Chicken/Duck feeder that you can adjust how much feed comes out. Stays dry in the rain. Always full. Made out of 100% food grade material. HERE IS A BUILD VIDEO • THE BUILD - Best Chick...
I built two of these for the outside portion of my duck pen. It works really well, but I needed to use duct tape to seal that bottom area as shown in the video. Mine was getting water inside with these heavy Florida rains, but the tape is working well to keep it dry. We have had two or three downpours since I added the tape, and still dry in the tubes. Great design. I just had to lift mine a bit higher by standing the two feeders atop two bricks as my ducks got larger.
+ Kristoffer Menger - Thank you very much, these are a lifesaver from being out of town for a few days or just having a couple lazy days I feed all my animals with these from ducks, chickens, cats, dogs, and probably anything else you have. I only fill mine on Sundays. Thanks again Duane294
Your Dead on there Dead Eye ! I love it. I've watched at least a hundred videos on these things and your design is the best, and I'll be going over it again to make a list of what I'll need. I'll be making several. Store bought one's are designed terribly. Looking forward to putting them to work with all of our chickens.
+ David Morris - Thank you very much, I've been using them for years and there great. I have other videos that are in more detail, this one may help build your list. th-cam.com/video/SysQxi-uNbk/w-d-xo.html Thanks for the reply Duane
Love this idea, seen similar plans but yours was the easiest explained and demonstrated. We have mice, so I think Ill put a cap at night to cover the feeding hole. Thank you
Found it already the wife loves it we're heading to the hardware store to get started :) We just had a chicken tractor build competition this weekend. I'm just happy because I won. :) Thanks for all everything , seriously it's the best one out there. Now we have to figure out a base for it just in case we want to let them free range. In the tractor I'll use pipe strapping to keep it standing straight.
Great, you should put your chicken tractor on youtube? I would make the feed tube (and waterer) long enough so you can both feed and water your chickens from outside the tractor.
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+ Tom Leibold - This is the only way I will ever feed chickens. It is perfect. I have a few other videos of animals from babies to cats eating from this style feeder, even a how to video that is more descriptive on the build. Thanks for the comment. Duane
lutetube88 you are very welcome. I use this feeder to feed all my animals, no glue so if you ever want to change the size of the tube you can. and in the winter, no walking out in the freezing cold every single day.
Suggest putting the same cap used for the top on the bottom and cut another groove on the opposite side of the 1 1/4" feed tube so feed can spread to the other side. Great job!
+ American Patriot - I made several before this and I tried both of your suggestions. Putting a cap on the bottom allows about three inches of food to drop into the bottom that the animals can't even eat that just gets old and ends up eventually needs cleaned out, this way, no mess, no waste and virtually no cleaning. Pretty much one of my designs shortly after that one was for almost saving from the same thing, putting the square hole in the front so no food would go in the back where it isn't even needed but the food would sometimes get clogged, especially cat food and dog food, that is why I still to this day cut them flat on the bottom so you can raise the tube up and lower it down to adjust for different size foods. Laying mix, whole corn, cat food and dog food. I use these to feed my chickens, ducks, cats and dogs once a week and they never run out of food, never gets clogged and hardly ever needs cleaning.
DEAD EYE DUANE How about instead of using a round piece from an ice cream container, using a round cutout from metal screen so no rodents can access any food? I love this feeder you came up with and I'm going to make one this summer...:-)
hello, great vid, we have not actually bought our chickens yet. we've got the coop, the run, now the feeder/waterer... so, very soon. my question is this: after using that sort of "cool whip" piece inside, could i then put a cap over to prevent water from coming in anyways?? thank you GOD BLESS
great vid I have something to do this weekend . me and my family are new to chickens so I think this will help us out . ps ppl are really dumb don't have to be a rocket scientist and something hitting metal. anything hitting a empty metal thin sheet going to make a ECHHOO lol. thanks again
Thank you for the reply. yes, these feeders are great, and I know, like I tried to ruin my own video. It was one of my first time making a video like this. Thanks again, Duane
+ entrthedragon - Thanks for the reply. You will find that using a test plug, you will have a bunch of food in the bottom that never gets eaten and ends up getting rotten. I have been using these for years. Thanks again Duane
DEAD EYE DUANE I actually wedged a dowel in the middle of the the hole in the plug and screwed a piece of flexible plastic over it. The food sits on top . Hopefully this works for me. Thanks for replying. The food flows out perfect, smart design.
Thank you! I just got 6 chicks that are 3 weeks old..... How many of these would I need for all 6 of my chickens? Just curious. Thanks for the great idea!
+ M Ro - ! feeder will easily feed 25 chickens, the only catch is the more chickens your feeding the longer tube you will need or the more often you will have to fill it. Since there is always food available you will hardly ever see one eating. If you run them out of food and let them all get hungry, that is the only time you will see them all trying to eat at once. thanks for the question, Duane
+ Metal Mech There are three different types of silicone that I'm familiar with. Medical grade - safe Food grade - safe (I don't think people are using either of those.) Silicone sealant from a big box store reads on the side of it - toxic until dry, keep away from eyes and skin, continued contact has been found to cause cancer in animals. I don't trust that it isn't still toxic when dry then if small pieces wear off and are eaten by my chickens then my family eat their eggs.
I built one so thanks for the idea. I did however have an issue with mold in the tubing. I'm in NY and the humidity gets very high. I took it apart and cleaned everything really good but was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what you may have done to fix it? I really don't want to take it apart and clean it every week.
Jim Murray - Wow, I can’t believe it. I’m not going to say that it’s humid here because we don’t live on the water here in Ohio but we do get a fair amount of rain and I have never had any mold problems in any of my feeders and I’ve used them for years. do you mind me asking what kind of feed are you using?
