hung on a ceiling or a support so that a cat or the like cannot easily approach it. However, pet chickens are larger and heavier than small birds, so it is difficult to hang them like ordinary bird cages. In addition, chickens that live on the ground are not suitable for breeding in an unstable state in the air.

[0008] An object of the present invention is to provide a breeding apparatus capable of favorably breeding the above-mentioned pet chicken even in a room of a general household.

[0009]

A pet chicken breeding apparatus according to the present invention is an apparatus for accommodating and breeding pet chickens, the cage comprising the chickens and the outer surface of the cage. Outer cages that surround and surround at least the side surface and the bottom surface to accommodate and support the inner cage, and are arranged inside the outer cage below the inner cage and are horizontally swingable. And a feces receiving box containing feces treatment material.

[Pet for Pets] Although any breed, including breeds that have been conventionally used for chicken farming, can be bred for pets, breeds improved for pets are particularly preferable.

As a pet chicken, a relatively small one,
Preferable are those that do not squeal much, those that do not squeal or harsh when squealing, those that do not walk around much and do not require a large playing field, and those that have a weak odor of feces and a small amount. Weight after growth 0.5-2.0kg, height 20
Applicable to the range of -40 cm.

[0012] The pet chicken may be bred from the chick stage, or may be bred after it has become an adult bird.

[Inner basket] With regard to the basic material and structure, the same technique as that for a bird cage for raising ordinary birds can be applied.

Specifically, a basket is used in which a metal wire rod or metal rod material such as steel is knitted in the longitudinal and transverse directions and there is a gap between the wire rod members. Instead of the metal material, a synthetic resin material may be used, or a coating material in which the outer periphery of the metal material is coated with a synthetic resin may be used. A mesh plate or a punching plate in which a large number of through holes and through slits are arranged on a metal plate or a synthetic resin plate can also be used. Such a plate material may be made of a transparent material. A plate portion having no penetrating portion may be present in a part of the basket.

The gap between the wire rods in the inner basket and the width of the penetrating portion are set to such an extent that they do not hinder the observation of pet chickens and that the pet chickens cannot slip out and prevent attacks by external enemies. Can be kept. The bottom of the basket should be set so that pet chickens can stand on it and eggs do not fall off easily.

The shape of the inner basket is generally a rectangular parallelepiped, but other three-dimensional shapes can be adopted. For example, a cylinder, a prism, a sphere, a polyhedron, or a shape obtained by combining a plurality of figures can be given.

The inner basket is provided with a door that can be freely opened and closed to put in and take out pet chicken. The door is generally located on the side surface, but may be on the top surface or the bottom surface.

The inner cage can be constructed such that each of its constituent faces can be disassembled and assembled, like a bird cage that can be folded and disassembled normally.

If the inner cage is taken out from the outer cage and the pet chicken is accommodated and carried, it is convenient to move the pet chicken. It is convenient for internal work such as cleaning the outer basket and putting in and out of the dung box.

[Outer basket] The basic material and structure are common to the inner basket described above.

The shape of the outer cage for accommodating the inner cage is not limited as long as it is larger than the inner cage. It may have the same shape as the inner basket and a large size, or may have a different shape from the inner basket.

The outer cage surrounds at least the side surface and the bottom surface of the outer surface of the inner cage. The upper surface of the inner basket may be close to the upper surface of the outer basket. The upper surface of the inner cage and the upper surface of the outer cage can be integrated.

The distance between the outer basket and the inner basket on the bottom surface is set to such an extent that the feces receiving box can be accommodated and rocked.
The distance between the outer cage and the inner cage on the side surface is set so that an external enemy cannot harm the pet chicken inside the inner cage from outside the outer cage. Specifically, the distance between the outer cage and the inner cage can be set within the range of 3 to 9 cm.

A means for accommodating the inner basket in the outer basket and supporting the inner basket while maintaining the above-mentioned gap is provided. For example, a base or a support for mounting the inner basket on the bottom of the outer basket, a gap regulating member that abuts the outer surface of the inner basket to define a gap on the inner side surface of the outer basket, or the inner basket inside the outer basket It is possible to provide a guide member for guiding the to a predetermined position. In addition, these members,
Not only can it be provided on the outer cage side, but it can also be provided on the inner cage side. Further, it may be detachably provided to the inner basket and the outer basket.

If the inner basket is hung inside the outer basket, it is easy to set a gap on the bottom surface and the side surface. Specifically, the upper surface or the upper side surface of the outer cage and the upper surface or the upper side surface of the inner cage may be connected by a suspending wire or a suspending tool. If the suspenders are arranged in multiple directions such as the four sides of the inner basket, it is possible to prevent the inner basket from shaking or tilting. As the hanging tool, the same material as the wire rod material forming the inner basket and the outer basket can be used. In addition to metals, synthetic resins and ceramics can also be used.

