To TREADLE or not to TREADLE, that is the question.

[Ted_Harrell]

Alright, I'm going for it. Gonna add it to my list to build!

Send us pics of the finished product...

 

[HollyWoozle]

I really have to applaud you on your use of "chicken stuckage", bravo, haha!

I'm following with interest as I was looking at feeders like this earlier but can't seem to find any to buy with consistently good reviews. Rodents are an issue and I would love to solve it!

 

[Oz chic]

I find there is less spillage than just using a tub. I am looking @ some of the tube feeders:View attachment 1923083
My problem is I'd need quite a few to accommodate all my girls. And rodents could access these I think.

They keep the rodents out, but not the wild birds, so if your enclosure is open topped, the wild birds will get in there.

 

[Ribh]

They keep the rodents out, but not the wild birds, so if your enclosure is open topped, the wild birds will get in there.

What do you have @Oz chic ? I've not ever had a wild bird problem with the treadle feeder but I can't leave food in an open tub.

 

[Oz chic]

What do you have @Oz chic ? I've not ever had a wild bird problem with the treadle feeder but I can't leave food in an open tub.

I have the treadle feeders, they are great, so far, for keeping the birds out.

I previously had the pipe ones like the picture you attached, while i had an enclosed run, the birds stayed away, but as soon as the run was opened, the birds got into the tube feeders.

 

[Ribh]

I have the treadle feeders, they are great, so far, for keeping the birds out.

I previously had the pipe ones like the picture you attached, while i had an enclosed run, the birds stayed away, but as soon as the run was opened, the birds got into the tube feeders.

Ah. Got'cha!

 

[Kiwibird]

I have a treadle feeder. It keeps the sparrows out. Not good if you have a large fowl and bantams together. The bantams will jump inside to feed while the large fowl has a foot on the treadle. Then you have bantam stuckage until the large fowl is hungry again. I have heard from others that rats learn to open some models of treadle feeders - presumably these would be bantam-sized models.

 

[christatothemax]

I have a treadle feeder. It keeps the sparrows out. Not good if you have a large fowl and bantams together. The bantams will jump inside to feed while the large fowl has a foot on the treadle. Then you have bantam stuckage until the large fowl is hungry again. I have heard from others that rats learn to open some models of treadle feeders - presumably these would be bantam-sized models.

I shall cross Bantam's off my list to get!

 

[Kiwibird]

I shall cross Bantam's off my list to get!

There are bantam-sized treadle feeders. There just don't seem to be any for the flock of mixed sizes.

 

[Ribh]

I shall cross Bantam's off my list to get!

I have bantams in with my standards & they've never been caught in the treadle feeder ~ which is for standard birds.