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  1. pattijoiner

    Any tips for less waste when feeding mash ?

    Any tips, tricks, hacks you guys have for helping cut spillage and waste when feeding my fermented feed/mash? My picky flock loves to scratch it all on the ground and then won’t eat it .... ugh..... but I can’t seem to think of a way to feed this type of feed with no waste! thanks!
  2. ABaker787

    Potential Low Waste Feeder?

    Hi all! I got this baby pig feeder at Rural King for about $18 and the babies seem to be taking to it rather well! I’m thinking this may be an option for reduced waste once they get older and start slinging feed? Since it can be mounted to a coop wall by just sliding it onto some nails or screws...
  3. Goddess Sekhmet

    Wheelie-bin no-waste feeder questions

    Hi all, So I'm in the middle of my ultimate chicken-run build, and I've settled on making a chicken feeder out of a 120L wheelie bin using the PVC plumbing elbows down the bottom for feed access, similar to the following: https://blog.mypetchicken.com/2015/10/05/diy-no-waste-feeder/ I do have...
  4. BigBlueHen53

    I did it! Sorta ....

    Okay, I should say I *am doing* it. I am in the process of making one of those no-mess, no-waste 5-gallon bucket feeders. Thanks to all who posted instructions and pics, this looked so cool and practical I had to try it! I used Gorrilla Glue (r) to get the PVC elbows set in place, and when the...
  5. MotherOfChickens

    Show me your no waste feeders

    So, I spent a pretty penny to make a PVC feeder that I can cap off at night to keep the lil mice that live under my neighbor's shed from getting in the feed at night. Problem is, they throw the feed out of it. So like today, I have the feeder closed off until they eat all the feed up off the...
  6. lklik

    Peck Assisted Feeder

    Hanging feeder that is 100% gravity driven and drops feed only if a chicken pecks at the target. I've got 3 of these for 20 chickens. Each bucket holds 25lbs of feed. Materials needed 5 gallon bucket with lid 7/8th hold drill 1/2" drill bit 3/8th by 6" Eye Bolt and matching nut Large Washers...
  7. mdees88

    DIY No Waste Quail Feeder

    Okay let's call this a minimal waste feeder that can be converted into a zero waste feeder very easily. I purchased a little giant 1 quart feeder from tractor supply. After a short period of use I found two problems with it. It didn't hold enough food and they spilled half of it on the ground...
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