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They have about 3 more weeks before they’ll be fully grown and ready to take to market. Yipee, we’re no longer a slave to filling chicken feeders. I’m excited to say the feeder holds enough food for the chickens all day to eat from now. How easy is that? All I had to do was snap the end caps on and use a few screws to secure it to the floor.

One 10ft section of vinyl eavestrough and two endcaps.If you decide to make the feeder I made, I highly recommend adding this. Out of all the things we’ve built for the chickens this was the easiest project and least expensive to do. Today I decided to make a feed indicator for the PVC chicken feeder I made recently. Having well-designed chicken feeders will reduce food waste and make your chicken comfortable when eating. So I decided to remedy that problem and made a trough type feeder that’s 10ft long. by Toann Huynh Chicken feeders are a must whether you keep backyard chickens or commercial poultry. If we left the house we had to be back in a few hours to feed again. Hanging Chicken Feeders At the bottom of the bucket, drill 2-3 inch holes opposite 2 inches apart Attach the pan to the bucket with PVC Cement and wait to. It made it impossible to do anything for any length of time. We were having to fill them 3 times a day, and again before bed. Can you believe the difference in their size already? They’ve been growing so fast and have outgrown their feeders. Look at them today, not so cute anymore right? Their transitioning from babies into adults and at this stage they’re getting their feathers. All 45 of them, as to date we’ve lost one so we’re down to 44 and boy are they growing. I’ve transformed a chicken coop into a coffee table.Ī a chicken incubator into another coffee table.Īnd a chicken nesting box into shabby chic shelving.August 30th was the day we brought these cute, fluffy, peepers home. This was not my first project inspired by the little birds. I really should have been a chicken farmer. My cardinals did eventually land on the feeder but it is harder for them to get a grip. May need a squirrel baffle or hang it where the squirrels can’t reach it. Update: This feeder is not squirrel proof. I’ll let you know if I spy any larger birds using the perch I did move the Chicken Feeder Bird Feeder back to a spot over the flowers. It swivels to allow for easy filling of the feeder. The hook is a Heavy Duty Hook, 37 Inch Pole which attaches directly to the deck.

#Chicken feeder diy how to#

This little guy hasn’t quite figured out how to get the seed yet, but I’m sure it’s just a matter of time. One of my resident cardinal friends did a fly by but I’m not sure he was comfortable with the perch. So far I’ve only caught small birds munching. I had to move the bird feeder over to my kitchen window if I wanted to take a picture of any of my visitors. To hang the new bird feeder, I’m using a few links of chain from an old chandelier and a shower curtain hook, though any S hook will do. I may or may not be talking about myself, 🙄, but luckily the glass didn’t break.īack on track, I’m letting the glue dry completely on the bird feeder while propped in a bowl. Don’t be like “some people” who are so anxious to take a picture that they shortcut the time.

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ĭo yourself a favor and let the glue cure for the full 24 hours that it suggests on the package. It was probably about a week later when I spy this vintage green mason jar just sitting in my basement window with a couple other old bottles.Ĭould it be, this old Mason jar hiding in plain site would be the perfect size? Yes it was, I was back in business.Īttach your lid to the jar with some all purpose clear adhesive like E6000 or Gorilla Clear Grip Contact Adhesive. My simple project was starting to take far longer than expected. I thought for sure I would find a jar that would be perfect. It was silly looking.īack to my canning supplies where I have a fairly good supply of jelly jars, and pint jars and quart jars. It was just like a small child wearing his dad’s hat. My rusty lid was far too big for my quart mason jar.

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You can probably find it cheaper elsewhere but with Amazon Prime, you do get free shipping.įinally, with the lid off, I placed all my pieces together and decided I didn’t like it at all! The Galvanized Feeder Base can be ordered from Amazon for about $8 and screws onto any small mouth Mason jar. Half of the lid came off quite easily but I had to get out my grinder to cut off the rest of the lid. The bottom had long since rusted out but the top was still in surprisingly good shape. I found my metal can in a dump where it looks like it had spent quite a few years.

My lid was from the galvanized container above but consider finding a lid at a flea market, thrift store or just the back of your cabinet. You’ll only need a few supplies….a small mouth Mason jar, clear adhesive, a galvanized chicken feeder and an old pot lid. If you have 5 minutes, you can make this project. Don’t you love easy projects? Well today I have a super simple project, a chicken feeder bird feeder.