Welcome to BYC. I'm enjoying your posts on nutrition on other threads. Unlike many forums, BYC members generally do not chastise for asking the same question (yours isn't common anyways) that they've seen 100x before.
I thought that galvanized was unfavorable with acidic items like FF due to the acid leaching metals out of the galvanized metal?
As for exactly what you're looking for, I'm not yet aware of it. It's needs like this that lead to a lot of creativity!
I have seen (on other threads) homemade trough feeders for FF that were attached to the frame or wire of the housing. Usually made from plastic rain gutters or 4" PVC sewer pipe cut in half.
I made three 3' feeders from a plastic rain gutter for feeding out FF. My plan is to hang them at some point, but for now I just set it on the ground and let them at it. Occasionally a bird will try to step on the edge of the gutter, but I think the low weight of the FF in the gutter discourages them from staying there perched and tipping the feeder over. Sure, it gets a bit of dirt in it, but overall it's much cleaner than just dumping it on the ground. And my previous FF feeder was a large old cookpot that only allowed about 5 birds to eat at once. The length of the gutter allows about 14 birds total to eat from both sides, so fewer birds get left out waiting for their turn in the pecking order. I might also just keep it on the ground, since we have bantams mixed with large fowl and this way they can all reach it. If it's hung or mounted and it's low enough for all the birds, I'm concerned some birds may try to perch on the edge and break the flimsy plastic.
I thought that galvanized was unfavorable with acidic items like FF due to the acid leaching metals out of the galvanized metal?
As for exactly what you're looking for, I'm not yet aware of it. It's needs like this that lead to a lot of creativity!
I have seen (on other threads) homemade trough feeders for FF that were attached to the frame or wire of the housing. Usually made from plastic rain gutters or 4" PVC sewer pipe cut in half.
I made three 3' feeders from a plastic rain gutter for feeding out FF. My plan is to hang them at some point, but for now I just set it on the ground and let them at it. Occasionally a bird will try to step on the edge of the gutter, but I think the low weight of the FF in the gutter discourages them from staying there perched and tipping the feeder over. Sure, it gets a bit of dirt in it, but overall it's much cleaner than just dumping it on the ground. And my previous FF feeder was a large old cookpot that only allowed about 5 birds to eat at once. The length of the gutter allows about 14 birds total to eat from both sides, so fewer birds get left out waiting for their turn in the pecking order. I might also just keep it on the ground, since we have bantams mixed with large fowl and this way they can all reach it. If it's hung or mounted and it's low enough for all the birds, I'm concerned some birds may try to perch on the edge and break the flimsy plastic.
