Need ideas for when I go on vacation please!

[deapot2]

I'm going on vacation in about 2 weeks. I will be gone for 2 weeks. I have a flock of about 11 adult chickens, 6 adult ducks, 9 juvenile turkeys, and over a dozen little baby chicks and ducks. I'd planned ahead (or so I thought) with building an inverted PVC pipe feeder that I assumed would last about 3 days with feed. When I tested it the other day, the gluttons downed the ENTIRE thing in one day.

Now I am freaking out. I have no idea how to make their food last for 4-5 days while I am gone. I do have someone that is willing to check on them once or twice to feed and water. But everything I have found for food and waterers doesn't appear to be able to last.

Does anyone have ANY ideas?? Please!

 

[Intheswamp]

How much feed did the pvc feeder hold? Did the birds waste a lot of feed by dumping it on the ground?

It seems a good feeder design to prevent *waste* is the DIY 5-gallon bucket with the 90-degree drain/waste-water elbow. It holds around 25 pounds of feed. Maybe you could make multiples of this type of feeder?

What are you doing for water?

Ed

 

[Intheswamp]

Here is a link to the thread on the bucket feeder. As the thread progressed, revisions and improvements were made to the original version.... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...te-5-gallon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3

Ed