My son and husband built this feeder for me. Our hoarder neighbor finally moved out (yay!), and in the aftermath of the big clean-up, surprise... rats! I've had chickens at this house for 4 years now without a single rodent issue.I splurged on a fancy treadle feeder thinking it would solve everything. It did keep the rats out but my chickens acted like it was a trap from a horror movie. I followed the instructions and ever got hints a tips from there but after 4 months I threw in the rag.
We had an automatic coop door we ended up not using so my son came up with the idea of an automatic chicken feeder. It's solar powered and has 3 or 4 different opening and closing schedules you can pick from. Not sure how well the door will hold up with the sand and we may need to lift it up a bit buuuut I was so proud of his idea I had to show it off. We added hardware cloth to the bottom so no sneaky digging underneath.
If this doesn't work I think we will use a deer game feeder and just have it go off 2 or 3 times a day. I am hoping this is our answer along with getting rid of the rats as well.
We had an automatic coop door we ended up not using so my son came up with the idea of an automatic chicken feeder. It's solar powered and has 3 or 4 different opening and closing schedules you can pick from. Not sure how well the door will hold up with the sand and we may need to lift it up a bit buuuut I was so proud of his idea I had to show it off. We added hardware cloth to the bottom so no sneaky digging underneath.
If this doesn't work I think we will use a deer game feeder and just have it go off 2 or 3 times a day. I am hoping this is our answer along with getting rid of the rats as well.
