CHICKEN FEEDERS

Here's a repurposing project for the birds. In fact, it'll make your backyard chickens veeeery happy.

Chicken feeder

I made this chicken feeder. It is made out of 1 piece of 3 inch pipe 2 end caps and one 90° elbow. I cut a 1.5 foot piece off one end and drilled 1.75 inch holes with a door knob style hole cutter. I fit them together and stuck it through the hole in the chicken wire resting it on the bottom. I attached it to the 2"x4" with a metal strap with a piece of 1"x3"x 4" spacer made of scrap wood. I put a handle on the top of the top end cap.for easy removal and easy filling. Chickens are already…

What a brilliant feed bin idea!!! No scrapping around and wasted feed on the floor and the feed would be kept dry in the rain (Ps not my photo)

If don’t want your yard to be messy because of feeding your animals or birds, the DIY bucket feeder might be the perfect solution! Forget about your chicken scattering food everywhere around the coop or the yard. With this DIY project, the entire process will be totally mess-free. If you want to end up with […]

I wanted to show you my grit/oyster shell feeder I made today. I saw one kind of like it somewhere so I cobbled together one of my own. Having chickens...

How to make 3 different Chicken Feeders with PVCI am always looking to find a cheaper way to take care of my chickens. So I built these three different Chick...

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So I am building my chicken coup here in a few months. SO what I would love is for those of you who have these precious birds to give me what you love...

Chicken feeder

Are you feeding your chickens grit and oyster shells? They need it so they can be able to digest their food properly. I found this grit and oyster shell feeder

Learn to build a chicken feeder, and feed your flock without encouraging mold or supporting the local mouse and starling populations.

Someday when we get our hobby farm… We are doing this… Chicken feeder! by ch… Someday when we get our hobby farm… We are doing this… Chicken feeder! by christina carrera

These chickens have been using this feeder for about three days and have the hang of it! The door comes down slowly and does not trap the hens. Has reduced w...

I ran out of chicken feeders recently and had an ah-ha! moment that led me to create feeders from recycled plastic bottles. For a variety of reasons including frostbite, quarantine, feather picking injuries and brooding new baby chicks, I have had a basement full of chickens in rabbit cages, dog ...