How to Build a Automatic Chicken Feeder (Cheap and Easy!)
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- čas přidán 4. 01. 2024
- This is how we build an automatic chicken feeder. It is cheap and easy to make and easy to maintain. This feeder will hold approximately 100 pounds of chicken feed which saves time in daily chores. We walk through you the process of building the chicken feeder in about half an hour.
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We have rodents getting into our coop and burrowing in through the bottom and our big feeder is on the ground so we have to rethink our feeder and thanks to you we will be building this today!
If anyone has any ideas to rid of rodents without harming our chickens please let me know We put a trail cam out in coop and we couldn’t figure out what we did wrong with the trail cam and didn’t get any pictures and we have no idea what’s getting in there at night.
We are almost ready to go to the extreme of putting concrete down!
We are at our wits end!
Seems easy enough to put together. Thank you!
It's very simple. And works very well
Looks like a great system.
I really like that it's clear so I can see when it needs refilled.
These work awesome for our birds.
I really like this idea!
They work really well.
A "street elbow" has 1 female slip fitting and a male slip fitting on the other end.
That way you dont have to cut off the "flared" end to slide it into the tote. Less work, more money.
Alternatively, look for S&D (sewer and drain) fittings.
They arent rated for pressure and are a lot cheaper. Like 1/3 the price compared to "schedule 40" where I am. Haven't seen "street" fittings in S&D.
Thanks for the video, looking to build something similar eventually.
Thought this info might help someone without plumbing experience balance their time/money.
Drain pipe might not be rated for food contact.
You're right, I'd prefer the street elbows as I don't have to cut off the flared end. I bought these elbows at the start of COVID when things are in short supply. I picked up what was available. I believe this was a mix of half and half. They work great. And thank you for the information about the s&d fittings, I'll have to look into that.
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You aren't wrong, but neither is the plastic tote.
@@zedmeinhardt3404 Ah, good point.
I avoid the clear totes because they get brittle faster over time, especially in sunlight.
Absolutely they get brittle when exposed to direct sunlight. However I try to keep mine inside of the coop out of direct sunlight. I've had these last three plus years before I needed a new tote. And that was just because I dropped a bag of feed on it then broke it.
My chickens used to eat the mice they found, lol.
Mice are great for chickens.
My chickens are special, they'll sit there and watch a mouse eat their food and leave before they jump in. But maybe my girls are just spoiled 😆
@@nuttygnomehomestead Oh fascinating. When I was a kid, we got our first chickens when a friend saw his chickens eat a mouse, he was so disgusted he gave them to us.
Sadly, after a few years and two self-defense bear kills in our yard, the game officer told us that the chickens were an attractive nuisance and we had to get rid of them or the next time would be considered poaching/baiting.
Too bad the video doesn't show the birds at the feeder (from earlier in the season). Would be interested to know how many birds are running and how many feed stations?
We feed three times daily but want a simpler option but need to regulate the ration to avoid gorging with Cornish X pullets. This system doesn't regulate unless it's based on limited access to the feed ports?
I use The setup with my layers and my meat chickens. The corners crossed have no problem with 40 or 50 birds to one of these feeders. My layers, I have had as many as 50 layers to one feeder with a 8 feeding ports. I hope this helps
$20.00 sounds way cheap
A lot of they supplies were bought new at the start of COVID. However, I recently picked up a couple of clear totes for a buck at a yard sale. The elbows are a couple bucks a piece. I have a hundred chickens, so I had more feeding ports. Should you break a tote, the elbows can be salvaged and reused. I did not include the price of caulking, as I already had it on hand. These are great systems for our chickens and ducks. I've even had a turkey use them as well.