My new awesome feeder!!!Lota pics!

[chicken_angler]

Thanks for all the nice responses. It is screwed to the wall with little l shaped brackets I made. They are the weights out of the long fabric blinds. I just bent them in half and drilled holes.

It is about 4 feet long x 2 feet high x 5 inches thick. Yes I need a lot of feed because I have 15 chickens. I know it sounds like a lot but it should stay fresh long enough.

I am going to put the thin board on the top over where the trough is. It is hard to describe it. If you look in the third pic, you can see the food on the edge of the board. That is 3/4 of an inch thick. I am going to cut a board about 1 1/2 inches thick to cover a little of the trough. I will post a pic when I am done.

All of the things used were things we had around. You'll never guess what the wood was from! My dad works at a trucking company and the wood is all from the walls of an old truck they tore apart for scrap. We have a whole shed full of wood now!

Cody!!

 

[chicken_angler]

That's true too marlinchaser.

 

[Marlinchaser]

You could also just add to the trough walls, the hens need to be able to fit thier heads in to eat, and the one pic looks like if you put 1 1/2 piece it may get too narrow

 

[chicken_angler]

No I checked. It will only hang over 3/4 of an inch. I took the pic at an angle so it looks like it is narrow. I havent decided what size I am going to put in. Do you think 3/4 of an inch will be too much?

 

[Marlinchaser]

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If you go with 1 1/2 ply it will over hang by 3/4 just screw it down, if hens have enough room to get in and eat leave it, if they seem to have problems, unscrew and take off more till you get it to a nice width. Remember you can always take off more, but you cant put it back on, so start big and cut again if needed.

 

[chicken_angler]

Good point. I will see about how much I need to hang over in the morning.

 

[donnaIL]

I like it! Reminds me of mine. I bought an old hog feeder at auction few years ago, it hold 2 bags of feed and is about 4 feed long, 3 feet tall...I put it on top of a couple scrap 6x6...feed is always available.

I was storing the feed in garbage cans so this was a good storage solution for me and saves time feeding. 50lbs doesn't last me that long, so I'm not worried about it sitting around.

 

[The Chicken Lady]

Really nice design! How do your chickens like it?

 

[miron28]

nice!!! i am gonna have to make one like that how much feed does it hold

 

[tfpets]

Very nice! I'm going to have my hubby take a look at your design - I keep my feed in big trash cans right now - But I have to scoop out enough feed for 70+ chickens in several locations every mornings. Your feeder would work great for a couple of the breeder pens! What a great design!
Thanks!
Tina/tfpets