Okay so I have the fuzzy butt fever and when I said I wanted only 6 chickens it somehow grew to 10 and in 2 weeks it will grow to 16 and in the spring ---- let's not even go there! It is my husbands fault you know, he just keeps giving me more space and I HAVE to fill it!!!! Any way, I had an 11 pound feeder in the run and a 7 pound one cheapy crappy one I got a TSC. The problem was the girls kept billing all the food out of them because the trays are small depth wise on them and they would make a mess on the ground with it and on the floor of the coop soooooo ----- I thought since the flock is growing by leaps and bounds and the girls are getting older I needed at least one more bigger one. The 11 pound one is a nice one and it has a center spring that you can raise the bucket to release more food or tighten it to not let it flow so fast and I liked that because all I had to do to let it come down more was to rotate it back and forth a few times and it would bring down more food without making a mess but the tray is shallow and for bigger girls they just bill it out to fast. I went to many different companies and looked at feeders but I did not want metal and I wanted something with the spring mechanism inside and I wanted one that would hang, and have a top so they could not sit on it and poop in the food. I finally ended up at Flemming Outdoors and I found a 22 pound feeder by the same company with the same mechanism and I was able to get a cone plastic top for it for a couple more dollars that fits tight on it! It is so GREAT that I immediatly ordered another with a lid for it and they had the big 3 gallon plastic waterers that the base just slides on also so I got one of those too. The feeder has a 4 1/4 inch deep tray and it has the grated in it and the girls love it, they can not bill out the food and it holds enough that I do not have to fill it every day or two, and as the flock grows it will be enough for them when I have two of them. Flemming shipped it out immediatly and I got it 2 days. The price was a bit higher then some other companies but they also take Pay Pal and I was extremely happy with the service and the feeders. I figure by next year I will have close to 30 chickens and the two big feeders out in the runs and the 11 pounder inside in the day will be enough to keep them happy. I do always take my feeders in at night to keep the temptation away from the predators also. Anyway here is a pic of the feeder and I did get a cone white plastic top that fits over the top of it so the girls can not get on it and yes it is hangable too. I am very pleased with it. Trudy
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