What makes these feeders so special?

[HopeSprings]

Clothes line rope should have been included in the dowry.

Dowery?!! I'm afraid he didn't come with a dowery!

 

[WindingRoad]

"Clothes line rope" ??? "From your wife" ???
I was a wife at one time. Was I supposed to get clothes line rope when I got married?! Maybe that's what went wrong: I didn't have clothes line rope!
(I actually did have an iron -- he gave me one for Christmas. I still have the iron, unused. Don't have the husband anymore!)

So sorry I was answering two threads at the same time. Please ignore my mistake.

Dowery?!! I'm afraid he didn't come with a dowery!

Clothes line is similar to duct tape only for women, mostly. Don't you have that sticker in your truck. Silly boys; trucks are for girls.....

 

[HopeSprings]

So sorry I was answering two threads at the same time. Please ignore my mistake.

Clothes line is similar to duct tape only for women, mostly. Don't you have that sticker in your truck. Silly boys; trucks are for girls.....

Ugh! I'm embarrassed to say I no longer own a truck! (It went just before the 89 Saab convertible -- divorce is rough on automobiles!)
I do have plenty of duct tape. I also have two Husqvarna weedeaters, Sven, the string weedeater, and Thor, the blade weedeater.

 

[WindingRoad]

Ugh! I'm embarrassed to say I no longer own a truck! (It went just before the 89 Saab convertible -- divorce is rough on automobiles!)
I do have plenty of duct tape. I also have two Husqvarna weedeaters, Sven, the string weedeater, and Thor, the blade weedeater.

Boy you took him for everything. Good girl. I got a nice set of Craftsman wrenches and sockets. LOL.

 

[HopeSprings]

Boy you took him for everything. Good girl. I got a nice set of Craftsman wrenches and sockets. LOL.

Oh, I got lots! The house was mine to start with and it got me 7 acres 20 minutes from Asheville, a mile as the crow flies from the Blue Ridge Parkway and a new house on it! And, apparently, when you buy 7 acres, it comes with an antler-wearing Plott hound!

 

[blackdog043]

I use DIY no waste feeders, with 3 inch elbows (no rooster) 4 inch elbows if you have a rooster and waterers with horizontal nipples (Clean water 24/7)

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...lon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3.834227/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ock-tank-deicer-and-horizontal-nipples.74609/

The water in the tray is from the chickens using the nipples, they don't drip on their own. I don't use a tray in the run, with the 14 gallon waterer.

 

[bigsalty]

I have #3 and you could make this for less $$$ also.
Cons
1 My SLW roost on that pyramid top all the time. Useless.
2. When the feed gets low you have to pull it out and dig around and stamp the feeder on the ground to get the feed into those elbows.
3 Three feeding stations IMHO cause #2 issue.
4 feed gets moist if your birds don't eat it within a few days. 20lbs for 4 birds lasts a lone time.

I didn't like the treadle ones. My birds had a long learning curve with them and the top stayed up when they got off the treadle.
Also they roost on the top and you know what that means. They poop there too.

I'd try someplace other than Amazon if your looking tisane money or at least download Honey to make sure A has the cheapest price. Good Luck;
. Welcome to the brood.

Amazon was just a place to get common items for the thread. I plan on making my own feeder and water tower based off the knowledge I acquire from all these posts. There is so many ideas on here its almost overwhelming...almost!