DIY Thread - Let's see your "Inventions".

[Bens-Hens]

Nice work!

 

[Ga Boy]

Save the root great idea

 

[Ga Boy]

Save the root great idea

 

[aart]

Save the root great idea

From Garden Coop?? http://www.thegardencoop.com/blog/2012/02/07/grazing-frames-backyard-chickens/

 

[SoCal Dorkings]

Ok, so I've figured out my feed bill would be about 60% less, if I wasn't feeding every squirrel and rabbit for miles around. I free range in shifts, and some of my pens are left over from the previous owner, and I have tried all sorts of purchased, and DIY feeders, but no luck. The newest DIY invention will usually slow them down for a day or two, but that's it.

I'm too much of a closet tree hugger to poison, trapping would be cruel because it might be hours or a day (desert climate) before I was able to deal with caught critters, and it will be some time before I can re-build/replace some of the pens, but even then, I would have problems when the doors were open, so I think better to figure out a feeder...

Any bright ideas?

 

[3forfree]

I've never used this feeder but have read that others like it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/automatic-wood-chicken-feeder

 

[SoCal Dorkings]

I've seen something like this before, but I couldn't quite tell how it was put together... This one's a bit easier to see. I have big fat Dorkings and Cream Legbars, so this might be perfect since I can set the mechanism a little on the heavy side to keep the rabbits out, that thanks to my all you can eat buffet are halfway to Harvey sized -lol.

I think I might even have all of the materials lying around, sans springs if needed...


Thanks 3forfree!

 

[KDK1]

I've seen something like this before, but I couldn't quite tell how it was put together... This one's a bit easier to see. I have big fat Dorkings and Cream Legbars, so this might be perfect since I can set the mechanism a little on the heavy side to keep the rabbits out, that thanks to my all you can eat buffet are halfway to Harvey sized -lol.

I think I might even have all of the materials lying around, sans springs if needed...


Thanks 3forfree!

http://www.woodworkingcorner.com/feeder.php

 

[SoCal Dorkings]

Thanks KDK1, that's perfect!

I'll be rummaging in the woodpile now

 

[SoCal Dorkings]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/building-a-treadle-chicken-feeder

Ok, the feeder is neat and everything, but I wa t to know how he got that chicken to stand on that scale! Lol.