Just wanted to post pics of the cool new gravity feeder I made this weekend (with the help of a creative Home Depot guy
)
It's a 6" diameter x 3' tall ventilation pipe attached to a cap (used upside down) that has four "troughs"... Perfect for my little flock of four. It stands on its own but will need to be secured to the wall or the floor because the pipe part makes it a little top heavy. The edges of the cap area really weren't all that sharp but knowing that chickens have a penchant for getting into trouble I decided to cover all of the exposed edges with duct tape just to be safe. I figure it has a volume of about 2.3 cubic feet but I have no idea how much feed that translates to.
I'm looking forward to getting the chicks out into the coop to see how it works but that will have to wait another day or two until the rain subsides so I can finish up the last little bit of construction!
It's a 6" diameter x 3' tall ventilation pipe attached to a cap (used upside down) that has four "troughs"... Perfect for my little flock of four. It stands on its own but will need to be secured to the wall or the floor because the pipe part makes it a little top heavy. The edges of the cap area really weren't all that sharp but knowing that chickens have a penchant for getting into trouble I decided to cover all of the exposed edges with duct tape just to be safe. I figure it has a volume of about 2.3 cubic feet but I have no idea how much feed that translates to.
I'm looking forward to getting the chicks out into the coop to see how it works but that will have to wait another day or two until the rain subsides so I can finish up the last little bit of construction!
