Feeders for chickens own hands

An important stage in the cultivation of chicken, whether it is a hen or decorative , is a balanced and proper diet. It is also necessary to feed the bird in time. But in a private house, everything requires attention and it is sometimes difficult to keep track of the time of feeding. The feeder for laying hens greatly simplifies the process of growing poultry. You can do these yourself in several ways.

How to make a feeder for chickens from a pipe?

The idea of ​​using a polypropylene pipe to make feeders and chicken feeders is brilliant and simple at the same time. For operation, only pipes of different diameters, couplings and couplings are required.

1. The arrangement of the feeder for chickens of this type is very simple. We take the pipe and attach from one end a connecting piece of the "knee" type.
2. Then we set all this in the hen house.
3. At the top, we pour the food and cover it with a lid.
4. As the consumption level of feed will gradually decrease and after a few days it will be necessary again to fill up a new portion.
5. If you have a large number of poultry, instead of the connecting leg, you can fix another pipe in a horizontal position.
6. Then make holes to allow the bird to reach the feed.
7. This device significantly saves not only your time, but also a place in the henhouse. Still such variant perfectly approaches for house farming of a bird.

Feeders and drinking hoppers of bunker type for chickens

Making a bird feeder for automatic bird feeding is also quite simple. In specialized stores, this is expensive, and with a large number of birds, several of these structures will be needed. Consider a simple instruction on how to make a bird feeder and save money.

1. For work we need a plastic bucket. Such often remain after repair. The lower part of the structure consists of a simple plastic stockroom for vegetables, and a sectional bowl for animals is also suitable.
2. In the plastic bucket, we cut holes. Their size should be sufficient to ensure that the food can freely pour into the bowl.
3. A bucket with a bowl is connected to each other with screws.
4. This version of the feeder is convenient because you can always hang it in the right place and pour the food for a few days.
5. Here such feeders for chickens can be made with your own hands from simple and accessible materials.

Simple homemade feeders for chickens

If you do not have a very large number of poultry and want to save your time, you can make feeders for chickens with your own hands and simple plastic bottles.

1. We take a plastic container with a handle. We clean it from the rest of the contents and dry it well.
2. Now cut out the front part.
3. In the handle we make an incision so that we can hang the container on the grid.
4. We fall asleep the food and hang it at a height comfortable for feeding the bird.
5. The self-made bird feeder is ready!

Feeder for poultry laying hens

If you have a sheet of plywood at home, then you can make a feed hopper of bunker type from it. Its design is pretty simple and it's easy to build something like that for everyone.

1. The main part is a box. First we make a tall box without a front wall. Its height is about 900mm. It is convenient to fall asleep in the hopper from the bucket.
2. Then, from the bottom, attach the part intended for feeding directly. Thanks to these restrictions, the chickens will not be able to disperse the food or climb the feeder with their paws.
3. The height of the front edge is about 60 cm. The height of the side edges is one and a half times larger.
4. Next, attach the front wall.
5. All parts of the structure are connected together by self-tapping screws and painted with acrylic paint. Done!