Don't have the bag as I keep it in a sealed container, but it nothing out of the ordinary, just purchased it from my local Agway. I wondered myself if that was were the moisture was coming from. I also shortened the drain piece on the bottom as it was touching the ground.
+Paul Hernandez - Thank you for the reply. I tried using a test cap years ago when I first started making these and the terrible thing about a test cap is there will be about 3 inches of food laying in the bottom that the birds never have a chance to eat so it rots in the bottom and starts all the rest of the food to rot. Don't do it, trust me, that is a bad bad mistake I made in one of my early designs. Duane
Do you have the pieces listed anywhere? If not as a suggestion maybe you could add them to your description area up above. Great video. We have been looking at different ideas and after see your video we are excited to try this. Do you know if this keeps mice or sparrows out or at least reduce it? We have tried switching to pellets because we get so many sparrows. We have the plastic hanging feeder but we put it in a dry spot under the coop. Can you use pellet with this or is it for crumble only ? Thank you for sharing this video.
+ Diane Patterson - I only verbally named the pieces, That is a great idea to list them, thank you for the suggestion, and thank you you for the comment, I'll do that soon. I have never seen one mouse, but a chicken is a better mouser than a good farm cat. As far as the sparrows go and as far as what all kinds of feed you can use in these, watch this video, - th-cam.com/video/IKFNZLCgTg4/w-d-xo.html - I use crumbles, cracked corn, hole corn, pellets, cat food and dog food in this same exact style feeder to feed baby chicks - adult chickens, baby ducks - adult ducks, cats and our chihuahua. You can feed most any animal with these. I personally don't hang feeders or raise them trying to keep anything out and I have never seen one unwanted animal accept for a possum eating from our cat feeder, Six cats sat and watched the possum eat their food. Chickens bodies are designed to bend at the hip and peck from ground level, that is one thing I incorporated into the design.
I found your updated video last night. Great video and shows all the parts really well. We are going to make this for the cats after we make it for the chickens. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. Love the sound of the rooster in the back ground. Wish we could have one here.
Dead Eye Duane. As I believe I mentioned somewhere this is an awesome design. So awesome I built a couple for my chickens. Unfortunately the chickens tend to dig into the food and toss it out of the feeder. I must have had 2 or 3 cups of feed on the ground after the first 2 days. You've not seen an issue with this? Maybe my chickens are slobs?
Gary Borad - A friend gave me a hen that did the same thing. I believe the reason his chicken started her bad habit is because he mixed his feed and she went digging for her favorite. Don't mix your feed, have a different feeder for different needs. Laying mix, corn, grit etc. for a few days until she learns, only put a little in at a time so she will run out and not find what she is looking for. It worked for my hen, Hope it works for yours. Dead eye Duane
You nailed it!!!! You're good! That's exactly what I was thinking. We generally use a consistent feed but I mixed in some older mixed feed in just to get rid of it. This is exactly what I was thinking too - thanks for confirming my thoughts. Thanks again for the feeder idea!!!
All feed gets wet from moisture and humidity in the air when you leave it out all the time. Feed is dry so it will suck it up leaving it out for extended period of time. Even fog has a lot of moisture in the air and if the food is out in it, it shall suck up water in the dry feed. So, you can't ever say it will never get wet. You can say rain water may not get directly inside. Even splashing water on the ground next to it will get water in the opening. Why do you think it is dirty on the inside? Moisture got in there. The best is to feed only what the chickens need for the day. That way the feed won't accumulate moisture over time. Feeders for when you can't be home or on vacation short term use only. I wouldn't mind a PVC feeder that allows you to close off the open area when feeding time is done that stays in the coop or run at all times. Than moisture will be cut off along with the rodents that want it too. Chickens don't need to eat all day unless they are young chicks in a brooder.
+ Nancy Chou - No, I have never seen anything besides the chickens and ducks eating from their feeders. ( chickens will hunt, catch, kill and eat mice and rats ) However we did see one possum eating from a feeder like this that we have filled with cat food that our cats eat from, only happened once, never came back.
I'm just curious, I've seen a lot of these videos, but what problem are you solving here? What is the advantage of this over a traditional metal chicken feeder? That reducer pipe is genius by the way.
+ wandering308 - There is no wasted food at all. The food doesn't get thrown all over the ground, the food doesn't get wet or get wasted because it stays trapped in nooks and crannies in the old style feeders. The food stays clean and edible. The longer 4" pipe you use the more feed you can put in them at a time, I'm in the process of building a new fence and when I do I'll change my tubes over to 4' tubes which will probably hold an entire 50# bag of feed. They are made of 100% food grade material, (safe for chickens safe for you.) I currently top all my feeders off every Sunday. Another problem that you can solve is depending on your setup, you dont have to go into the coop to put feed in the feeder. I have other videos showing where I use these feeders to feed two day old chicks, full grown chickens, ducks, cats and even our chihuahua. Thanks for the comment on the reducer. DEAD EYE DUANE
I agree. If feed get scattered it teaches the chicks to forage more. They don't waste anything. Expensive chick feeder. Mine cost $2.50. And they can get to it easier than yours.
LEORofYAHWEH - that is actually how I make my waters, PVC pipe since it is food grade. Google poultry nipples. I use PVC pipe and poultry nipples. Don’t get the cup type of a poultry nipple get the straight poultry nipple with only a chrome end coming out. Much more sanitary.
It allows just a small amount of feed to come out to the area where the chickens or ducks or whatever eat from. I have better videos showing exactly how to build it and what it looks like full of feed and everything. Exactly how the reducer makes it work as it works. It is a perfect feeder.
