INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[Jessimom]

I just built myself an automatic feeder!!

I looked in my shed, and way in the back, i found some PVC.... the feed spillage is from putting the feed in.

and this is why i wanted to make one..... that was the only feeder I had so i usually just scattered feed. incredible amount of mess.

I built some of those too! I have 2 outside and 1 inside. There is some spillage, but no more than any other feeders I've used. The outside ones, we got these black rubber caps that we close off the top always, and the bottom at night. The chickens like them!

 

[kwhites634]

no really?

there are things we can do to prevent this, do you remember?

I buy generic at cvs our skin color lol

I have no choice lg, its that or not get fed, so I do what I have to. The dog food we get is also in 100lb bags and they offer none smaller. I discussed this with them but they say they wont change it. I have a hand truck, but it gets hung up in the ruts or mudd or snow, so the sled works best. And I see no other way to get the feed inthere without lifting it besides bucketing it from back into the can, and I would sooner pop a rivet inside than do that each time

I am sweet and innocent too! isnt that right sour?

now why do so many other things go over my head?

oh well I have my priorities straight anyways.

I have a pop rivet gun & rivets you're welcome to borrow anytime you need them; just say the word...I'll run them up quick in a hurry

 

[chicken hawk 33]

There is no movement

no,movement in the bator

 

[venymae]

no,movement in the bator

should there be? What day are you on? What are you seeing? GIVE US MORE DETAILS IN A SINGLE POST!

 

[kwhites634]

no really?

there are things we can do to prevent this, do you remember?

I buy generic at cvs our skin color lol

I have no choice lg, its that or not get fed, so I do what I have to. The dog food we get is also in 100lb bags and they offer none smaller. I discussed this with them but they say they wont change it. I have a hand truck, but it gets hung up in the ruts or mudd or snow, so the sled works best. And I see no other way to get the feed inthere without lifting it besides bucketing it from back into the can, and I would sooner pop a rivet inside than do that each time

I am sweet and innocent too! isnt that right sour?

now why do so many other things go over my head?

oh well I have my priorities straight anyways.

I just had an idea: Depending on what you're hauling feed in, why couldn't you build a dolly for under the can, fit it with balloon tires for easier rolling, empty the bags into the can from an elevated position, & pull the full can back. If you have feed delivered, which I believe you do, you could do it from the truck bed or the lift gate; either one.

 

[kwhites634]

Alrighty
Yeah, probably. I have some more PVC pipes, and I will be monkeying with it for a while. Lol
LOL

Stop by the Show Me Your Feeders thread & check out the feeders on there. I believe the one I built is shown near the front ,(actually, the one I patterned mine after), only I used 4" pipe rather than 3"

 

[Jessimom]

There is no movement

Does that always mean the chicks aren't alive? Are these already in lockdown?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

should there be?  What day are you on?  What are you seeing?  GIVE US MORE DETAILS IN A SINGLE POST!

19 no eggs are moving

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Does that always mean the chicks aren't alive?  Are these already in lockdown?

yes day 19

 

[kwhites634]

'Course I didn't glue it! I know I'm gonna have to make adjustments.
I'll look for those parts then.

Really, I literally just picked 2 parts up and shoved em together, lotsa room for improvement.

Oh, I understand, alright. Half the things I build start out that way, with the only plans in my head, where they bounce around like bb's in a boxcar.