Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for very accurately metering a quantity by weight of food for being supplied to small livestock, such as poultry, which small livestock is present in a number of cages placed one behind the other. The outflow of food from a foodhopper filled with food, can be stop the moment when is determined that the receiving trough contains a sufficient quantity of food. This quantity of food corresponds to a certain desired quantity of food per animal multiplied by the number of animals to be fed. After the receiving trough has been filled it is emptied for example into a feed trough. The preference the device is provided with a sensor or the like which can scan an indicator which can be fastened to a cage, which indicator emits a signal indicating the number of animals present in that cage.

Abstract: A water trough for emergent chicks and maturing chickens includes a float operated actuator for a drinking nozzle which can be manually activated to provide water in a drinking trough for emergent chicks, and which can be manually disabled on maturing of the chickens to force the maturing chickens to drink from the drinking nozzle.