Today, on the shelves of supermarkets, regardless of the season, you can find absolutely any fresh vegetables and fruits. It is not difficult to buy chicken.
The question arises: why do some gardeners continue to grow their crops and do not refuse their own products?
Be sure that any successful gardener or poultry farmer will be able to tell you how much better, tastier and more good the goods grown in their field are, with their own hands.
However, if the maintenance of the garden is not so difficult, the maintenance of chickens may not seem simple, because the cost of inventory can completely empty your wallet.
But nothing! For craftsmen to build a chicken feeder with their own hands is not difficult. Only desire is needed, and we will be happy to provide you with information on how to build such a device.
A few words about chicken feeders
You have to understand that when building feeders for chickens it is very important to pay attention to the following aspect - absolutely all tools must be perfectly cleaned (you can even use disinfecting liquids for processing).
If speak about typology of feeders, then, basically, the following are distinguished:
- for mixed feed;
- for solid;
- for wet.
As you may have guessed, each type involves the use of perfect different equipment.
For liquid feed, for example, it is more reasonable to choose materials made of plastic or metal; materials of wood, gravel or chalk are suitable for the dry type.
Many poultry farmers construct exceptionally roomy designs for dry food in order to load the daily grain rate into it from the morning.
However, some prefer to make small buildings, sometimes even individually for each chicken. For greater comfort, such a tool can be screwed to the wall, but the dissipation from the ground should not exceed 50 centimeters.
To create a full-fledged "dining room" you can install a drinking bowl. Often it is left on the street, because we all understand that chickens prefer to be in the fresh air. In the first weeks, do not forget to follow the drinkers and feeders, since the chicks at the early periods of their lives rather intensively feed.
Thus, having made its own feeder for chickens, any poultry farmer will undoubtedly reduce the amount of necessary resources for growing birds. Let's look at the most popular options for the construction of chickens feeders.
Types of designs
As we said earlier, building and installing your own chickens feeder will not only facilitate your further work, but also help you save a lot. There are several options for the construction of bird feeders.
From plastic pipe
Option 1
To create this type of feeder you do not have to plane or drill.
Here are the necessary materials for the construction:
- A file (or some other tool that can cut plastic pipes).
- Two plugs for the pipe.
- Wide sewer pipe made of plastic (the length must be at least one meter).
- Tee for sewer pipe.
Then we take the plastic pipe itself and cut it into three unequal parts: 10, 70 and 20 centimeters, respectively.
It is necessary to put a cap on the twenty-centimeter pipe - it will serve as the basis for the future construction. Top neatly "fit" tee and attach to it a seventy-centimeter segment (close the cap on the opposite side).
Insert the remaining segment (10 cm.) Into the side opening and install the feeder. Pour the grain in the resulting structure. To stabilize the product, screw it to the wall or grid in the hen house.
Such a feeder for chickens from the pipe is quite convenient, because throwing the food on the ground in chickens will not work. Such capacity may contain a lot of grain (for 20 or more chickens!). At night, the plug is usually closed to prevent garbage or other objects from getting into the feed.
Option 2
We take two pipes (30-centimeter and half-meter), two pieces of plugs and a knee. The work will also be used electric saw and drill.
Well, let's go! In the bottom pipe you need to make two holes, that is, from different sides to drill two holes (chickens will take food from them).
Using a drill, we make these holes, and then gently expand them to the required size with a jigsaw. The final diameter of such a hole is usually 7 centimeters or more.
Close the pipe with a plug on the opposite side. That's all! Another feeder is ready. Install it in the chicken coop and fill it with food.
The undoubted advantage of this version of the feeder is that the construction of the structure does not take much time, and all the necessary materials have an extremely low cost.
Bunker
To create we need all the same plastic plumbing pipe of thirty centimeters, and fifteen centimeters sewer, electrical tape (or other adhesive tape), nails, screws, a small piece of twine, mounting angles, a saw and a hammer.
After collecting all the necessary materials and tools, you can safely proceed to construction.
For the base we take a board or plywood with a width and a length of 20 centimeters. (the thickness of the board should be no more than 10 millimeters). Using corners and screws, fasten a wide pipe to the base of the plywood.
Then, carefully cut the edges of the thin pipe (the transverse and longitudinal section should be made in such a way that the pipe with the cut out bottom part is obtained).