The outer basket may be provided with a door for taking in and out the inner basket. The door should be installed at a place where it is easy to put in and take out the inner basket, such as the top and side surfaces. A door for loading and unloading the dropping box may be provided separately from the loading and unloading of the inner basket.

[Feces receiving box] The droppings are placed below the inner cage and inside the outer cage to receive the droppings of chickens housed in the inner cage.

Therefore, as a plane shape, it projects slightly outside the plane shape of the inner basket. The feces receiving box has an open upper surface and has a box shape capable of accommodating the feces treatment material with a required thickness.

As the material of the dung box, usual structural materials such as metal, synthetic resin and ceramics can be used.

The dung box can be horizontally swung. Specifically, the feces receiving box is arranged in the outer cage so as to be movable horizontally within a certain range so that the feces receiving box can be operated from the outside of the outer cage. In order to support the feces receiving box so as to be movable in the horizontal direction, it may be slidably supported on the inner bottom surface of the outer basket. Sliding members such as rollers, wheels and balls can be provided on the bottom surface of the dung box. A sliding member may be provided at a position on the inner bottom surface of the outer basket, which is in contact with the inner basket. It is also possible to place a low-friction material such as a fluororesin on either surface at the location where the dung box and the outer basket face each other. It is also possible to suspend the dung box from the outer basket so that it can swing with a suspending tool. The dung box can be supported in the outer basket via a spring or a cushion material.

The swinging of the dung box may be horizontal in only one direction of front and rear or left and right, or may be in any horizontal direction including front, rear, left and right and oblique directions. It may be possible to swing in the vertical direction, to tilt one of the dung boxes, or to swivel in a horizontal plane.

The swinging of the feces receiving box can be manually performed from the outside of the outer basket. A handle, a puller, an operating arm, and the like for performing the rocking operation can be provided in the dung box. An exciter for forcibly swinging the dung box can be provided. A screw or a stirring blade for stirring the fecal treatment material may be provided inside the feces receiving box.

[Feces Treatment Material] A material having a function of being mixed with feces of pet chicken to suppress odor of feces, prevent spoilage, and absorb water is used.

Basically, a fecal treatment material used for raising ordinary pet animals can be used. It is preferable that the feces treatment material be contained in the feces receiving box, and that the feces sink into the feces treatment material when the feces receiving box is swung while the feces are dropped on the feces treatment material. The fecal material is usually a granular material, but there are fibrous and small pieces. In addition to dry ones, there are also pastes and liquids. For example, a material called cat sand can be used. Specifically, sand, waste paper, rice husks,
Sawdust, coffee grounds, activated carbon, etc. can be used. A material that is easy to dispose of by incineration is preferable. It is also possible to mix and use a plurality of types of fecal treatment materials.

When the fecal treatment material is blended with highly water-absorbent resin particles, water can be efficiently absorbed and retained. A deodorant and an antibacterial agent can also be added. A granular or liquid deodorant can be used, and a drug having a deodorizing function with respect to ammonia and amines that are often contained in chicken manure is preferable.
It is also possible to use a deodorant material as the fecal treatment material itself.

[Egg saucer part] When a pet chicken lays eggs,
It is placed in the inner cage and is placed between the inner cage and the outer cage in order to isolate the laid eggs from the pet chicken.

By sloping the bottom surface of the inner basket from one end side to the other end side, the eggs laid on the bottom surface move to the other end side according to the inclination of the bottom surface.

If an egg tray portion extending to the outside of the inner basket is provided on the other end side of this bottom surface, the eggs that have moved to the other end portion move to the egg tray portion.

The egg tray part is not particularly limited in specific shape and structure as long as it can accommodate and stably support eggs. A plate-shaped, container-shaped, or shelf-shaped material can be used. In the route from the bottom of the inner basket to the egg saucer, a space or space through which eggs can pass is provided on the side of the inner basket.

[Use of Breeding Device] The pet chicken is housed in the inner cage, the inner cage is housed in the outer cage, and the chicken is supported with a predetermined space between the inner cage and the outer cage. Below the inner basket,
Place a dung box inside the outer cage.

Inside the inner basket or between the inner basket and the outer basket,
You can also attach a pet chicken water dispenser or water dispenser.

The pet chicken is comfortably bred inside the inner cage.

The breeding device may be placed indoors, such as on the floor, or on the veranda. It can also be placed outdoors such as in the garden.

