[FRUITFULL]

This is the pics of the feed and water container we saw at a lovely chicken breeders.
I had to improvise the box.His was made a snug fit in thicker wood with a wood handle over the top.But this is just to get an idea.
When i asked him about it he said its clean and doesnt get knocked over and he replaces the milk cartons regular.
Not sure what all you experts will think but it looked like it worked well.


SUNDAY MORNING IN THE GARDEN

[richyrich7]

Nice idea fruitfull  easy to clean and fill  

[T C]

Thank you Fruitfull, its so good of you to post photos, and this stops them scraping the food everywhere, im going to give it a try,we seem to waste so much feed, thank you again Tina

[Knight Family]

not bad, for feeders we now use dog bowls, they seem happer with them than the actual feeders we bought!

[Sassy]

At a recent poultry sale I saw old milk containers used in a similar way. The top of the containers had  been cut at a sharp angle diagonally away from the handle to leave the handle in place and then using the handle tied to the coops so that they could not be knocked over. Hope this makes sense!  :roll:  :roll:

[poultrygeist]

Excellent idea fruitfull.

Just goes ot show, there ain't no right and wrong way as long as it does the job.

Rob

[Bodger]

Surely this thread was in its rightful place in the first place.
Its a useful bit of advice and information. I'm all for anything that can save the poultry keeper a bit of money. A very resourceful and practical bit of kit. :thumright:

[Aunt Sally]

Surely this thread was in its rightful place in the first place.
Its a useful bit of advice and information. I'm all for anything that can save the poultry keeper a bit of money. A very resourceful and practical bit of kit. :thumright:

This is the right place Bodger  

HH  =  Help / Give me Advice

CC  =  Show and Tell

This looks like show and tell to me, and a great idea it is too  

[FRUITFULL]

SorryAunt Sally and Bodger for the error it was my fault it should have been on CC.Iput a pic on chatting on the plot instead of whos who yessterday.
Getting back to the feeder thing,when i saw it they were all clean and fresh with no spills.Its also a good way of double recycling,using the cartons again before recycling.

[woodburner]

:idea: Son no 2 was muttering about a scoop for feed the other day, and your pic has just given me the idea for making some  for nowt.  :idea: :thumleft: Thanks

[richyrich7]

I've bumped it over to D&C Fruitfull it's too useful an article to loose amongst CC and Aunty's going to link it in the Poultry Info section.

[FRUITFULL]

Did anyone try this and if so how did it go as next year when i get my chooks eventually i was going to do this?

[garddwr]

I will try this when the milk bottles are empty

[garddwr]

I just remembered. If you put feed in there (layers pellets) Wouldn't it get stuck at the other end and the chooks couldn't get to it ?

It will work well with the water becasue it will flow but I don't know how it would work with feed ?

[richyrich7]

It would probably shake down to them, they can peck hard !