Two Grandpas chicken feeders available. Automatic feeders. Very good condition. Protects feed from rodents, birds, rain/snow, ect. Less wasted feed. Each feeder holds 40lbs of feed. One unit had small amount of rust on lid—has been sanded and painted. $100 each/$180 for both. These units sell...
Thinking of an auto feeder using the 5 galloon bucket method-- particularly if I go out of town for a week or so, trying to calculate what it would hold in lbs and how much feed on average 8 hens would go thru daily?
Initially thought to make my own feed in 100lb portions, but that's proving...
Remember the days before Cell Phone Addiction, credit cards and K Mart was King of retail? Way past that. Before Credit Cards, Strip Malls, Convenience Stores, Bottled water? Wow. The things that made us soft. Spoiled. Relying on Retail Proprietors to make our lives simple?
Ingenuity is a lost...
Here’s the finished product. Cost about $1,500 (I was shooting for $500 - Oops).
The story of the build goes:
Buy house in Northern California.
Think it would be nice to have chickens.
Don’t ask wife.
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