covered feeders

[deechick]

Hi Chicken Friends! I am about to put the "big girl feeder" in for my girls and I'm concerned that the feeder is not covered (it is an 11lb. hanging feeder in a covered coop). Should I be concerned about the food getting damp and moldy? Should I try to cover it some way? A hard blowing rain could get it wet. We are in SW Ga. Thanks!

 

[SmokinChick]

I cut wood circles to cover mine. No problem with rain. Just wanted to keep dust and chickens out.
I wish "they" sold tight fitting covers.

 

[LaurelRidgeDreams]

I had a problem with blowing rain last winter. My run is 12x14 and covered. The top of the feeder has a cover but the feed still got damp.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Sometimes I put a canvas tarp over a sawhorse that looks like this underneath (where the feeders are) and when the rain blows it stays dry.

 

[KDK1]

I used good quality weather stripping and a well placed hasp to keep mine dry. It's in the weather at all times and stays bone dry.

 

[202roosterlane]

You know those thin plastic water catcher things you put under your flower pots? You can by them from walmart for like under a buck. I put a hole in it and slide it over the hook and it covers it completely but for a seven pound feeder I had to go to 18 inch to better cover for rain etc. It's dark but I will run outside and take a pic for you LOL... Give me a few minutes.

okay here it is.....

 

[202roosterlane]

for me it works great. Some people put the food and water in the coop but I don't like the food they peck out to mix in with the wood shavings I have in the coop. Seems like they never eat it all and watste it.

 

[coalroadcabin]

I took the lid to a plastic ice cream bucket and cut a slit in it to slide over the hole in the feeder (I have a 7lb hanging feeder) - very similar to 202roosterlane's cover. I did it because one of my chickens flew up onto it one time and slipped down inside

 

[Nicole01]

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Best feeder ever! I love KDK1's design so much, I made my hubby build one for my girls. It stays very dry inside and takes up very little coop space inside.

 

[chickenlady08]

These are all nice ideas! Does anyone know how to make a feeder that is at least semi goat proof? Winter coming and won't be much to forage around for and my goats will eat all of the feed if I leave it out for my girls. I am starting to stress a bit over it and have been searching all summer for something to help me but no success.