![]() The feed is on show unlike the grandpa feeder which has the closed lid, so this would work best away from wild birds and vermin, perhaps inside the coop. Overall Review: Holds alot of feed, brilliant for large flocks or if you don’t want to have to regularly top it up. Easy to use and chickens are used to it immediately. ![]() Robust design that will last a long time.It’s cheaper too but doesn’t have the treadle feature like the Grandpa Feeder but it has most of the benefits including: Holds 25lb so great if you have a large flock, it has the ‘anti flick’ dividers in the feed area. Not with this grill as it makes sure they cant. But what I really like is the ‘anti flick’ grill.īecause you can do all the above and chickens will still throw their food around and some could still get wasted on the ground. It also can’t be knocked over or poop’d in and can be left outdoors. Honestly all of it, waterproof galvanized steel that won’t rust, and has a superb lifespan, I’d expect 15+ years from this, seriously. Great if you’re going away to visit family at weekends or on vacations. It can hold 20lbs (9kg), this will keep a flock of 6-12 chickens fed for about 10 days. The added bonus of being completely steel is it has no parts that can be chewed through by rats or squirrels. Infact it comes with a 24 month money back guarantee, that’s how well this thing works. Infact the whole thing is made of galvanized steel, meaning it will last an age. Its that’s simple, not too many moving parts that they will break either. Let’s start with automatic feeder royalty, the one everyone has heard off: Grandpa’s Chicken FeederĬhickens step on the treadle which is the floor lever and the roof over the feed opens. So let’s see what the best automatic feeder are out there… So then I’d say yes, it’s a good return on investment as its money well spent. So investing in an automatic feeder will return its value in a short space of time by saving waste and will keep your chickens healthy with no vermin around in the process! Add in the fact that its so convenient to top up the feeder and leave it for days knowing the chickens are happy and can feed whenever they like. Reduce waste – keep the vermin out! Our feed bin holds 1 tonne of feed! Feeding chickens corn turns egg yokes a shiny lovely orangey color! Good return on investment So in under a month your 5 rats have turned into 10-20! And so it continues…Įurgh, I don’t like rats, even talking about them makes me uncomfortable but the takeaway message should is clear: Just 5 rats will eat over 6 ½ lbs (3kg) of YOUR chicken feed, in a month, that’s staggering! When there is a good food supply the rats will breed, they can produce offspring in just 21 days. Rat urine is so bad, it causes leptospirosis within humans it’s a horrible bacterial disease. The really bad news is they spread diseases wherever they go. They then help themselves to a drink from the waterer and off they go, happy and contented – at my expense. The vermin eat it and they have an absolute feast! Even the wild birds join in on the action. ![]() I’m honestly stopping that, I must be wasting more than I realized…Īll that waste, it’s just money down the drain but it also literally feeds a bigger problem. Side note – I actually like to scatter a small amount of feed too so they can scratch around and its gives them something to do. Now im not perfect either, I tend to use a trough and they do scratch out less but they still do manage to do it….! Say just 10 is wasted which is more realistic in my opinion, you can now more than double those figures. Im going to run through a cost exercise, let’s assume you have 6 chickens eating on average 3.5oz 100g per bird per day. Firstly I hate waste – of anything (food, water, gas especially money)! Let’s run through that last point, as when you have even just a small flock problems like waste are a big issue.
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