Step by Step Instruction to build a high capacity PVC Chicken Feeder that keeps your feed dry, away from rodents, and accessible to your hens.
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@sharoncourt754 жыл бұрын
I love how you teach you son at such a young age, i was my dad little helper and i learn alot of stuff i now teach my husband lol
@fyithisisnotrocketscience51503 жыл бұрын
drill 3/8" hole in top center of cap cut round plywood disk to fit down inside pipe drill 1/4" hole center of disk glue a 1/4" dowel rod into disk set plywood disk into pipe slip cap down wooden dowel rod as feed go's down so does rod to show food level
@darrellblair58184 жыл бұрын
Use weight inside tube, attach a small cable, drill hole in center of cap, run cable thru cap, attach a pulley to roof, run cable thru pulley. Tie lesser weight to empty end of cable along with a red flag. When flag is up by pulley, you know it's empty. Your design is great. 👍👍👍
@edwardgilmour90133 жыл бұрын
I like that one
@GlennWalsh4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a solid design with great out-of-the-box thinking used. I will likely build it as well. The only modification I see myself doing is extending the inside 2" pipe further for a shallower well of feed so it doesn't get knocked out on the ground as much. Thankyou for this.
@nolaparton-jones89325 жыл бұрын
I saw another You Tube video where the guy used small water bottles and filled them with rocks or sand, and drilled an angled hole in the top of the cap. He then attached weed eater string to the bottle and ran it through the hole and attached a piece of wood, so that it hung down and moved up when the feed inside went down. I have made these, using mini plastic disposable water bottles, fish tank rocks, weed eater string (it slides better) and a dowel rod. I attached the dowel rod with a screw eye and I love them, they work very well, are little cost and you can always tell how much feed is inside. I already had the rocks, bottles and dowels.
@TasteOfHealthOnline3 жыл бұрын
I love that you teach your son! I did not like the complicated and inefficient (only feeds 1 bird at a time) feeder design though. Holds too little food and has hard-to-fill tubes. I have 25 7-week-old birds, and we just did a feeder last night. The hubs wanted to make a complicated pvc feeder (heavy sigh) and I bought a 5 gallon bucket that we cut 2-inch holes around the bottom, fastened it to a larger feeder bowl, and filled it full. The girls loved it and it was finished in about 5-minutes. I won’t need to refill it often and it can be hung if need be. Thanks for sharing though. I’m sure this works better in areas with fewer birds or bad weather.
@donaldmassaro72764 жыл бұрын
I love the way you're teaching your son this is so good you're a good dad
@technicolorchristmas4 жыл бұрын
I learned how to do things from my dad, just continuing the tradition.
@Trentatron5 жыл бұрын
You might try marking a wooden dowel and dropping it through the lid so as the feed level drops the dowel drops. You may need to put a wide "foot" or plunger on the end of the dowel if it digs in below the top of the feed. It shouldn't let much water in, but if it's not under cover, you could put a little conical party hat on it to keep the rain out. Just the first thing that came to mind...
@technicolorchristmas5 жыл бұрын
I've seen some methods like this that use it to show how much feed is left, now that the kids are old enough I just send them out to check the feed level. ;)
@janetaldana41798 жыл бұрын
Thanks for replying back. My son thought of an idea on using a buzzer switch and fish weights. If your interested you can pick up a pzo buzzer at radio shack, also we did make the 2 feeders but the hens like to dig out the feed. I may have to raise it up a tad bit to keep thier feet out.
@technicolorchristmas8 жыл бұрын
+Janet Aldana Ours bottom feed openings are about 10-12" above the ground. You can always adjust the height of the bottom pipe or just add a coupler and add on to make it taller.
@kohlsmom044 жыл бұрын
@@technicolorchristmas can you provide me with actual size of all the supplies needed to build this?????? Thank you!!!!
@edwardgilmour90133 жыл бұрын
I like elements of your design. Some ways that might be possible to read the level. [_] chain depth measurer to the top of the feed level? [_] depending upon your reach paint marks horizontally at regular intervals down the inside? [_] cut a vertical grove in the pipe and clear glue a clear acrylic strip down the inside of the pipe to see the level ? [_] Would the pipe make a different resonant sound with the height (depth) of the food, as you tap the pipe (like a kid's music toy) [_] a weight transducer under a cup in the bottom wired to the outside?
