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Saturday, March 15, 2014

PVC Pipe 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 eating from it.

8 comments:

  1. Is this working well? Does their food get to the end feeder?

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  2. I like this idea much more than the ones that use a Y. The big open end of the y allowed my birds to rake feed out and all over the ground in their coop. I plan to try your feeder now. Have you had any problems with your birds spilling food?

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  3. Thanks for replying. Sorry it took me so long to reply. it did work well. I made a change later and added a sloping piece to facilitate more food traveling. basically from the top down was a "cap", a vertical pipe, a 45 degree elbow, a diagonal pipe, a 45 degree elbow, a horizontal pipe with feed holes, and then a final cap. this allowed for smoother flow of the feed.

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  4. I have 7 gallon bucket with 2 3in elbows set one in from the bottom and with 20 bb red batons I feel it up every 6 weeks nearly no waste

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  5. How do you cover the holes at night when not in use?

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  6. Great idea. I will be installing one in my coop

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  7. Do you have any issues with wet feed when it rains?

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