It does not get wet. I fit the parts together at Lowes so I get a perfect fit. Years ago when I first started making these I put packing tape around the top of the T to keep the rain out, but later I found out it wasn't necessary. Duane
I really like this. Much better than what I was planning. The lack of slue/silicone is pretty cool. Makes it easier to take apart for cleaning. At 1:04 & 2:30 - Are you sure that's not a 3 1/2" to 1 1/2" reducer? I don't think it would fit INSIDE the 4" Tee if it is also 4". Although I could be wrong.
+Jack Schmitt - Thank you very much. They are great. I misspoke in the video, I used a 3" to 1 1/2" tube in that video. Here is the link to a video where I was much more in depth in building another feeder - th-cam.com/video/SysQxi-uNbk/w-d-xo.html. I feed our chickens and ducks and even our cats and dog with feeders exactly like this and they work flawlessly. here is a link to that video. - th-cam.com/video/YTGA_rqhpo8/w-d-xo.html again, thanks
+ Nicholas Prokup - No they do not. It's really simple, as they eat, more feed falls to replace it. I have been using these for years and I have had no problem at all with a chicken picking a piece of feed out and putting it down only to get an identical piece of feed. Thanks for the question. Duane
+ Nicholas Prokup - I have had by trial and error, many setups over the years but I have always had a very similar setup to my final feeder. I have never used a Y. The T with a rain guard "or roof" has been my design from the beginning, I just had to adjust the amount of feed coming out and the amount of feed I wanted to be laying in there available to eat "hence the piece of plastic on the upside down drain". I don't know how easy it would be to scatter from your feeder but it would be very hard with my design. They can't get their feet in mine, at least I've never seen one try, although all kinds of animals can get their heads in to eat. Not only do I have a in depth video on exactly how to build this feeder, I also have videos showing Baby ducks and chickens eating from these, I also show cats and dogs eating from these. I use these for all my animals. Duane
What part didn’t you do? I have made several of these and they all work perfectly. I don’t understand how it can not feed and fall out both. I will help all I can if you explain.
No, it has never gotten wet. That is the reason for the roof. But, if you live somewhere where you get rain with sideways winds like tornados or hurricanes it might. Thank you
I tried this and it didn't work I broke all the pieces slamming them on the work bench. Gonna try it again but not slam em down as hard next time. Hope it works wish me luck.
roman holloway - You have a great sense of humor lol. Sorry for all the noise but this is a great feeder. I have been using them for years to feed all my animals, even my cats and dog. I have other videos showing them eating from them. It will definitely be worth your trouble. Thanks for the laugh Duane
+ Lucy Boyle - I'm very sorry, I don't understand exactly what you are asking by "the cover on the bottom". Please rephrase. The way I keep the cat feeder from toppling over is I bungee cord it to the 4X4 beam on my porch. The way I keep the duck and chicken feeders from toppling over is I zip tie them to their pen. At one point I had a way longer one and I used a clothes hanger. Thank you for your question, I will be glad to answer anymore questions you may have. These feeders are great, I've been using them for a long time and they are perfect.
The cover on the bottom of the chicken feeder is like a vent cover and the top one is a solid cover and I want to know why not use the same cover as the top in the bottom. The chicken here are free range and I want to know how you would keep it from toppling over. Thank you.
+ Lucy Boyle - I used trial and error to come to my final feeder design. Early on I did use a cap on the bottom also but that allowed way too much food into the feeder where the food stayed there forever and could go bad. The way I put a drain cap turned upside down with a circular shaped piece of plastic on the top of it allowed the perfect amount of food in to where the ducks couldn't make a mess and the food pretty much gets eaten as soon as it comes out the chute. The food stays dry, comes out clean and sanitary and the feeders never need cleaned even though you can take them apart and clean them anytime since they are only pieced together with no glue. Perfect for free range chickens also, I have whole corn in one feeder, cracked corn in another and egg laying mix in the last. They walk around eating grass a lot, but we feed them our vegetable scraps and they have the choice of whatever food they crave. We get 1 egg per bird per day almost every single day. You could clothes line one to a tree or whatever is in the yard. We are in the process of building a 10 foot steel fence where I'll zip tie them to 4X4's and I am thinking about going back to 10 foot feeders. I'll put a video up if we do. Thanks again
Because the food fills up too much and has the potential to rot. This way as they eat the food , new fresh food comes out. That was one reason I was experimenting with the little notch cut out. ( but as I said in the video, you don't need the notch, it works perfect as is.)
Jason Manuola - it fills up with food that the chickens cannot eat and the food starts to mold. This way the chickens eat all the food and it stays sanitary.
@@ipodsynca707 I think I understand what you're saying...the ice cream thing makes a more shallow floor on the inside and the drain doesn't function as a drain, per se, but functions to hold that floor up high so the feed doesn't get too deep. Am I corrrect? Great design BTW!
@@romdos11 You are correct. Also, not only does it allow only a small amount of food to come down so the chickens completely eat all of so the food stays fresh and doesn’t mold, it also keeps the food up off the ground to prevent it from getting wet if you live in that type of area. Thank you.
+ Niels Rasmussen - I have never seen one rat, mole, or even a mouse. I don't know where you live but I have a good bit of woods around me, so close that I have lost 1 Duck and three Chickens to an Opossum. I even saw him eating from their feeder, "that's how I got him". The Amish tell me that chickens are the best mousers you can get, way better than the best cat you can find. So in short, no "RATS". I have been using these for several years and I have never seen one rat or even any evidence of one. Duane
I'm from Denmark. Raised ducks with a similar feeder this year. With four ducks and one drake all I got this year was four ducklings. Rats everywhere - eating directly from the feeder. Last year i dispensed the feed in a regular tray making sure everything was eaten before nightfall - raised 50 ducklings and had no rats. Didn't mean to disrespect your design.
