Make your own - No waste - 5 gallon (25# feed) bucket feeder for about $3

[Cluckies]

How is this feeder for keeping out mice? Or could they still get into the feed? I have discovered mice under my coop this winter and i like to feed outside but i am getting sick of bringing the feeder in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out...

If you could find a way to cap the openings you could leave it outside.

 

[phishless13]

If you could find a way to cap the openings you could leave it outside.

I could cap the openings easily but thwn i would have to rwmovw those daily and replace daily. I love the idea of cutting down on wasted feed...

 

[tntchix]

How is this feeder for keeping out mice? Or could they still get into the feed? I have discovered mice under my coop this winter and i like to feed outside but i am getting sick of bringing the feeder in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out...

Cap em

I could cap the openings easily but thwn i would have to rwmovw those daily and replace daily. I love the idea of cutting down on wasted feed...

yes, it would be a daily thing, but no mice.

 

[tash]

How is this feeder for keeping out mice? Or could they still get into the feed? I have discovered mice under my coop this winter and i like to feed outside but i am getting sick of bringing the feeder in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out...

Your chickens don't eat the mice?

 

[phishless13]

Your chickens don't eat the mice?

They haven't gotten a chance yet and i am not sure what they would do... They are still learning things. It is like special ed. out there sometimes.

 

[COChix]

How is this feeder for keeping out mice? Or could they still get into the feed? I have discovered mice under my coop this winter and i like to feed outside but i am getting sick of bringing the feeder in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out and in and out...

Hi,

I hang up our 5 gallon feeder in the middle of the run at night, I am needing to get caps for the 15 gallon feeder we have. Even if we cap our feeders we would still have mice. We have a lot of mice due to where we live and yes our chickens will eat mice. Ours fight over them when they are found and caught.

 

[phishless13]

I went to the hardware store today and looked at the elbows. The chickens really stick their heads in the hole to get the feed? I think i need to see a picture to believe it....

 

[QuiltinGramma]

I think there are pictures of chickens using this method of feeding. There might even be a YouTube video, just go through the 50 pages and I'm sure you will find them. This is the kind of feeder I will be using when I get my chickens.

 

[Concrete101]

I built two. One inside, one outside. I do not have any rosters but my barred rocks love these feeders. I love these feeders because they pay for themselves with no wasted feed.

 

[COChix]

For @phishless13

I don't have a shot of the rooster using it at this moment. I will get one eventually.