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Wow, that's just crazy. But when a 2X4 costs $4000.00 at the store, I suppose PVC pipe had to raise their prices too. Honestly, I don't think I have bought much of any of my DIY materials since COVID hit and the prices on everything went so high. I am sure glad I built my coop, run, feeders...

I made my chicken grit and calcium feeders out of 2 inch PVC pipes and elbows. But, you can take that same design and upgrade it to 3 inch or 4 inch PVC, and you could also make the storage pipe longer (I made my 12 inches long, but you could go 2 or 3 feet, etc...). Point is, the design can be...

I like the PVC feeder design because only the head of the chicken can get inside. That significantly reduces them from scratching out the grit and calcium with their feet like they can do with an open dish or pan. Again, for 10 chickens, I only have to refill my grit and calcium feeders about...

@gailbelanger , here is a pic of my homemade DIY PVC grit and calcium feeder. It's just some 2 inch PVC pipes, about 12 inches long, with some PVC elbows. I used some scrap wood to make the holder which I hang up in the coop about 6 inches off the floor. At the time I made it, about 3 years...

OK. I ask because I hear of these stories of chickens getting blocked up from eating grass clippings, but after 3 years of feeding grass clippings to my chickens, I have never had a problem. I guess until/unless I have a problem with feeding grass clippings to my birds, I will continue to give...

Maybe it makes a difference what type of mower you use. My mowers cut and recut the grass clippings on their way to the bagger. I don't know if it's even possible to have a grass clipping 6 inches long on my mowers. But, I typically cut my grass when it is about 4 inches tall and I have the...

Good enough. I don't let my birds free range because of predator threat. But I understand what you are saying about biting off only small bits from the top down.

What do you consider "short"? Agree it's important that the chickens don't get a blockage. I have been feeding grass clippings to my chickens for 3 years, and have never noticed any impacted crop. Maybe I have just been lucky, or maybe I'm cutting the grass clippings short enough. Anyway, I...

Many zero turn mowers have baggers available as an accessory. I have always had riding mowers with baggers. I used to bag up the grass clippings and dump them in the garden to add organic material to my sandy soil (I live on a lake). Since I got my chickens, I now dump most of my grass clippings...

I live on a lake, and we have hawks and Bald Eagles overhead all the time. I cannot let my chickens free range. So, I bring the free range to them in their bird netting covered chicken run. I bag all my grass clippings and throw that and just about anything else organic into the chicken run. In...

My egg shells end up in the garden, too. I just crush them up first, then feed them to the chickens, the chickens will poo in the coop or outside in the chicken run composting system, all that gets composted and the compost goes into the garden. I don't plant in the ground anymore, only raised...

That looks like a good option. I made a grit and calcium feeder out of a couple of PVC pipes and elbows. Just fill it from the top and it autofeeds the grit and calcium as the chicken eat it. I have it mounted in the coop so the grit and calcium is available 24/7 as needed. I only have to refill...