Plastic chick/chicken waterers and feeders

[the oasis]

I just had a flash today, as I was putting away chick equipment.
If I had gotten some dinner plates from the thrift store and glued them to the bottom of the feeders, I wouldn't have 2 broken feeder bottoms.
Everyone comes to visit and have a nature experience and invariably, while helping, they grab the little feeders by the lip, which flexes and cracks. This is going to save me some money.

 

[Camelot Farms]

Thats a great idea. I use metal ones and even those are pretty flimsy!

 

[Sissy]

the light blub just went off in my head LoL
if i can use metel plates then i could use the metel warmers when the winter comes, any opinion.?
to keep the water from freezing..