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- mikecraghead commented on mikecraghead's instructable PVC Chicken Feeder7 days ago
- mikecraghead commented on mikecraghead's instructable PVC Chicken Feeder6 months ago
We just pour one into another as we refill, if you were to keep adding food without pouring it out routinely, things would get gross.
View Instructable »It did take them a while to figure out there was food in there, then they were fine. We’ve never had issues with the physics of the food itself, but our chickens definitely prefer pellets to crumbs.
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- mikecraghead commented on mikecraghead's instructable PVC Chicken Feeder7 months agoView Instructable »
We always pour it into another one when it gets low, so the stuff at the bottom never sits for too long.
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- mikecraghead commented on mikecraghead's instructable PVC Chicken Feeder10 months agoView Instructable »
Ive often been surprised at how resourceful the birds are, stretching to reach higher than you think they will. I’d say give it a try. And if it’s too tall for your bantams, either whittle the Y so it’s shorter, or cut a hole out of a 2”x8” and sink the feeder into it. That has the added bonus of making it free standing. You could even create “stairs” by stacking two thick boards of differing sizes.Hope that helps. Good luck!Mike
- mikecraghead commented on mikecraghead's instructable PVC Chicken Feeder1 year agoView Instructable »
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- mikecraghead commented on mikecraghead's instructable "Get Me Out of Here!" Pumpkin Carving1 year agoView Instructable »
Thanks for the kind words, darrenh!
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- mikecraghead commented on mikecraghead's instructable Giant Spider Pumpkin Carving1 year agoView Instructable »
Thank you, Seamster!
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For sure. As designed they're not going to keep the weather out, so you'd want to keep these under something rainproof, or move them under cover when it rains.
We've had better luck with pellets than with crumble, and some individual chickens (like those jerks you have) are definitely better at making messes than others. At the moment we only have one who seems to have figured out how to spill, the other girls in our current batch are much better behaved.I feel like a small arc of PVC at the bottom edge/lip of the Y might foil the mess-makers, but I haven't tried it.
We definitely have had better luck with pellets, both for spillage and clumping.
Washing first is probably a good idea; these are clear for potable water so I wouldn't worry about offgassing over time, but it couldn't hurt to wash them before their first use in case there's some residue left over from the manufacturing process. And a god soaking now and then becomes necessary over time, depending on how much moisture is in the air or how dirty it gets where you've placed it.