'Totally' Waste Free Bucket Feeder

[aart]

Have been using my Totally Waste Free Funnel Bucket Feeder for about a month now and am now convinced that IS waste free. Updated 12-4-14 to say Totally because it is proving to just that!

I liked the trigger feeder concept seen around for a couple years from the UK and feel I improved it's use by installing it in the bottom of a funnel so all the feed in the container could be distributed.

I wanted a 'deep dish' feed pan to minimize any billing/beaking out of feed onto floor/ground.

I thought about this for months before finally putting it together, it went together so easily and is easily modified if needed.

I did make a couple changes to the trigger aspect but now thing I've got it just where I want it.
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[N F C]

You have some beautiful birds aart. I'm going to take a look at your link, we could do with less feed waste around here. Thanks!

 

[KGreene]

Looks to be an easy build..... is the feed released simply through the hole in the Teflon, via vibration from the birds pecking the trigger mechanism?

Regards,

 

[aart]

Looks to be an easy build..... is the feed released simply through the hole in the Teflon, via vibration from the birds pecking the trigger mechanism?

Regards,

Yep!
Hole in teflon should be sized to feed(crumble or pellets or cracked grain) you'll have to play with it, starting small.
At least that's the technique for a trigger feeder dropping onto the ground or into a shallow dish so not too much releases and gets spread/scratched around,
but with my 'deep dish' it doesn't matter as it can't be scratched around.

 

[KGreene]

Nice! I'll be building one or two this weekend. My younger birds are terrible for wasting feed. Thanks for the information.