@annkuhlman77725 жыл бұрын
I built 4 of these 4 years ago but used 4" test caps( 98 cents) inside rather than the 3 inch caps, fits without the need to sand or cut down.
@technicolorchristmas5 жыл бұрын
I've used the test caps before but the plastic is so brittle (It's made to smash out with a hammer post install) that they just didn't hold up.
@Kodiaksr3893 жыл бұрын
Powertec makes a clear pipe. Find it on amazon
@anilalMJ4 жыл бұрын
Very nice 👌
@carrollthim84604 жыл бұрын
like the pvc feder all the run good video god bless you & your
@robertteague63423 жыл бұрын
There is no link in the description for the heated waterer?
@raymondmailhot50147 жыл бұрын
why glue the inner cylinder to the outer cylinder ?
@user-xb1ht4py2v3 жыл бұрын
nice design, but why bother gluing the inner reducer? Still has a lot of spillage. Have you tried different shape cuts on the "Y"
@danielwagner62904 жыл бұрын
Don't like it but a good attempt. Should be a trough at the bottom for me because with such a small hole 1 chicken can play, this is my feeder you can't have any. A longer trough helps prevent that - more to defend. Or a time release automatic feeder that spreads it on the ground without you in the coop. It can depend on how your chickens behave. II would want to interact with the birds and feed them myself by hand most of the time. Feeders are nice for when you can't do that. SH
@rwelch71095 жыл бұрын
Design problem.....our 4 hens emptied the tube in 24 hours onto the floor. You will need to cut 3/4's of the flat part of a test cap and place over the opening or you will have the same problem. Also, no need to glue anything. If appears to be a tight fit without.
@technicolorchristmas5 жыл бұрын
You probably need to make your center pipe a bit longer. The difference between the bottom lip of the outer piece and the bottom edge of the inner piece determines the depth of the "well". If it's too shallow it's easy for the birds to knock all of the feed out. The only reason to glue is if used outside it makes it water tight and prevents rain from seeping between the joints and ruining the feed.
@caseG804 жыл бұрын
R Welch without glue risk feed getting wet
@geraldlewis93535 жыл бұрын
Can this be used outside in the run without the feed getting wet?
@technicolorchristmas5 жыл бұрын
That's the reason for the overhang at the top, it keeps the feed dry. We haven't ever had a problem with feed getting wet and have used these for going on five years.
@caseG804 жыл бұрын
Gerald Lewis yes just make sure to glue the pipes together to prevent leaking thur the slip joints.
@salemalhashimi43526 жыл бұрын
How long of feed will your pipe full serve one chicken?
@technicolorchristmas6 жыл бұрын
Our 4' tall feeder takes care of a dozen birds for about 5-6 days depending on how much we let the free range.
@janetaldana41798 жыл бұрын
This is very good idea, we have the store bought feeders that are placed on the ground and the hens just make a mess. You said in the video that you wish you could be able to see how much feed is in the feeder and I thought about it and plexiglass came up in my mind. I found some plexiglass sheets at lowes for about $2.97 and I might cut the 4" pipe about 1" - 2" wide and about 1/2" - 2" long and glue it or put in the plexiglass in rectangulars every 1". if you don't mind me asking, about how tall did you make the tallest feeder?
@technicolorchristmas8 жыл бұрын
+Janet Aldana I thought about plexi, plastic, and I've seen others use a weight that drops inside and lifts a cord or marker on the outside. My main concern was the solvents or glues clouding the plexi and not being good for the girls. I'm experimenting with a weight type indicator and will update the video if it work well. Our tallest feeder outside is about 5'. With three hens it would last a good 5-6 days but I think some rodents were helping out too. Raised it up off of the ground a bit more and now we can get a good week.
@r.t.37425 жыл бұрын
You could use hot glue with clear plexy I'm sure if you fit plexy from the inside out would hold well and be non toxic. I'm pretty sure hot glue is safer then PVC glue
@caseG804 жыл бұрын
R. T. Once pvc glue is dry it’s harmless. Google will confirm this cheers
@donwilson82144 жыл бұрын
Janet Aldana As far as the pvc glue being harmful... all public water systems that I know of have at least some pvc in them and the same glue is used on all of those joint connections. Safe enough for humans then it should be safe enough for chickens.
@theeffindip61624 жыл бұрын
More than 5 Cornish crosses are not gonna like that set up lol they are hogs.
@technicolorchristmas4 жыл бұрын
We have 9 laying hens currently and re-fill the feeder about once a week.
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