My $1 feeders

[gilavina]

hey Donna....

I've been plotting out ideas all day while I was at work and this is something similar to what I was thinking...but with the lid. What I was gonna use to cut the plastic is a hot pen knife, you can get them at most craft stores and work pretty well. I use them all the time for plastic things that are difficult to cut otherwise.

 

[DMRippy]

hey Donna....

I've been plotting out ideas all day while I was at work and this is something similar to what I was thinking...but with the lid. What I was gonna use to cut the plastic is a hot pen knife, you can get them at most craft stores and work pretty well. I use them all the time for plastic things that are difficult to cut otherwise.

I like that idea... would they cut their combs on it? probably not.

 

[gilavina]

cut their combs on the plastic after its cut you mean? Not if you run some sandpaper over the edge to smooth it out.

 

[DMRippy]

cut their combs on the plastic after its cut you mean? Not if you run some sandpaper over the edge to smooth it out.

I only ask because I have had several roos with cuts at the back of their combs lately and I think they are doing it on feeders. The leghorn... I just don't know what he is cutting it on....

 

[gilavina]

I only ask because I have had several roos with cuts at the back of their combs lately and I think they are doing it on feeders. The leghorn... I just don't know what he is cutting it on....

if its a concern you could always put down some sort of rubber guard on the edges maybe? There's all sorts of stuff like that at the hardware store.

 

[DMRippy]

if its a concern you could always put down some sort of rubber guard on the edges maybe? There's all sorts of stuff like that at the hardware store.

Thanks!

 

[gilavina]

No problem ma'am! happy to offer suggestions. I love building things!

 

[ki4got]

you could always run a bead of silicone sealer around the sharp edges, and when it's cured it'd give a rubbery bumper to keep combs off the sharp bits.

 

[DMRippy]

you could always run a bead of silicone sealer around the sharp edges, and when it's cured it'd give a rubbery bumper to keep combs off the sharp bits.

That is a good idea too! I put up poultry netting today so let me see how that goes before I take on another project of cutting all those lids.

 

[kcwazzu]

I too had an issue with waste and rats from them flinging crumble all over the place. So I made this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/golf-ball-feeder