The Moonshiner's Leghorns

[BlindLemonChicken]

My concern about treadle feeders is that opossums and raccoons might learn to use them. What say you about that?

They’d have to get in the run first is my guess

 

[Appalachickens]

My concern about treadle feeders is that opossums and raccoons might learn to use them. What say you about that?

Oh for sure - in a heart beat. In fact, I had to rig up a locking system for the metal trashcan I keep my extra feed in after a raccoon got into it in the shed. But my treadle feeder is in a completely predator-proofed run. Since I have an open coop, the run had to be as secure as the coop.