Old Tires for a Feeder?

[Wheeler Farms Chickens]

I have three old tires that I need to do something with. Could I cut them in half and use them as feeder for my chickens?

 

[AccentOnHakes]

Yep.

 

[Spoiled1_629]

That is an ingenious idea!!! Go for it!

 

[shelleen]

I have hens who prefer them for egg-laying! Go figure...give them a nice nest box & they use an old tire!

Using as a feeder sounds like a good idea to me.......

 

[robin416]

And I'm going to say do your homework first. One of the problems with tires is the heavy metals they contain and the petroleum and whatever other nasties they might be harboring. This stuff leaches out. So the question is, how much will these leach out in to the feed sitting in that porous container.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Yep. That's what I used when I first got chickens years ago. It makes a great feeder.