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

    Sounds like not enough space between the PVC elbow and the bottom of the bucket to me.
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Most of the PVC I see people using in this thread is made to carry water for humans to drink. I think the chickens will be OK...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    Mine were about 7 weeks old or so when I introduced it. They really have to stretch to get in there, but it works since they're small enough to stuff themselves in the hole.
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    I've been using these for about 2 weeks now with my 8 week old chicks. They kinda have to stretch to get in there, but they're eating just fine. I figure they'll grow into them :) I LOVE them. Went from about 50% of their feed on the ground (stupid chick-feeder that everyone starts out...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    I wanted something to build tonight, so I got to work on this feeder. It's a bit of a stretch for 6 week old chickens, but I was surprised at how quickly they buried their heads in there at got to work. Problems: Mounting a flat surface to a curved bucket The elbows were too big so...
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    Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

    I was at Home Depot today looking for the elbows for this project. They didn't have 3" in PVC, only in ABS. I've done a little reading and from what I can tell ABS is considered non-toxic (or at least as non-toxic as PVC and plastic gets.) Any thoughts on using ABS on this project...
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