Feed your chickens with a DIY feeder.
Feeding is a crucial part of being a chicken owner, and it is important you provide your farmyard friends with the correct nutrients. One of the most convenient ways to ensure a food supply in the chicken coop is by using a feeding tower or bucket. This provides a constant flow of grain inside the coop, which chickens can access when they like.
Instructions
1. Use the hand saw to remove the bottom of the larger bucket to make the base of the chicken feeder. Saw enough of the bucket off to leave a shallow dish, measuring 2 inches in height.
2. Drill six or seven 1/2 inch holes around the base of the 1 gallon bucket. Position the hole 1 1/2 inches from the bottom of the bucket. These holes allow grain to filter into the shallow dish.
3. Turn the small bucket upside down. Now, upturn the shallow dish and place it on top of the bucket.
4. Bolt the two buckets together. Simply drill a hole through the base of both and then secure in place with a nut and bolt.
5. Put the chicken feeder upright again. Stand it upright with the shallow dish on the floor.
6. Fill the smaller bucket and shallow dish with grain feed for your chickens. Put the lid tightly on top of the smaller bucket.
7. Position the bucket chicken feeder in the middle of your chicken coop. As the chickens munch through the grain the shallow dish will fill from the bucket attached inside of it.
8. Top up the smaller bucket when the feed runs low.
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