Feeding trough for chickens

If you decide to have chickens, ordinary or decorative , then the work will increase noticeably. To slightly ease the care of chickens, it is worth taking care of the feeder in advance. In specialized stores you will find them a great variety. But the principle of operation for all drinkers and feeders for birds is approximately the same. So make homemade feeders for chickens can be completely at home from improvised materials.

How to make a small feeder for chickens?

For work you need a plastic bucket and a plate. They can be purchased in the department of disposable dishes. This method is suitable for the chicks that you just bought.

1. With the help of nippers, we make incisions along the entire edge of the bucket.
2. Cuts should be twice as long as shown in the photo. First we make small, and then increase them.
3. Pour the feed into the bucket.
4. Cover the top with a plate and turn it over.
5. As the consumption of food will pour into the plate.

Here's a similar option, how can you make a bird feeder for chickens. It is designed for slightly grown-up individuals.

1. To make such a trough you need a sectional bowl for dogs, a plastic bucket.
2. In a simple plastic bucket, make holes. Their number corresponds to the number of sections in a bowl.
3. We place the bucket on the bowl in such a way that the holes are exactly above each section.
4. Now fix the structure with screws and nuts.
5. We fall asleep inside the food and install it in the henhouse.

Feeders for chicken broilers

If you decide to start broilers, then feeding will have to pay special attention. This kind of poultry needs constant access to food. It is clear that during the day things are accumulating and constantly pouring food to the bird is quite difficult. The problem will be solved by a large bird feeder made by own hands.

1. To make a feeder, you need to take two plastic buckets, two containers from the cooler, a piece of plastic pipe.
2. In the buckets you need to cut openings. Their size should allow poultry to reach for food, but do not penetrate the tank completely. From the cardboard we cut out the template and apply it to the walls of the bucket. Then circle and cut with a jigsaw.
3. A piece of pipe is needed to make the limiter, it will not allow the neck of the container to drop completely to the bottom of the bucket and will control the flow of food.
4. Using a jigsaw cut off the pipe length of about 15cm. Further, at a distance of 3 cm from the edge, we make three holes with a drill. From these holes jigsaw saw segments at an angle to the base along the long side.
5. Fill tanks with food or water. Install on the limiter. Then cover it all with a bucket and turn it over.
6. With the help of handles on the bucket, this device is easy to carry.

Large self-made bird feeders for chickens

For a large number of poultry, you can make another version of the feeder. For production, you need a small plastic basin or bowl, a container for food (this can be a plastic canister or a water tank).

1. Cut off the top of the bowl. We leave the edge so high that we can reach the chickens.
2. At the eggplant we cut the bottom.
3. The legs for the construction can be made from leftovers from a bowl or take any other similar material.
4. The author of the lesson suggests using a fastener for drywall. We cut the workpiece into parts.
5. There should be three "legs".
6. We attach the support to the bolts. From the bottom a little we bend them to provide stability of a design.
7. That's how the design looks.
8. The bird feeder is ready for you!