Need a better feeder

[MTKitty]

I have a round gravity feeder suited for 25 birds (according to the advertising propaganda). It has three legs that raise it 2-3 inches off the ground. And the crumble doesn’t go through it well enough to keep the bin full.

I was out three times today and had to shake feed down to get where the featherheads could reach it. It wasn’t obvious when they were smaller as they didn’t eat as much. It wasn’t obvious before now because they’ve been able to graze their yard and seem to prefer that.

But two days of bad weather keeping everyone inside is what caused me to realize it. So! Long story short (too late!), what are better options than this doo-hickey for feeding crumble?

 

[DobieLover]

I feed crumble out of troughs I made from 4" PVC pipe. I suspend them from the ceiling of my run so they are just over chest high. That prevents them from billing it out.

 

[3KillerBs]

It seems to be hit or miss as to which feeders suit crumble better and which suit pellets better.

Of the ones I have these seems to do better with crumble:

And this does better with pellets:

 

[WIchickMama]

I have a round gravity feeder suited for 25 birds (according to the advertising propaganda). It has three legs that raise it 2-3 inches off the ground. And the crumble doesn’t go through it well enough to keep the bin full.

I was out three times today and had to shake feed down to get where the featherheads could reach it. It wasn’t obvious when they were smaller as they didn’t eat as much. It wasn’t obvious before now because they’ve been able to graze their yard and seem to prefer that.

But two days of bad weather keeping everyone inside is what caused me to realize it. So! Long story short (too late!), what are better options than this doo-hickey for feeding crumble?

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I use this one but use pellets instead of crumble. No issues with 8 ladies.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

Same as WIChickMama-this feeder works great with pellets. I give it a little shimmy when I fill it up in the morning and have no complaints unless it gets wet.

 

[MTKitty]

Thanks for the input, All.

Since I want to keep them on crumble, I will look into the other feeders suggested.

 

[MTKitty]

I feed crumble out of troughs I made from 4" PVC pipe. I suspend them from the ceiling of my run so they are just over chest high. That prevents them from billing it out.

This idea intrigues me. If it isn’t too much trouble, do you have a photo of what those pvc feeders look like, please?

 

[DobieLover]

This idea intrigues me. If it isn’t too much trouble, do you have a photo of what those pvc feeders look like, please?

Before this one was moved to the run.
It is 6' long. I have a second one that is 4' long.
The birds eat from both sides so a lot can fit at the breakfast bar at once.

 

[MTKitty]

Before this one was moved to the run.
It is 6' long. I have a second one that is 4' long.
The birds eat from both sides so a lot can fit at the breakfast bar at once.

I like this. I can solve my immediate problem with what 3B suggested. But this could work well for feeding mash, too. Time to grab a measuring tape and sketch some plans. Thanks for the idea!

 

[jus10inla]

Small one holds 50 lbs, large one holds over 100 lbs. ive put 150 in it before but it was busting out the sides