Even if a foreign enemy such as a cat or a dog tries to insert a limb or a head into the outer cage, the pet chicken inside the inner cage cannot be reached and the pet chicken can be prevented from being harmed. .
The upper surface of the inner cage is often relatively high in consideration of the habitability of pet chicken, so there is no wide space between the upper surface of the inner cage and the outer cage. However, it is unlikely that the pet chicken could be harmed from outside the outer cage. On the side of the inner basket, it is highly likely that the pet chicken leans against it, so it is necessary to keep a sufficient distance from the outer basket.

When the pet chicken drops feces, it passes through the bottom of the inner basket and drops on the feces material in the feces receiving box.

When a certain amount of feces has accumulated on the feces treatment material, the feces receiving box is swung. The swinging is a fine vibration or a swinging motion accompanied by some impact. When the feces treatment material and the feces are shaken, the feces sink inside the feces treatment material and the feces are embedded under the surface of the feces treatment material. As a result, it is possible to prevent the odor generated by feces from being trapped in the feces treatment material and scattering unpleasant odors into the surrounding space. By surrounding the feces with the feces treatment material, deodorant action, water absorption action, antibacterial action, etc. act efficiently on the feces. If the dung is hidden inside the dung processing material, the appearance is good.

The excavation work of the feces receiving box may be performed each time the pet chicken pours feces, or may be performed periodically at regular intervals.

When a certain amount or more of feces is accumulated in the feces receiving box, the feces receiving box is taken out of the outer basket and the feces processing material is replaced.

[0049]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The breeding apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 breeds Mini Rhode Island Red breeds as pet chicken B.

The breeding apparatus is provided with an outer basket 10, an inner basket 20, and a feces receiving box 30.

The inner basket 20 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with a capacity for the chicken B to live freely. The upper surface 26, the four side surfaces 24, and the bottom surface 22 of the inner basket 20 are all formed in a mesh structure by combining steel wire rods in a grid pattern.
The mesh of the steel wire is set so that the chicken B does not escape.

As shown in FIG. 1, the bottom surface 22 of the inner basket 20.
Is not horizontal and has an inclination that decreases from one end side to the other end side. The bottom surface 22 extends outward more than the side surface 24 on the side where the inclination is low, and constitutes an egg saucer 23. The egg tray 23 extends close to the inner surface of the outer basket 10, and its end is folded back upward. The lower part of the side surface 24 of the inner basket 20 is cut away at the connection point between the egg tray 23 and the bottom surface 22. The height of the cutout portion is set to a height at which the egg E can pass. Therefore, the egg E laid by the chicken B inside the inner basket 20 moves along the inclination of the bottom surface 22 and is arranged at the tip portion of the egg saucer 23. If the egg E has been taken out of the inner basket 20 into the egg saucer 23, the chicken B will have the egg E.
You can prevent it by stepping on it. The egg E of the egg tray 23 can be picked up by inserting a hand from the outside of the outer basket 10.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the egg saucer 23
On the side where the is arranged, a side wall 24 of the inner basket 20 is provided with a door 28 that can be opened and closed. Chicken B can be taken in and out through this door 28.

The outer basket 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape which is sufficiently larger than the inner basket 20. Top 16 and side 12 of outer basket 10
Similarly to the inner basket 20, the bottom face 14 has a mesh structure in which steel wire rods are assembled in a lattice shape. As shown in FIG.
The upper surface 16 is attached to the side surface 12 so as to be rotatable on one side, and serves as a door that allows the outer basket 10 to be opened and closed.

The inner basket 20 is hung with respect to the outer basket 10 by suspending tools 40 attached to the upper four sides of the inner basket 20. As shown in FIG. 3, the suspending tool 40 is formed by bending a steel wire rod and has a substantially U shape. The tip of the U-shape is curved outward.

The inner basket 20 is suspended by the outer basket 40 by locking the suspending device 40 to the mesh structure of the inner basket 20 and hooking the tip of the suspending device 40 to the mesh structure of the outer basket 10. By balancing the pulling forces of the four hanging devices 40, the inner basket 20 is arranged exactly in the center of the outer basket 40 in the plan view. Since the inner basket 20 is pulled in all directions, chicken B
Even if the chicken moves, the inner basket 20 can be prevented from shaking greatly and stressing the chicken B.

The inner cage 20 and the outer cage 10 have a sufficiently wide space between the side surface 24 and the side surface 12, but the upper surface 2
There is not much space between 6 and the upper surface 16. However, since the height of the inner basket 20 is sufficiently large, the distance from the head position of the chicken B to the upper surface of the outer basket 10 is sufficiently wide.

A flat support plate 38 is provided on the inner bottom surface of the outer basket 10.
A dung box 30 is placed on the top.

The feces receiving box 30 has a flat rectangular parallelepiped shape and has an open upper surface. As shown in FIG. 3, the planar shape of the feces receiving box 30 is set to be slightly larger than the planar shape of the inner basket 20.

