Why not use wooden chicken feeders?

[chickensrock12]

Awesome design!!!

Yep I just built a feeder that hangs on the wall from 1x6 and plywood. 12" off the floor and not a spec of food is wasted.
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[Birdinhand]

if your feeder is outside the coop, don't kid yourself, a metal one will still be a buffet table, they'll just hop up to the trough. I would keep it inside the coop and be unrelenting with traps. if they have gotten to 40 lbs of feed, they have made lots of babies!

 

[jthornton]

Awesome design!!!

So far it is working as designed and no spilled feed on the ground and easy for the chickens to eat from. Chickens didn't even notice the other feeder was gone.

JT

 

[PingoBags]

Yep I just built a feeder that hangs on the wall from 1x6 and plywood. 12" off the floor and not a spec of food is wasted.
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That's what I wanted, clear plastic so I could view when it needed filling. I ended up using just osb for the front. I did however, make it so that front panel could be easily removed in case I wanted to upgrade to plastic in the future.

Great feeder you got there.

 

[jthornton]

That's what I wanted, clear plastic so I could view when it needed filling. I ended up using just osb for the front. I did however, make it so that front panel could be easily removed in case I wanted to upgrade to plastic in the future.

Great feeder you got there.

I had a left over piece of 1/4" Lexan (polycarbonate) sheet that I used. I don't think I'd use any thing thinner for that big of a piece however if you cut a sight glass in the OSB the 1/8" thick would be fine for 9" or maybe more. I'd fasten it from the inside.

JT

 

[henless]

I like my tote feeder. It holds 50 lbs of feed. None is wasted and if you sit it on cinder blocks so that no ledge is available for mice to get on, they can't get into the ports. I've had them get in my bucket feeders since those feeders don't cover all of the cinder block.

 

[chickensrock12]

I like my tote feeder. It holds 50 lbs of feed. None is wasted and if you sit it on cinder blocks so that no ledge is available for mice to get on, they can't get into the ports. I've had them get in my bucket feeders since those feeders don't cover all of the cinder block.

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Do you think you can maybe share the designs with me?

 

[henless]

I have a link at the bottom of my post. "Best ever bucket feeder". It shows how to make one with many different designs.

On this feeder, I used the 4" street elbows. They are a bit different than regular elbows due to having a flange on one end, and cuff on the other. With the street elbows, you cut off the cuff, then you can use it to slip over the flanged in to hold it on the tote. No glue needed. Just drill your holes with a hole saw and slip the elbows in.



You can use any size bucket, tote or container. I've seen some pics that people use 55 gallon drums and put several in for large flocks. I love mine. Makes life so much easier.

 

[chickensrock12]

Thanks so much. I really don't want to spend 40 dollars on a new feeder. I already have a bucket like that and the saw. All I have to do now, is buy the elbows.