A DYI self filling gravity feeder take a look!!!

[Bigfatchicken]

This feeder is a 5 gallon bucket and a feeder pan that was put up three to four inches up by L brackets to allow the pellets or crumbs to flow out and it works great.

 

[midget_farms]

how big is the hole in the bottom of the bucket?

 

[jeannettea]

Can you tell me how you built this? I get the general idea (feed goes out bottom of bucket and fills pan as the chickens eat what's in the pan), but I can't figure out the specifics - did you cut away the entire bottom of the bucket or just drill some holes (and if so, how big/how many?)? How big of L brackets did you use (so what's the space b/n the pan and the bucket bottom?)?

Great idea - I have GOT to do something like this and soon!!!

Jeannettea

 

[GlitterBug]

Very Nice!

 

[cmom]

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I am wondering the same thing...

 

[chickenwhisperer]

This should explain everything . . . HTH

 

[Doopy]

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Yup. That solves it for sure.

With what shall I fix it? Dear Liza, dear Liza.

 

[Bigfatchicken]

Its really easy all you have to do is cut the entire bottom out and all I did was eye ball to see how high I wanted the bucket to be and then bolt it on. The bucket is roughly 4inches high off of the pan.

 

[FairfieldChicks]

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hahaha... I thought this was directions, very cute

 

[sgtmom52]

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Great instructions!