Now that my chickens are outside and growing faster than ever I have found myself filling their old chicken feeder daily. Which is OK if I have the time, but as we all know life rarely gives you the time to do what you want to.
Most commercially made feeders cost around $30. I wanted to see if I could build my own for less than that.
I went to Wal-Mart and bought a 5 gallon bucket and two lids.
I then drilled a series of holes around the bottom of the bucket.
I then placed some spare wood that I had on the bucket. The wood is about 1" thick.
I then screwed the extra lid to the bottom of the bucket.
This shows you a side view of the layers.
This shows you the new feeder and the old feeder.
I then filled the bucket with feed and left it for the chickens. I think a 5 gallon bucket will hold about 25lbs of feed.
The total cost for this project was under $7.50.
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THANK YOU so much for these instructions!
Great article, much appreciated. I can see I have now found a better recycling method for son’s supplements buckets! Thank you.
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I know these system its ok it is stil possible for rodents to feed, That does cost money too. So i made a bumpfeeder Best watch the you tube video for explanation no rodent or other birds feeding too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8H7H2a0vsM