What did I do wrong? PVC feeder waste!!

[IdyllwildAcres]

My elbows point down and are 3/4 of an inch off the bottom. There is no wasted food and they can't rake the food out. Please post a picture of yours, I made mine per the thread on here. Except, I used L brackets with small round head screws. This way I didn't have to use silicone and I know they won't ever move.

I made that feeder too, but they did not seem to use it it did not empty nearly as fast and a few seemed not to get it so I was using both for a while and they use the pipe feeder more than the bucket. I am hanging on to it, I like to put out multiple feeders when I leave for a few days

Gary

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

My elbows point down and are 3/4 of an inch off the bottom. There is no wasted food and they can't rake the food out. Please post a picture of yours, I made mine per the thread on here. Except, I used L brackets with small round head screws. This way I didn't have to use silicone and I know they won't ever move.

This is the 90-degree elbow that I used. It's called a street elbow. I cut off the flange (top in picture), inserted the other end through the bucket hole, then put the flange on the part of the elbow sticking through the bucket.

This is what mine look like. The reason that there are two spouts on one of them is because my roosters were injuring their combs on a 3" elbow. So I added a 4" elbow, and they love it; that's all the roosters will use now. The hens use the other (3") spouts.

 

[blackdog043]

@HenOnAJuneBug, So your saying all these people made the no waste feeder wrong???
Here's the link to the no waste feeder thread. Page 1 shows you how to correctly place the elbows, like mine are.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...lon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3.834227/

 

[chickisoup]

Did you look at the post above yours?

yes I did. I went to the pvc feeder because of room so the bucket idea is not practical for my purposes. Thank you.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

@HenOnAJuneBug, So your saying all these people made the no waste feeder wrong???
Here's the link to the no waste feeder thread. Page 1 shows you how to correctly place the elbows, like mine are.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...lon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3.834227/

Not saying what they did is wrong, just that I think that design may make it easier for chickens to shovel feed out onto the floor.

 

[HenOnAJuneBug]

Since they are different ages, the feeder is set for the height of the smallest bird.

One thing you might try is raising the feeder to the height of the larger birds, and place a step for the smaller birds.

Also, regarding the feeder that is at 45 degrees, here's an experiment to try. Put some dirt in a 5-gallon bucket and try raking it out with something while the side is vertical. Now do it again with the bucket side angled at 45 degrees. It's much easy in the latter case.