Ball-shaped sliding feet 36 are attached to the bottom of the dung box 30 near the four corners, respectively. The sliding foot 36 can freely roll and slide forward, backward, rightward and leftward on the support plate 38, and the feces receiving box 30 can freely swing in the horizontal direction.

A handle 34 is attached to one side surface of the dropping box 30. The handle 34 can be operated by inserting a hand or the like from the outside of the outer basket 10. Therefore, by grasping the handle 34, the feces receiving box 30 can be easily rocked horizontally in any of the front, rear, left and right directions.

The feces receiving box 30 contains a feces treating material 32 made of so-called cat sand. When the chicken B housed in the inner basket 20 makes feces, the feces fall on the surface of the feces treatment material 32 of the feces receiving box 30 through the mesh of the bottom surface 22 of the inner basket 20.

When the dung box 30 is swung, the dung is buried in the dung processing material 32 due to its own weight. In appearance, the feces are hidden. Inside the feces treatment material 32, the feces have moisture removed, odors removed, and the growth of miscellaneous bacteria suppressed, so that no offensive odor is emitted to the outside.

When the amount of feces accumulated in the feces receiving box 30 exceeds a certain amount or the processing ability of the feces treating material 32 decreases, the feces receiving box 30 is taken out from the outer basket 10 and the feces are discarded together with the feces treating material 32. . If the feces receiving box 30 supplied with the new feces treatment material 32 is returned to the predetermined position of the outer basket 10, the feces can be collected and treated again. Generally, if the fecal treatment material 32 is replaced every 2 to 3 days, the generation of unpleasant odor can be prevented.

In the above embodiment, since the inner basket 20 is detachably attached to the outer basket 10 by the hanging tool 40, the inner basket 20 containing the chicken B can be attached to the outer basket 10 as needed. 1
It is possible to remove it from 0 and move it, and to clean and wash the inside of the outer basket 10.

[Dimension Example of Breeding Device] A practical dimension example of the breeding device having the above-described structure will be shown.

Outer cage 10 outline: front and rear 60 cm, left and right 42
cm, height 52 cm.

Outer shape of inner basket 20: 40 cm in front and rear, 24 in left and right
~ 36 cm, height 35 cm (upper end of bottom) ~ 40 cm
(The tip of the egg saucer).

The egg saucer 23 overhangs about 10 cm.

Outer shape of the feces receiving box 30: The front, rear, left and right correspond to the inner dimension of the outer basket 10. Height 7.5 cm.

[0071]

The pet chicken breeding apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
The inner cage that houses chickens is placed inside the outer cage with a space between it and the outer cage, so even if an external enemy such as a cat inserts a limb or head from the outer cage, it will touch the chicken's body. To prevent harm.

Further, the feces discharged from the chicken inside the inner basket are collected in the feces receiving box containing the feces treatment material and treated by the feces treatment material so that the environment is not adversely affected.
In particular, by swinging the dung box, the dung can be sunk and hidden in the dung processing material to improve the appearance. Since the feces are surrounded by the feces treatment material, the functions of removing water and deodorizing act efficiently, so that the feces are rendered harmless and the environmental deterioration is extremely effective.

As a result, the pet chicken can be bred even in the living room of a general house without damaging the living environment, which can greatly contribute to the spread of the pet chicken.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional front view of a breeding apparatus representing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view.

FIG. 3 is a plan view sectional view

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Outer basket 20 Inner basket 23 Egg saucer 30 dung box 32 Fecal material 34 Handle 36 sliding feet 38 Support plate 40 hanging equipment

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Atsushi Yoshimura             1247 Nakagumi, Sagawa Town, Takaoka District, Kochi Prefecture Kochi Prefecture Livestock Farming             Inside the test site F-term (reference) 2B101 AA09 FC01 GB05

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for accommodating and raising pet chickens, wherein an inner cage in which the chickens are accommodated and at least a side surface and a bottom surface of an outer surface of the inner cage are spaced around each other. An outer basket that encloses and supports the inner basket, and is disposed inside the outer basket below the inner basket, is horizontally swingable, receives the feces of the chicken, and contains a fecal treatment material. A pet chicken breeding device with a dung dropping box. 2. The inner basket comprises a bottom surface inclined so as to be lowered from one end side to the other end side, and an egg saucer portion extending from the other end side of the bottom surface to the outside of the inner basket. The pet breeding device described in the above. 3. The pet according to claim 1, wherein the fecal material comprises any one material selected from the group consisting of sand, waste paper, rice husks, sawdust, coffee grounds, activated carbon and deodorants. Chicken breeding equipment. 4. The pet chicken breeding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a suspending tool for detachably suspending and supporting the inner basket with respect to the outer basket. 5. The pet chicken breeding apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the feces receiving box has a handle for swinging operation on its side surface.