We put this pipe in the middle of the wide and fasten them with screws. We cut the bottom in a plastic bottle from under the water and install it on the design with the neck down, and then we diligently wrap tape around the place of fastening.
Done! We pour food into the building and check if there are any flaws in it.
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As you can see, for the construction of this type of feeders you need a minimum of tools and effort. All constructions can be built literally in 15-20 minutes, and the effect of them will be felt not only by you, but also by your chickens.
The video clip will acquaint you with this type of feeder even better:
Wooden DIY
Feeder for chickens made of wood is considered to be a capital product that can serve you for more than a dozen years..
Naturally, this requires a stable care for them. This type of feeders is known for its reliability, durability and durability. They will become a real "dining room" for your chickens.
Material for the construction can be chosen individually, but remember that as a result you should have a strong, stable and spectacular design that can "hold out" for at least several seasons.
Of course, to designate and paint the characteristics of these products is much easier than making it all with your hands, but be sure that the process of creating the trough will not be "torture" for you.
Let's consider the sequence and process of making this design, which will help lure chickens this fall and winter. Creating a feeder made of wood consists of several stages, so focus and take care to read carefully!
Create a drawing
As previously stated, there are several types of wooden bird feeders. They can be both large sizes and not so much.
However, we can say with confidence that the creation of any kind will require you to take a pencil, a ruler and a sheet of paper. Draw on paper a rough drawing of what you want to see. Determine by eye the size of the feeder, and then consistently work with them.
The drawing should be displayed absolutely all the details of the design: the roof, stand, base, place for food, etc., so go to this issue thoroughly!
We mark and cut materials
Well, we will try to explain to you how to build a more or less averaged, standard version.
For example, take the feeder in the following sizes: 40-30-30 cm (length, width and height). To create such a structure, you will need two identical pieces of material (on the base and the roof), as well as the rack, which will hold the roof and the base.
The markup must be made accurately, take into account the smallest details, because in the future this will greatly facilitate the production process. Then we cut the material and begin to construct the structure.
Assembly stages
- To keep the feeder from looking too cumbersome and not heavy, use a regular wooden plank, plywood, and mounting plate to collect it.
Above, we noted that the base and the roof should have 40 and 30 centimeters, respectively, so we begin to cut one part (on the base) from the board, and the second (on the roof) from plywood.
Racks, which also have a length of 30 centimeters, cut from a bar (about 2x2 cm). That will be quite enough. You do not need to do all the boards of 30 centimeters, the other two should be around 27-28 (thus, the roof will be sloping and will not collect excess moisture on itself).
- On the made base of the board, we vertically fasten the stands, while retreating quite a bit inwards (not at the corners).
For a more uniform deviation, you can draw a rectangle inside the base, extending to the center, for example, 2-3 centimeters from each perimeter line. At the corners of this drawing, we install vertical pillars that will already serve to fix the plywood roof.
Do not forget that the main thing is to install the 27-centimeter stand not in different corners, but on one line. To fix the pillars, in order to make the task easier, the self-tapping screws are often used, and they are led through the base of the tree from the bottom into the pillars of the pillars.
Next, install a plywood roof on top of the racks. It is not difficult, on completion you will have to screw in four self-tapping screws.
- The finished structure can be installed on any plane. However, most often the structure is simply attached to the grid of the chicken coop.
- Do not expect the self-made wooden chicken feeder to become a masterpiece, but you can be sure that the chickens will always be full.
Build a more original product is not so difficult, you just have to turn on the fantasy and buy more expensive material, and then draw your unusual project and begin to translate it into reality.
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Two-story construction
This option will also be convenient for feeding dry fodder chickens.
For the construction of the structure will need bars to make the frame and boards. The lower tier can be made no more than 26 centimeters and a height of 25.
The length must be calculated, given the number of chickens. The ends of the lower floor should be 10 centimeters (or more) above the wall. Do not forget to cover the inside of the drawer with a damper (you can make it from plywood and place it in the previously made grooves).
The second floor for chickens resembles a troughwhich was divided into two parts. The height of the board here will be 10 centimeters. The second tier is installed on the ends of the first and fastened with loops.
As a result, you will see peculiar windows. They will make food available to all chickens. The undoubted advantage of this design is that chickens will not be able to get into it with their feet and will not tread food.
As you can see, there are many different types of bird feeders. Their production takes no more than half an hour, and you will see the effect yourself! Moreover, you do not have to spend money on expensive ready-made structures, thereby saving well.
