DIY Feeder Successful !!!!

[konjo]

I finally decided to make my own feeder for my two hens that where just having a field day every time I would feed them sending food EVERYWHERE. So a lot of reading and getting ideas from my friend here at BYC and I came up with two feeders one with the laying feed and the other with oyster shell " free of choice " and this is what I came up with. Need to also add one for the scratch.

Here is the cost of this from Home Depot.

pipe 3X10 5.28
2 elbow 45's 3.40
2 elbow 90's 4.56
tax 1.29
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Total 14.53

 

[19Dawn76]

I LOVE this idea!!! I need one for my "maternity ward".

 

[sillybirds]

Nice job! How much feed does your feeder hold?

 

[Lynn57]

Excellent! Can you post of picture of the whole feeder.

thanks

 

[insiderart]

Oooo I need to make one of these!! Going to Lowe's tomorrow anyway. Do you need that sticky stuff for pvc? (I've never worked with it, just seen others.)

 

[konjo]

putting the pipes together I did not use sticky stuff for pvc's just jammed them in and there pretty tight.

Here are other photo's of the feeder..

Here is the feeders.

See what's for dinner look inside..

 

[insiderart]

I love this! I'm going to make one this evening!

 

[Whispering Winds]

GREAT idea!!! Isn't it amazing what you can come up with when you put the ole' noodle to it!!! I like this idea about the best of all of them!!! Great price too!!!

 

[LynneP]

That's similar to ours, and you can buy pipe on top of which you can put a screw cap. Ours starts in the feed room and the bottom is in the coop, so we needed a predator guard at the top, plus it is convenient to scopp directly from the barrel before entering the coop.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=7693-diy-hopper-feeder

 

[konjo]

OK Slite mod to this project and here it is. "SORRY"

( Notice the the long tube coming down then the 90 and then the 45 then I added a pipe at 45 at the end this works BETTER !!! )