Here's my pipe feeder for a 3 hen coop. This seems to work well with pellets, but crumble doesn't feed down easily enough. Maybe replace the 60 fitting with a 45 for crumble.
here's the initial reaction that it got from the hens.
I bought the following from home depot:
2' section of ABS -...
This is the original design, but decided not to go with it.
When I was cutting out the pieces I realized the darn lid would be pretty heavy and I didn't want anyone getting hurt if it came down unexpectedly. So I planned to add the gas shock lift to the design:
Here's a diagram of how I...
23 weeks - egg on the left is from the store. I think Syd laid the one on the right.
8 weeks - Clementine (buff EE), Coots (SLW), and Syd
4 weeks
1 week
I bought 4 pieces rough redwood 2x4 and ripped three of them down at 30 degrees and one at 0 degrees to make this frame. The angled surfaces prevent the collection of dirt and it sheds the rain. 4 lower corners using a simpson corner bracket. Sealed it with a behr sealer #500-natural before...
Urban Coop - Small, Movable and Self contained
(started as a coop, turned into a tractor)
REVISED: The coop described below has some modifications.
Please consider both pages if you have questions.
We live near San Francisco Bay in a very temperate climate; rarely freezing in winter. The...
Urban CoopII
This is an update to Urban Coop on my Homepage.
Urban Coop I had some good and bad features. Let me tell you what worked and what didn't:
What worked:
It's really secure. [either that or there are no predators around here.
The lid works well and all my friends are pretty...
I do not have a HUGE hawk problem, but live in an urban area where I see hawks circling overhead daily; at least during the summer. I have had a few times found a hawk perched nearby watching my hens. Fortunately the hens have plenty of hiding spaces under shrubs in the garden. I would see a...
I was hoping this would reduce the amount of feed ending up on the ground, but doesn't seem to compared to a store bought feeder. Although I'm not convinced it's the chickens making the mess or their 8yo keeper who insists on babying and hand feeding them when I'm not around... But it does keep...
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I tried just that with my worst corn-hound, you know, the one that comes running ANYTIME the garage door closes, the one that will peck your feet or your legs if she thinks you've go a treat for her... well anyway she would not go near it for any amount of tempting. I picked her up and...
I built this new feeder and hung it on the outside of the coop but the hens are a'scared of it. I even put corn in it to tempt them, but no luck.
I'm going to poke it through the wire so it's on the inside, but before I do that I want to make sure they are going to be OK with it. I noticed he...
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Excellent photo's on the BYC page but since this housing seems so well thought out, I'm not too surprised. Thank you for all the construction information! You said that you should have gone with a lighter plywood - can you tell us what you used and what do you think would have been...