+ Craig Sullivan - I apologize my microphone picks up so much noise. I was not slamming. I was using a meg shift hollow tin table with an echo. ( upside down dog cage ). I had no idea it would sound like that. ( It does not sound like that on my computer, You must have great speakers).
I feed everything from baby chicks to huge chickens ( and all my other animals if you watched my other videos ) so I would guess so, but I have never had a turkey so I couldn't say 100%. Only being honest, I'm not positive Thanks DEAD EYE DUANE
This is a piece of crap feeder, don't waste your time and money, just get a 5 gallon bucket and several 90 degree pvc elbows, cut 3 inch holes and attach elbows, easy no spill feeder.
Being a “no spill feeder” wouldn’t be the only reason to make this feeder. I love this feeder because it’s vertical and therefore saves space in the pen. Also, I personally don’t like seeing bowls or buckets laying around on the ground. It looks messy. This feeder helps keep things organized and cleaner. Also, this man provides multiple types of feed for his chickens at all times so it makes sense for him to do it like this. It’s an excellent idea and not a waste of money.
Tanvir Ahmed + Thank you for the wonderful advice. I'm a bonehead. I'm one of those guys that never has his camera on him, but always has his phone. I am glad no one but you has noticed. Almost 100,000 views and you are the first to notice. I apologize but I have made a lot of videos and they all turned out OK but this video was taken on a very sunny day so it wasn't the best. I just wanted to share my knowledge on a great feeder. DUANE
+ gerard jones - Sir, I apologize to you for using a good mic to record my videos, I apologize that you can hear the echo of me setting things on my metal table. I apologize that you can hear my puppy barking in the background. I apologize that you can hear my chickens making noises in the background. I apologize to you for being able to hear cars driving down my road in the background. And I extremely apologize for you being able to hear any wind in the background. I should have recorded this video in a recording studio just for you. I was just making an informational video to show others what a great feeder that I came up with that I use to feed all my animals once a week. I was showing others how simple and cheap one can make a food grade feeder that is waste free and totally sanitary. I feed my chickens, ducks, cats and dog with feeders exactly like this. Over 21,000 views and you were the first one to point that out. I will try to make my videos more pleasing to you. I watch videos all the time where I have a hard time hearing with my speakers turned completely up. (You and I need to trade speakers since you can't turn your volume down and we would both be in great shape.) Sincerely yours, DEAD EYE DUANE. P.S. I shoot guns too much. lol
Wow and all I noticed was what an awesome idea he came up with for a feeder and he took the time to share it for free. I had a little hard time with the glare but he explained things so well it wasn't a problem.
I built two of these for the outside portion of my duck pen. It works really well, but I needed to use duct tape to seal that bottom area as shown in the video. Mine was getting water inside with these heavy Florida rains, but the tape is working well to keep it dry. We have had two or three downpours since I added the tape, and still dry in the tubes. Great design. I just had to lift mine a bit higher by standing the two feeders atop two bricks as my ducks got larger.
Good design. Looked at several designs on YT. Going to build this one. Thanks.
Great video! I like building things out of pvc so this gets the creative juices flowing! Thanks
+ Kristoffer Menger - Thank you very much, these are a lifesaver from being out of town for a few days or just having a couple lazy days I feed all my animals with these from ducks, chickens, cats, dogs, and probably anything else you have. I only fill mine on Sundays.
Thanks again Duane294
thank you for your vid, I'm going to try this feeder.
Your Dead on there Dead Eye ! I love it. I've watched at least a hundred videos on these things and your design is the best, and I'll be going over it again to make a list of what I'll need. I'll be making several. Store bought one's are designed terribly. Looking forward to putting them to work with all of our chickens.
+ David Morris - Thank you very much, I've been using them for years and there great. I have other videos that are in
more detail, this one may help build your list. th-cam.com/video/SysQxi-uNbk/w-d-xo.html Thanks for the reply
Duane
I did not notice the slamming I guess I was paying attention to how you built the feeder, very good job, thanks
+ Curtis Cashen - Thank you for your comment, I appreciate it.
Duane
Me too! What an excellent idea!
Winner winner ! I am going to make one of these and do believe this is the best and easiest design thanks!
Thank you very much for sharing this great feeder :)
+ Roxy Diotte - Your welcome and thank you for your comment.
Duane
Love this idea, seen similar plans but yours was the easiest explained and demonstrated. We have mice, so I think Ill put a cap at night to cover the feeding hole. Thank you
try hanging them , where no structures allow access to the feeder , how high can they jump, chooks can eat from about 2&half feet
Muito obrigada !!! Resolveu meu problema em desperdício. 👏👏👏
Just loved it. Thanks.
+ Luci Capella - your welcome. Thank you for the comment.
Duane
Awesome. I 'm gonna build this too. Thank you, sir, and sorry that your piece of pipe is only 3.5 inches...
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Found it already the wife loves it we're heading to the hardware store to get started :) We just had a chicken tractor build competition this weekend. I'm just happy because I won. :) Thanks for all everything , seriously it's the best one out there. Now we have to figure out a base for it just in case we want to let them free range. In the tractor I'll use pipe strapping to keep it standing straight.
Great, you should put your chicken tractor on youtube? I would make the feed tube (and waterer) long enough so you can both feed and water your chickens from outside the tractor.
One of the more brilliant feeders on youtube.
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My best friend, Loved this video. Looking forward to see more. Awesome... Full watched.
Looks simple design.. No waste of feed. New to chickens I'll be making this,,
+ Tom Leibold - This is the only way I will ever feed chickens. It is perfect. I have a few other videos of animals from babies to cats eating from this style feeder, even a how to video that is more descriptive on the build. Thanks for the comment.
