How to make a PVC feeder.

[Corky1941]

Can anyone show me pictures of what a pvc feeder looks like?

 

[Harley Chick]

Not sure if this is what you have in mind but we have 3 set up in the run. Easy to fill and clean out. My apologies for the dirty pics but the run was cleaned out the following week so they look much better now

 

[Corky1941]

Thank you, that is just what I am wanting.

 

[Harley Chick]

Thank you, that is just what I am wanting.

One suggestion!!!!! There is a "well" that is created at the bottom of the tube that can create moldy feed. Our's in installed in such a way that I can remove them and tip them upside down regularly for cleaning. Not sure how to prevent that in the initial stages of building them but just wanted you to know what I've come across. Would love to see what you end up building. good luck

 

[paneubert]

One suggestion!!!!! There is a "well" that is created at the bottom of the tube that can create moldy feed. Our's in installed in such a way that I can remove them and tip them upside down regularly for cleaning. Not sure how to prevent that in the initial stages of building them but just wanted you to know what I've come across. Would love to see what you end up building. good luck

If you don't have the feeder resting on the ground, you could add a screw cap to the bottom that could be removed to dump all the feed. Would save the effort of needing to turn the entire thing upside down to remove the old feed that collects at the bottom.

I agree that there is no good way to prevent old feed from stagnating down there below the "Y". I suppose one way to deal with it could be to allow the feeder to run almost completely empty in the hope that the chickens will clean out that area. But if the well is deep, there can't be the expectation that a chicken can reach that far in/down.

I have a similar problem with my "bucket with 90 degree PVC elbows" feeder. Eventually the feed on the very bottom of the bucket that is not near the feed ports is either old, or completely powder. Only real solution for me is to dump it all out, or let the feeder run really low on feed and try to encourage the chickens to clean up some of the last contents.

 

[chkva]

You can just use a pvc elbow at the bottom... Then no worry about mold and such building at the bottom.

 

[jreardon1918]

I built a different pvc feeder. It has worked out very well. I describe it in my coop article. I should note that this picture shows some feed on the ground. I took this picture just after filling it. In general the chicks clean up after themselves and there is rarely any feed on the ground.

Edited to remove terrible typos.

 

[Corky1941]

I made my PVC feeder and have a screw cap for the bottom so that I can empty it periodically. The chickens really like it.

 

[Harley Chick]

I made my PVC feeder and have a screw cap for the bottom so that I can empty it periodically. The chickens really like it.View attachment 1762239

I like the dish you have right next to it, what is that?

 

[HERSHORTNESS]

You can just use a pvc elbow at the bottom... Then no worry about mold and such building at the bottom. View attachment 1760783

Mine is like this except i just have a slip cap not a screw in plug.