Plastic tote chicken porthole feeder. Success or failure?

[Club cramahe coop]

Here are pics of mine. I meant to take photos of the actual fittings and how I cut them. I have a couple extra in the garage. It took maybe 20 minutes to build and is supper easy. I have 11 girls 20 weeks old and it holds enough for a month. Super easy.

 

[123RedBeard]

Look at this ... a bit of a different approach ... https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-ideas-from-everywhere.1320482/#post-21528911

 

[Club cramahe coop]

I posted this in another thread by accident so sorry for the repeat post

Here are some pictures of the fittings I used. I purchased 4” elbows. Here’s the trick. Buy what they call “street” or “fitting” 90 degree fittings. The one end is a normal fitting the other end is a male version meant to go into a second fitting. You can see it has a lip on it to stop it. In this picture , you can see I cut that male flange off , down to about a half inch. Then drill a hole in the tote the same size as the male end and when it fits in , the flange at the back will stop it. The. I purchased those little rings that go on the outside. Nice and neat and tidy. It also doesn’t stick out too far so the girls can easily reach. The ring holds it in place with no sharp edges and no glue so I can take it apart. One the other end , I cut half it away. This allows it to rest on the bottom of the tote and still slow feed under it. All In all , it took no time at all and is super easy to use and fill.

 

[Galeann]

Thanx y'all for all of the advice. I want to stash it away somewhere for use later. For now, I've opted for smaller feeders that i already have hung up at multiple locations. It's not what i really want, but it'll do for now.