Covered Chicken feeder station

[Justicedog]

Does anyone have a covered chicken feeder station? I’m planning on making some sort of roofed housing for my chickens feed. Sort of like a little gazebo.

 

[Debbie292d]

Here's one!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/water-station-feeder.77154/#ams-comment-521320

And another:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/an-outdoor-shelter-for-the-feeder-and-waterer.76487/

 

[rosemarythyme]

I have a couple but nothing fancy. One is a dog shade/rain tent. The other is a recycled portion of my old mini run with greenhouse panels on top and the side to keep out some rain, the thing the Welsummer is eating under:

 

[Justicedog]

Thanks for the responses. I wasn’t sure how to do the roof. I think I was also over engineering it. Debbie, thanks for sharing those posts. I could see how the roof was made.

Rosemarythyme, are there any troubles with blocking chickens from the food with only one open side? Your playset looks interesting too.

 

[Perris]

I built one out of a repurposed Ikea raised kid's bed frame and a couple of onduline sheets. The first version was long, then when the feet rotted (it was only indoor grade pine after all) I cut them off and the second version is higher, but both work well.

The big plank running across the crossbeams at the bottom was just placed there as necessary when it's very windy here, to ensure it didn't catch the wind and take off!

The strapping is to hold the end of the other onduline sheet in place as there's not much wood to fix to there. The roofing sheets will bend if you're gentle, so I gave the apex a double thickness rather than cut the sheets shorter.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Rosemarythyme, are there any troubles with blocking chickens from the food with only one open side? Your playset looks interesting too.

Actually there's 2 open sides... the wire mesh on the left is cut open so no one gets cornered inside.

As far as the other shelter (the "dog tent"), this is an Amazon link since I don't have a photo of it on hand: https://www.amazon.com/Shelter-Outdoor-Pet-Livestock-Waterproof/dp/B0CNCWGPX1

 

[Cammo77]

My feeder is under an old plastic semi trailer mudguard that I got from work. I have 4 of them in the run for shelter. Too dark out to take photos but this is a stock photo of what I use.

 

[Justicedog]

Thanks you all. Lots of options. The triangle shaped one seems like something I can manage.

 

[SandyRiverChick]

I've tried several smallish, lower to ground options but here in the PNW it rains sideways, and I was never able to keep feeders completely dry. So finally, I did a large as possible roofing off of the back of my coop. Now all is dry.

 

[Al Gerhart]

Political season is coming and those spiffy little coreplast signs work great for feeder covers. A bit of tape, pin it down with some long nails or metal stakes, and Bob's your uncle.

Wait till two days after the primary and go after the loser's signs. Before the election stealing signs is a crime, the day after they are trash if the loser doesn't pick them up.