Duane
Nice! thanks for sharing!
lutetube88 you are very welcome. I use this feeder to feed all my animals, no glue so if you ever want to change the size of the tube you can. and in the winter, no walking out in the freezing cold every single day.
thanks , A good and easy way to make a feeder.
+ Diver830ft - Thank you, I appreciate your reply.
Duane
Thank you.
Your welcome and thank you for the reply
Duane
Awesome!!
Great job thanks
I made one today, fantastic feeder made exactly according to your instructions, thanks!
Suggest putting the same cap used for the top on the bottom and cut another groove on the opposite side of the 1 1/4" feed tube so feed can spread to the other side. Great job!
+ American Patriot - I made several before this and I tried both of your suggestions.
Putting a cap on the bottom allows about three inches of food to drop into the bottom that the animals can't even eat that just gets old and ends up eventually needs cleaned out, this way, no mess, no waste and virtually no cleaning.
Pretty much one of my designs shortly after that one was for almost saving from the same thing, putting the square hole in the front so no food would go in the back where it isn't even needed but the food would sometimes get clogged, especially cat food and dog food, that is why I still to this day cut them flat on the bottom so you can raise the tube up and lower it down to adjust for different size foods. Laying mix, whole corn, cat food and dog food. I use these to feed my chickens, ducks, cats and dogs once a week and they never run out of food, never gets clogged and hardly ever needs cleaning.
+ American Patriot - Thank you for your reply
You seemed to have worked it out. Great job!
DEAD EYE DUANE How about instead of using a round piece from an ice cream container, using a round cutout from metal screen so no rodents can access any food? I love this feeder you came up with and I'm going to make one this summer...:-)
hello, great vid, we have not actually bought our chickens yet. we've got the coop, the run, now the feeder/waterer... so, very soon. my question is this: after using that sort of "cool whip" piece inside, could i then put a cap over to prevent water from coming in anyways?? thank you GOD BLESS
Your awsome oma build these thank you
great vid I have something to do this weekend . me and my family are new to chickens so I think this will help us out . ps ppl are really dumb don't have to be a rocket scientist and something hitting metal. anything hitting a empty metal thin sheet going to make a ECHHOO lol. thanks again
Thank you for the reply. yes, these feeders are great, and I know, like I tried to ruin my own video. It was one of my first time making a video like this.
Thanks again, Duane
Thanks, worked out great. I used a test plug for the bottom and a T at for the feeder part to make it a double feeder.
+ entrthedragon - Thanks for the reply. You will find that using a test plug, you will have a bunch of food in the bottom that never gets eaten and ends up getting rotten. I have been using these for years.
Thanks again Duane
DEAD EYE DUANE I actually wedged a dowel in the middle of the the hole in the plug and screwed a piece of flexible plastic over it. The food sits on top . Hopefully this works for me. Thanks for replying. The food flows out perfect, smart design.
Great build, I will be making one of these soon. Thanks!
Thanks, They are a time saver. I have been using them for a few years and I only top them off once a week.
Thanks again DEAD EYE DUANE
Thank you soooo much
Thank you! I just got 6 chicks that are 3 weeks old..... How many of these would I need for all 6 of my chickens? Just curious. Thanks for the great idea!
+ M Ro - ! feeder will easily feed 25 chickens, the only catch is the more chickens your feeding the longer tube you will need or the more often you will have to fill it.
Since there is always food available you will hardly ever see one eating.
If you run them out of food and let them all get hungry, that is the only time you will see them all trying to eat at once.
thanks for the question, Duane
nice design
Thank you, sure beats the ones you glue or silicone together. I don`t want my chickens around anything poisonous if i`m going to be eating their eggs.
DEAD EYE DUANE That's what u thought too. I read that silicone is non toxic to humans though. still not sure how it would do with my chickens
+ Metal Mech
There are three different types of silicone that I'm familiar with.
Medical grade - safe
Food grade - safe
(I don't think people are using either of those.)
Silicone sealant from a big box store reads on the side of it - toxic until dry, keep away from eyes and skin, continued contact has been found to cause cancer in animals.
I don't trust that it isn't still toxic when dry then if small pieces wear off and are eaten by my chickens then my family eat their eggs.
DEAD EYE DUANE Fully agree with you brother. All the best.
🤔🤔💖💖💖💖💖💖 this is amazing but pls explain for me what the point of the smaller pipe piece in the middle of the large pipe is for - i dont understand
I built one so thanks for the idea. I did however have an issue with mold in the tubing. I'm in NY and the humidity gets very high. I took it apart and cleaned everything really good but was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what you may have done to fix it? I really don't want to take it apart and clean it every week.
Jim Murray - Wow, I can’t believe it. I’m not going to say that it’s humid here because we don’t live on the water here in Ohio but we do get a fair amount of rain and I have never had any mold problems in any of my feeders and I’ve used them for years. do you mind me asking what kind of feed are you using?
Don't have the bag as I keep it in a sealed container, but it nothing out of the ordinary, just purchased it from my local Agway. I wondered myself if that was were the moisture was coming from. I also shortened the drain piece on the bottom as it was touching the ground.
Good:)
Thank you very much, another good thing is you don`t have to walk into a messy chicken coop like the bucket or tub ones.
Please list the parts so I can buy the parts. I love the ideal.
There is a flat cap you can buy for the bottom instead of that drain and ice cream part you have.
+Paul Hernandez - Thank you for the reply. I tried using a test cap years ago when I first started making these and the terrible thing about a test cap is there will be about 3 inches of food laying in the bottom that the birds never have a chance to eat so it rots in the bottom and starts all the rest of the food to rot. Don't do it, trust me, that is a bad bad mistake I made in one of my early designs.
