Small Chicken feed hopper

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ok ok guys enough with the DE debat please!

I was thinking of a peice of straight duct going into a square to round reducer. not sure how the hopper door will shut the feed off yet, was thinking a slider type
 
farmerbrowne said:
ok ok guys enough with the DE debat please!

I was thinking of a peice of straight duct going into a square to round reducer. not sure how the hopper door will shut the feed off yet, was thinking a slider type
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It's too bad that off topic tangents are so unfortunately frequent here.

The hopper door is going to be key as is the weight/strength of the ducting.
Sorry, I don't have any brilliant ideas, never worked with this stuff before.

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I still wonder about keeping that much feed fresh, a hopper won't keep it fresh like your freezers did.....how many birds do you have?
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farmerbrowne said:
Quote: Well, a hundred pounds will fit in a 30 gal garbage can.
Thought you wanted a 'couple hundred pounds'.

I have 15 birds over wintered and have a bag of feed and a bag of scratch in a galvanized 30 gal garbage can...100 pounds of feed would last me about 5-6 weeks.
Have second can for grow out coop in spring summer.
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Are you looking at having it just stored in or actually having it dispensed from the hopper? I am reading this thread as dispensed from the hopper.

Build a strong support for the hopper out of wood so it wont tip over or bend from the weight/use over time.
I think you can do a slider to control dispensed amount but may need it to be of a stronger material so it does not bend from the force of the feed behind it.

You may be able to use chains secured to the rafters to help support the structure as well.

Making it easy to fill may be a challenge as will keeping the food fresh.

Interesting concept though.
 
Sorry for the DE thing.
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@farmerbrowne , have you seen this https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/jumbo-feeder-by-danny-bahr?
 
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