Okay, so we are building a new chicken coop, because our other one we did have caught fire and burned down. Anyways, we are bulding this coop waaayy bigger this time and I was wanting to put a feeder in the inside. I will be raising chickens from baby chicks, which I have always wanted to do! I saw a picture of a feeder from a PVC pipe, it was standing straight up with a little spout where the chickens could get food. It doesn't have to be like that I just saw a picture like it a while back. But anyways, I was wanting to put a feeder in the inside of my coop, but I need some ideas. Thanks so much!
I did a search in the coops section for homemade feeders and came up with 2 pages of threads. I imagine you could also google it and get some designs. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/search.php?search_id=140391554
for a while i used one i built out of an old hub cap, a small piece of corrugated tin, and some wire. I fastened the corrugated tin in a tube and then hung the hub cap below it with wire so there's about an inch gap between the end of the tube and the hub cap. (i made sure to bend the edges of the metal in so the chickens wouldn't get cut on the sharp edges) fill the tube from the top, and it automatically refills as they eat. Hang it anywhere as well and they won't try to sit on it. initially i found that they pushed too much feed out of the feeder without actually eating it so I also made a little ring of wooden blocks to act as little barriers that keep them from pushing too much out. hope that makes sense- sorry i don't have a pic to show you.
Well I have seen one before that looked like a PVC pipe sitting up and down but there was a way that the chickens could get feed though, thanks for you suggestions!
Here's a page with many feeders and waters from the last byc feeder/waterer contest. Many have detailed instructions on how to make them: https://www.backyardchickens.com/chicken-coop-water-feeder.html Good luck!