Duane
Do you have the pieces listed anywhere? If not as a suggestion maybe you could add them to your description area up above. Great video. We have been looking at different ideas and after see your video we are excited to try this. Do you know if this keeps mice or sparrows out or at least reduce it? We have tried switching to pellets because we get so many sparrows. We have the plastic hanging feeder but we put it in a dry spot under the coop. Can you use pellet with this or is it for crumble only ? Thank you for sharing this video.
+ Diane Patterson - I only verbally named the pieces, That is a great idea to list them, thank you for the suggestion, and thank you you for the comment, I'll do that soon. I have never seen one mouse, but a chicken is a better mouser than a good farm cat. As far as the sparrows go and as far as what all kinds of feed you can use in these, watch this video, - th-cam.com/video/IKFNZLCgTg4/w-d-xo.html - I use crumbles, cracked corn, hole corn, pellets, cat food and dog food in this same exact style feeder to feed baby chicks - adult chickens, baby ducks - adult ducks, cats and our chihuahua. You can feed most any animal with these. I personally don't hang feeders or raise them trying to keep anything out and I have never seen one unwanted animal accept for a possum eating from our cat feeder, Six cats sat and watched the possum eat their food. Chickens bodies are designed to bend at the hip and peck from ground level, that is one thing I incorporated into the design.
I found your updated video last night. Great video and shows all the parts really well. We are going to make this for the cats after we make it for the chickens. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. Love the sound of the rooster in the back ground. Wish we could have one here.
Dead Eye Duane. As I believe I mentioned somewhere this is an awesome design. So awesome I built a couple for my chickens. Unfortunately the chickens tend to dig into the food and toss it out of the feeder. I must have had 2 or 3 cups of feed on the ground after the first 2 days. You've not seen an issue with this? Maybe my chickens are slobs?
Gary Borad - A friend gave me a hen that did the same thing.
I believe the reason his chicken started her bad habit is because he mixed his feed and she went digging for her favorite.
Don't mix your feed, have a different feeder for different needs. Laying mix, corn, grit etc.
for a few days until she learns, only put a little in at a time so she will run out and not find what she is looking for.
It worked for my hen,
Hope it works for yours.
Dead eye Duane
You nailed it!!!! You're good! That's exactly what I was thinking. We generally use a consistent feed but I mixed in some older mixed feed in just to get rid of it. This is exactly what I was thinking too - thanks for confirming my thoughts. Thanks again for the feeder idea!!!
Not the cheapest but definitely the best I’ve seen
Sorry if I missed it, but how to cut the 45 on the front of that "T" or "Wye"?
Is that a combination of Schedule 40 and lightweight sewer pipe?
I bet your chickens are terrified when they see you coming. "Are you gonna slam ME on the table, too?"
All feed gets wet from moisture and humidity in the air when you leave it out all the time. Feed is dry so it will suck it up leaving it out for extended period of time. Even fog has a lot of moisture in the air and if the food is out in it, it shall suck up water in the dry feed. So, you can't ever say it will never get wet. You can say rain water may not get directly inside. Even splashing water on the ground next to it will get water in the opening. Why do you think it is dirty on the inside? Moisture got in there. The best is to feed only what the chickens need for the day. That way the feed won't accumulate moisture over time. Feeders for when you can't be home or on vacation short term use only. I wouldn't mind a PVC feeder that allows you to close off the open area when feeding time is done that stays in the coop or run at all times. Than moisture will be cut off along with the rodents that want it too. Chickens don't need to eat all day unless they are young chicks in a brooder.
Great design. Any problems with mice, rats, or other critters getting to the food?
+ Nancy Chou - No, I have never seen anything besides the chickens and ducks eating from their feeders. ( chickens will hunt, catch, kill and eat mice and rats ) However we did see one possum eating from a feeder like this that we have filled with cat food that our cats eat from, only happened once, never came back.
thx
was there some kind of a contest i wasnt aware of?
How many chickens would one of these supply?
I'm just curious, I've seen a lot of these videos, but what problem are you solving here? What is the advantage of this over a traditional metal chicken feeder? That reducer pipe is genius by the way.
+ wandering308 - There is no wasted food at all. The food doesn't get thrown all over the ground, the food doesn't get wet or get wasted because it stays trapped in nooks and crannies in the old style feeders. The food stays clean and edible. The longer 4" pipe you use the more feed you can put in them at a time, I'm in the process of building a new fence and when I do I'll change my tubes over to 4' tubes which will probably hold an entire 50# bag of feed. They are made of 100% food grade material, (safe for chickens safe for you.) I currently top all my feeders off every Sunday. Another problem that you can solve is depending on your setup, you dont have to go into the coop to put feed in the feeder. I have other videos showing where I use these feeders to feed two day old chicks, full grown chickens, ducks, cats and even our chihuahua. Thanks for the comment on the reducer. DEAD EYE DUANE
I agree. If feed get scattered it teaches the chicks to forage more. They don't waste anything. Expensive chick feeder. Mine cost $2.50. And they can get to it easier than yours.
How much did it cost you to make
By not covering the feed hole dont animals get into the feeder at night when the chickens are roosting?
have you got anything for a waterer, same pipe materials?
LEORofYAHWEH - that is actually how I make my waters, PVC pipe since it is food grade.
Google poultry nipples.
I use PVC pipe and poultry nipples.
Don’t get the cup type of a poultry nipple get the straight poultry nipple with only a chrome end coming out. Much more sanitary.
Really good 👍
Does this design prevent rodents from getting to the feed?
what about small chicks? wouldn't be hard for them to get at the feed?
