PVC Feeder problems

[drnewman]

We made a pvc feeder about 4 weeks ago like the one called Dine-a-Chook sold from Australia. We watched some video's on youtube before making it. I'm sure it is made as shown on the video's. At first it was great, we went away for the weekend and came back with plenty of food still in the tube.... Now we are wasting far more food than we were just feeding from a pan. It holds 5 or 6 days of food but is all ending up on the ground within the first or second day.

I don't think rats are getting in it. I wondered what experience others had with this type of feeder and how they fixed it.
Thanks,
Renee

 

[GuppyTJ]

Can you post a picture of it? That might allow us to understand what it looks like, how you've got it set up, and give you some suggestions.

Thanks,
Guppy

 

[flyweed]

I made the same thing..only a bit larger..and my food isn't coming down the tube at all...I have about an inch of space at the bottom 90 degree "bend" where good is allowed to flow from the vertical tube into the horizontal tube..but nothing comes out. Does it matt if the food is a pellet, or crumble, or mash? as I use a mix of "mash" and crumbles. Not sure why it's just getting stuck and not free flowing out into the "feeder" section.

Dan

 

[Rich386]

Here is what I use easy cheap and no waste. They come in two sizes this is the small large is almost twice this size.

 

[CrazyPetunias]

The chickens might be getting their feet in the tray and kicking out the feed. Try encircling the feed tray with bricks or stones. Kinda give it a hole in the ground look so that they 'scratch' the bricks/stones instead of the feed.