Thank you so much, iwiw. These feeders look great, and your directions are very clear. I have a small coop up by the back of my house that I am currently using as a grow out/brooder pen. I've thought about making a feeder like yours, but the coop is elevated maybe three feet off the ground and the 4' PVC pipe makes the feeder too high to fill. What do you think of mounting the filler pipe on the outside, maybe at an angle so it's not so high, and running it through a cut out into an inside feeding port? Are your feeders out of the wind and rain? Like under cover?
If height is a concern, may I suggest you consider using a plastic tube and elbows as discussed in this thread, post 3 is the same elbow I used...
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...te-5-gallon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3
I used a big 'Rubbermaid' like container and 8 elbows, giving me 8 feeding locations and the tube holds 100 pounds, yes two entire bags of feed and is give or take maybe 14" tall?
Picked the tube up at Goodwill for $5, the eight elbows cost $3.98 each...
http://www.lowes.com/pd_24870-676-41P0ST_0__?productId=3609606
Instead of roughing out the holes with knife or what not I did invest in a hole saw at Harbor Freight for a few bucks...
Anyway at the end of the day I'm fully happy with it, no waste and very low maintenance...