+ Seneb8Khepera - Watch this video. There are chicks only a couple days old eating from this feeder.
th-cam.com/video/SysQxi-uNbk/w-d-xo.html
What is the purpose for the reducer inside the 4" T?
It allows just a small amount of feed to come out to the area where the chickens or ducks or whatever eat from.
I have better videos showing exactly how to build it and what it looks like full of feed and everything.
Exactly how the reducer makes it work as it works.
It is a perfect feeder.
"let me tell you how long my piece of pipe is. My piece of pipe is 3 and 3/4 inch long"
I laughed so hard....I know very immature
Slam them pieces down boy! Slam them pieces down!
Is there enough room inside for a duck to scoop food?
Laurie D Ghent - yes, in some of my other videos you actually see ducks eating from these as well as cats and a dog.
Thanks Duane
DEAD EYE DUANE, thank you! The wild birds are eating all of my chicken feed.
Does it get wet?
It does not get wet. I fit the parts together at Lowes so I get a perfect fit.
Years ago when I first started making these I put packing tape around the top of the T to keep the rain out, but later I found out it wasn't necessary. Duane
How do you prevent it from falling over.
I use large zip ties to hook them to whatever is behind them
Works perfectly
Thanks for watching
I really like this. Much better than what I was planning. The lack of slue/silicone is pretty cool. Makes it easier to take apart for cleaning. At 1:04 & 2:30 - Are you sure that's not a 3 1/2" to 1 1/2" reducer? I don't think it would fit INSIDE the 4" Tee if it is also 4". Although I could be wrong.
+Jack Schmitt - Thank you very much. They are great. I misspoke in the video, I used a 3" to 1 1/2" tube in that video.
Here is the link to a video where I was much more in depth in building another feeder - th-cam.com/video/SysQxi-uNbk/w-d-xo.html.
I feed our chickens and ducks and even our cats and dog with feeders exactly like this and they work flawlessly.
here is a link to that video. - th-cam.com/video/YTGA_rqhpo8/w-d-xo.html again, thanks
Sorry if this has been asked: any suggestions of I want to hang or mount this in a chicken tractor?
AnnieandCC - mounting it would be the best as when the chickens are eating they peck and pecking would make the feeder move around if it was hanging
@@ipodsynca707 Ok! Next question- how do you suggest mounting them? Love your design by the way!
AnnieandCC - I came around it with zip ties. I really like it this way because I can move it very easily.
How much waste does this produce? Do the chickens pull the feed out and scatter it?
+ Nicholas Prokup - No they do not. It's really simple, as they eat, more feed falls to replace it. I have been using these for years and I have had no problem at all with a chicken picking a piece of feed out and putting it down only to get an identical piece of feed. Thanks for the question.
Duane
Thanks, I have a similar setup now but with the 45 degree Y shape, and they just pull all the food out and empty the hopper.
+ Nicholas Prokup - I have had by trial and error, many setups over the years but I have always had a very similar setup to my final feeder. I have never used a Y. The T with a rain guard "or roof" has been my design from the beginning, I just had to adjust the amount of feed coming out and the amount of feed I wanted to be laying in there available to eat "hence the piece of plastic on the upside down drain". I don't know how easy it would be to scatter from your feeder but it would be very hard with my design. They can't get their feet in mine, at least I've never seen one try, although all kinds of animals can get their heads in to eat. Not only do I have a in depth video on exactly how to build this feeder, I also have videos showing Baby ducks and chickens eating from these, I also show cats and dogs eating from these. I use these for all my animals.
Duane
That’s a 3”x 1-1/2” reducer
Doesnt feed fall out from the bottom?
What part didn’t you do?
I have made several of these and they all work perfectly.
I don’t understand how it can not feed and fall out both.
I will help all I can if you explain.
White balance, brother. White balance
Does it ever get wet?
No, it has never gotten wet.
That is the reason for the roof.
But, if you live somewhere where you get rain with sideways winds like tornados or hurricanes it might.
Thank you
Whats a ruf?
I tried this and it didn't work I broke all the pieces slamming them on the work bench. Gonna try it again but not slam em down as hard next time. Hope it works wish me luck.
roman holloway - You have a great sense of humor lol. Sorry for all the noise but this is a great feeder. I have been using them for years to feed all my animals, even my cats and dog. I have other videos showing them eating from them. It will definitely be worth your trouble. Thanks for the laugh Duane
Why not use the cover on the bottom as the top and how do you keep it from toppling over. Thank you.
+ Lucy Boyle - I'm very sorry, I don't understand exactly what you are asking by "the cover on the bottom". Please rephrase.
The way I keep the cat feeder from toppling over is I bungee cord it to the 4X4 beam on my porch.
The way I keep the duck and chicken feeders from toppling over is I zip tie them to their pen. At one point I had a way longer one and I used a clothes hanger. Thank you for your question, I will be glad to answer anymore questions you may have. These feeders are great, I've been using them for a long time and they are perfect.
The cover on the bottom of the chicken feeder is like a vent cover and the top one is a solid cover and I want to know why not use the same cover as the top in the bottom. The chicken here are free range and I want to know how you would keep it from toppling over. Thank you.
+ Lucy Boyle - I used trial and error to come to my final feeder design. Early on I did use a cap on the bottom also but that allowed way too much food into the feeder where the food stayed there forever and could go bad. The way I put a drain cap turned upside down with a circular shaped piece of plastic on the top of it allowed the perfect amount of food in to where the ducks couldn't make a mess and the food pretty much gets eaten as soon as it comes out the chute. The food stays dry, comes out clean and sanitary and the feeders never need cleaned even though you can take them apart and clean them anytime since they are only pieced together with no glue.
