3D Printing for Chickens (Feeders and Other Accessories)

3D Printing for Chickens (Feeders and Other Accessories)

IMG_1628_long.jpg


Have a 3D filament printer? Want to make some useful things for your chickens? Then this article is for you! 3D printing lets you create custom shapes out of plastic materials, potentially quite unlike any premade products on store shelves. This article is broken into three pages:
  • About 3D Printing: some basic things about 3D printing with a focus on filament-based printing, including some important terminology and general things to be aware of when printing for chickens. Start here if you're wondering about getting into 3D printing or if you're very new to it.
  • 3D Printable Projects for Chickens: several chicken-relevant projects you can print right now, most of which are related to feed/water - but also including the little chicken design shown as a print-in-progress in the title image.
  • Designing 3D Printable Objects for Chickens: a brief overview of 3D modeling software and design considerations for making chicken-safe, functional objects.
Next page: About 3D Printing
About author
DonyaQuick
I am a computer scientist who likes chickens and creating things, and I like finding ways to combine those three things.

Latest reviews

Very Helpful Article!
What a great article and just "one more reason" for me to give my husband to try and get myself a 3D printer! Those small feed and water dishes are a great idea for not only chickens, but I can totally see a use for them with all "crate friendly" animals and as an option in animal traps!

As an animal rescuer, baiting cat traps is always an "adventure"!
Interesting and well done article. I was wondering about this. I don't have a 3D printer yet.

Comments

Article information

Author
Donya Quick
Article read time
34 min read
Views
7,171
Comments
4
Reviews
11
Last update
Rating
5.00 star(s) 11 ratings

Downloads

  • 3d_printing_projects_for_chickens.zip
    5 MB · Views: 93

Share this article

Back
Top Bottom