Danv80
In the Brooder
- Sep 5, 2021
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So forever I had a bucket feeder where they could stick their heads in. Which I loved. Two issues, little birds were always in it and my hens were missing their neck feathers. So I bought the step feeder. Love it! Two issues, dirt and rocks are always getting stuck under the step and little birds are being decapitated.Which feeder is best?? The step on auto or pvc pipe?? I feed chooks an organic mix with grains and pellets.
Which feeder is best?? The step on auto or pvc pipe?? I feed chooks an organic mix with grains and pellets.
Sorry for hijacking a little... Thank you. Experimenting with the pvc just fell far down my priority list. I will stick with my dog-bowl-i -a-weighted-pail as the primary feeder.I had a single pipe one back when I only had 4 birds, so they'd take turns eating, but boy was it messy. The one I had had no real lip to prevent them from billing out feed, and the feed in the tube itself would get damp from morning condensation and start clumping.
A plain old plastic gravity feeder works better for me. A lot less clean up needed, less waste of feed, and because it's more open it doesn't develop condensation like the enclosed PVC one did.
I'm sure it works well in some set ups, but in my rains-three-seasons-a-year climate, it just turned into a "cement" factory, as feed would clump up so much at times in the tube that it would gum up the works.Sorry for hijacking a little... Thank you. Experimenting with the pvc just fell far down my priority list.
Which feeder is best?? The step on auto or pvc pipe?? I feed chooks an organic mix with grains and pellets.
THANK YOU FOR THIS POST!!! I was looking at doing this but the instructions I found online used cement glue and I did not want to use that! I do not like the kind where the birds stick their neck and heads in and I wanted something that was a straight shot easy to clean later. This also works well to meet a more trough style design for feeding raw loose grain feed that has the powdery fines the birds need for maximum nutrition (I am also doing mix with pellets right now as we are in feed transition and trials). I appreciate your clear instructions with the pictures! I have a small flock and will be making one for the coop run and a mini for the brooder! MANY THANKS!!!!I agree that it depends on your goals. One of my goals is to fence rodents out. Another is to maximize the useable floor space. The treadle feeder doesn't fit. A pvc feeder does but I like this one better: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/simple-pvc-hopper-type-feeder.48159/
Good point on filling it. With only 5 hens, the pvc is the right scale for me but Maybe a reducing fitting or a funnel....