Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

[Scooby308]

Building one of these this weekend.

 

[jimmywalt]

Building one of these this weekend.

I absolutely guarantee you will LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And will wish you made it a long time ago!!!!!!!!!

Best feeder in the world!

Thanks to jetdog for posting the info on this and getting me to make one!

 

[jimmywalt]

Update...................

I can now make these for $1.69 (price at my store) by using these Sanitary Elbow 90 degree.

 

[rosinsk1772]

Would a 4" elbow be to big?

 

[jerryse]

Would a 4" elbow be to big?

No. I used 4" because I had them.

 

[jimmywalt]

Just sold my first bucket feeder. $18 with 3 feeding ports.

Only cost me $5 in parts and less than 30 minutes to make.

 

[rosinsk1772]

Would it be enough for 12 hens to start

 

[rosinsk1772]

No. I used 4" because I had them.

Would it be okay for 12 hens

 

[jerryse]

Would it be okay for 12 hens

I have one in a pen with 12 works fine and I only have one elbow on mine.

 

[Craftymama]

Thanks for posting this. As I am preparing for my birds to arrive (april 5th! I can hardly wait) I have been looking at ways to eliminate food waste and hopefully make it so i'm not having to refill feed every day.