****** DIY chicken feeder pipe! ******

Phottoman said:

Sondacop. that's why we refer to it as "Chicken TV."

And ... ahhh ... where is the video?

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Took the words out of my mouth Skip LoL!!

OOOH, I just figured out how to post pictures, you mean I can post video's too?

Sondacop said:

OOOH, I just figured out how to post pictures, you mean I can post video's too?

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Yes, when you're posting anything at the top of the post window you should see something that looks like film. Check all the posting icons

You can also post to YouTube.com and then link THAT in your posting, if you look at my home page, on the Optic Guard page, I made my own video, PM me and I will give you better instructions.

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Phottoman said:

You can also post to YouTube.com and then link THAT in your posting, if you look at my home page, on the Optic Guard page, I made my own video, PM me and I will give you better instructions.

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I upload all my videos to youtube then pass them out when I think they will help

I found the video icon but it wants a "URL or Embed code".

Update on my pipe feeder:

Everything is just fine. The 45 degree angle worked just fine, neither more nor less feed dropping than with the 90 degree turn on my original. However, there IS something that I now know I have to do. The chicken wire on the original cage, the one with the peaked roof, is NOT doing the job of keeping wild birds out. They are getting in between the wires, and eating the food. I also have to put some sort of cap on top of the pipe, even as close to the roof as it is.

I was checking out the entire run last night to see what I could do better, or rather than, what I have already done, and I glanced into the pipe to see how much food was in there. Guess what I found on top of the feed, about 12 to 18 inches below the top of the pipe.

A WILD BIRD !!!!

It got in ... but couldn't get out.

I had to reach in there and actually grab hold of the bird, and lift it out of the pipe. I also had to take out a few inches from the top of the feeder, where the bird had let it's displeasure be known on how it felt about the world letting it get trapped inside a feeder. It had plenty to EAT, but probably wanted something liquid to wash it down, but in the mean time, it still defecated inside the pipe and THAT would not be healthy for my chickens.

And all this really surprises me. I am feeding pellets, not something small, and from the looks of these birds, the size of the pellets doesn't seem to effect the fact that my chickens food is as good as the wild bird feed I used to put out. I don't feed the wild birds any more, because I felt that since they came in suck large numbers, it may be detrimental to my chickens. Hey, what do I know from nothin', right?

Anyway, I guess my next project, even more important than replacing the pallet/door, will be to put more chicken wire over the old, to make the openings smaller, hoping to deter the wild birds.

Does it EVER end? (sigh)

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Sondacop said:

I found the video icon but it wants a "URL or Embed code".

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Look at where you loaded the video, there will be a code that you copy and paste on the YouTube site where your video is located.

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I uploaded it to my photobucket account.

I don't know how to upload videos to this site, maybe you could just watch it here:

http://s837.beta.photobucket.com/user/sondacop/media/16122012085_zps68066070.mp4.html