spill proof feeder

[seminolewind]

I have used these things for 2 years, and have not lost one speck of grain. It's hard to believe but true. I had one, and after using it, I bought 2 more off Ebay, cheap and cracked or chipped. They are old fashioned commodes. I have 16 chickens using one, and not a crumb lost . No joke. I fill it about half way. So simple

 

[SuziQ991]

Do they "poo" in it?

 

[seminolewind]

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Nope. Ocassionally, I find a few kicked up shavings in there, but that's it.

 

[jazzman]

That is what my grandmother used to call a chamberpot. Great idea! By the way, when my dad was growing up, he said it was not a good idea to be standing near an open bedroom window in the morning.

I can still remember seeing one of those under grannys bed when I was a child. Tellin my age I guess.

 

[seminolewind]

LOL, chamberpot, yes, that's the name. Odd as it seems, it works better than any feeder I've tried. You remember them? LOL.

 

[onthespot]

My very best spill proof feeder for my turkeys is a plastic five quart ice cream bucket with the lid still on it and a large hole cut in the lid so they can eat out of it. I kept about an inch of rim to keep them from beaking out the food. Then I set that inside a larger plastic bucket, like about a three gallon or so bucket and anything they still manage to beak out gets caught in the bigger bucket. I hang it from the fence with a two ended snap. When they eat down the little bucket, I just pour the feed that the larger bucket caught back into the smaller bucket and set it back into the larger bucket. Talk about Z-E-R-O waste! Since it sets down in a hole so to speak, it is less appealing to sparrows and such because they feel vulnerable and claustrophobic in there too.

 

[Ailin]

Hello, the image is no longer available. Can you tell me what kind of feeder it is as we are looking for a spill proof feeder for our hens. thank you so much in advance!

 

[workaholic90]

me too can u repost the pic or post a link to one please