Perfect for free range chickens also, I have whole corn in one feeder, cracked corn in another and egg laying mix in the last. They walk around eating grass a lot, but we feed them our vegetable scraps and they have the choice of whatever food they crave. We get 1 egg per bird per day almost every single day. You could clothes line one to a tree or whatever is in the yard. We are in the process of building a 10 foot steel fence where I'll zip tie them to 4X4's and I am thinking about going back to 10 foot feeders. I'll put a video up if we do. Thanks again
Why not simply cap the bottom?
Because the food fills up too much and has the potential to rot. This way as they eat the food , new fresh food comes out. That was one reason I was experimenting with the little notch cut out. ( but as I said in the video, you don't need the notch, it works perfect as is.)
+DEAD EYE DUANE got it. thanks!
+Daniel Ridings
You are very welcome.
Why not just use an end cap on the bottom?
Jason Manuola - it fills up with food that the chickens cannot eat and the food starts to mold. This way the chickens eat all the food and it stays sanitary.
@@ipodsynca707 I think I understand what you're saying...the ice cream thing makes a more shallow floor on the inside and the drain doesn't function as a drain, per se, but functions to hold that floor up high so the feed doesn't get too deep. Am I corrrect? Great design BTW!
@@romdos11 You are correct.
Also, not only does it allow only a small amount of food to come down so the chickens completely eat all of so the food stays fresh and doesn’t mold, it also keeps the food up off the ground to prevent it from getting wet if you live in that type of area.
Thank you.
great feeder...but sounds like a WWE wrestling match with all the slamming...
Huge design fail on this. my 5 chickens emptied it in a day and it was all over the ground.
Rats rats rats :-/
+ Niels Rasmussen - I have never seen one rat, mole, or even a mouse. I don't know where you live but I have a good bit of woods around me, so close that I have lost 1 Duck and three Chickens to an Opossum. I even saw him eating from their feeder, "that's how I got him". The Amish tell me that chickens are the best mousers you can get, way better than the best cat you can find. So in short, no "RATS". I have been using these for several years and I have never seen one rat or even any evidence of one.
Duane
I'm from Denmark. Raised ducks with a similar feeder this year. With four ducks and one drake all I got this year was four ducklings. Rats everywhere - eating directly from the feeder.
Last year i dispensed the feed in a regular tray making sure everything was eaten before nightfall - raised 50 ducklings and had no rats.
Didn't mean to disrespect your design.
Is not cost effective. Better buy the already made
stop slamming the table
+ Craig Sullivan - I apologize my microphone picks up so much noise. I was not slamming. I was using a meg shift hollow tin table with an echo. ( upside down dog cage ). I had no idea it would sound like that. ( It does not sound like that on my computer, You must have great speakers).
+DEAD EYE DUANE
Yeah we must ALL have great speakers 😄
This is a really fine invent and demo!
thanks much Duane!
+ Ben Joseph - Your welcome, thank you and thanks for the comment.
Duane
what about turkey lol
I feed everything from baby chicks to huge chickens ( and all my other animals if you watched my other videos ) so I would guess so, but I have never had a turkey so I couldn't say 100%. Only being honest, I'm not positive
Thanks DEAD EYE DUANE
Terrible video, excellent feeder.
This is a piece of crap feeder, don't waste your time and money, just get a 5 gallon bucket and several 90 degree pvc elbows, cut 3 inch holes and attach elbows, easy no spill feeder.
Being a “no spill feeder” wouldn’t be the only reason to make this feeder. I love this feeder because it’s vertical and therefore saves space in the pen. Also, I personally don’t like seeing bowls or buckets laying around on the ground. It looks messy. This feeder helps keep things organized and cleaner. Also, this man provides multiple types of feed for his chickens at all times so it makes sense for him to do it like this. It’s an excellent idea and not a waste of money.
first buy a good camera and then make video
Tanvir Ahmed + Thank you for the wonderful advice. I'm a bonehead. I'm one of those guys that never has his camera on him, but always has his phone. I am glad no one but you has noticed. Almost 100,000 views and you are the first to notice. I apologize but I have made a lot of videos and they all turned out OK but this video was taken on a very sunny day so it wasn't the best. I just wanted to share my knowledge on a great feeder.
DUANE
most annoying , you slamming every piece, every time down on table, thus, a thumbs down from me .
+ gerard jones - Sir, I apologize to you for using a good mic to record my videos, I apologize that you can hear the echo of me setting things on my metal table. I apologize that you can hear my puppy barking in the background. I apologize that you can hear my chickens making noises in the background. I apologize to you for being able to hear cars driving down my road in the background. And I extremely apologize for you being able to hear any wind in the background. I should have recorded this video in a recording studio just for you. I was just making an informational video to show others what a great feeder that I came up with that I use to feed all my animals once a week. I was showing others how simple and cheap one can make a food grade feeder that is waste free and totally sanitary. I feed my chickens, ducks, cats and dog with feeders exactly like this. Over 21,000 views and you were the first one to point that out. I will try to make my videos more pleasing to you. I watch videos all the time where I have a hard time hearing with my speakers turned completely up. (You and I need to trade speakers since you can't turn your volume down and we would both be in great shape.) Sincerely yours, DEAD EYE DUANE. P.S. I shoot guns too much. lol
lol..now that's telling him...thanks for the video
+ Jay Wallace - You are very welcome. I love gathering eggs from our own chickens. and I'm always trying to reinvent the wheel.
Wow and all I noticed was what an awesome idea he came up with for a feeder and he took the time to share it for free. I had a little hard time with the glare but he explained things so well it wasn't a problem.
seriously AHOLE, it's a great video of him sharing his idea.
This is dumb.