I now believe homesteaders are just inventors who decided to use their talent elsewhere.
by Aggravating_Cap_1762
I now believe homesteaders are just inventors who decided to use their talent elsewhere.
by Aggravating_Cap_1762
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Truthfully, most of these brilliant “inventions” are not great in a real world setting and are just done to generate clicks on social media. That right there, is a rat feeder.
I prefer to just directly feed daily, what they actually eat in a couple of hours. “Less scratcing” isn’t a bonus. More scratching means they eat more bugs, grubs, and forage outside.
Ah fuck is this that guy pushing that same book again
The biggest issue I have with this is the small opening necessitating using a small cup to fill it up. What a time suck.
I’ve had broilers somehow crawl up in these and die while feeding.
i think homesteading is endgame DIY
People have been using this concept for deer feeders for a long time now.
Bad bot
All these things that are supposed to let you go days without feeding or watering your chickens… but honestly you SHOULD be out there at least once a day to look everything over, gather the eggs, check on the birds. It’s reasonable to bring food to your chickens daily.
Might be better to do it with stainless pipe.
“PVC pipes can leach toxic chemicals, such as organotins, phthalates, and VOCs, particularly under conditions like high heat, age, or stagnation. While studies indicate that, under normal conditions, modern certified PVC pipes generally emit very low levels of contaminants, they are still considered a potential source of VOC contamination compared to other materials”
I swear every day there is a cross post with homestead projects and it just feels cookie cutter.
“Inventors” glorifies it a bit.
Let’s start with “pvc enthusiasts”
What is the point of having two separate subreddits if they are just gonna shove this other sub down our throat? We can sub to other one, please stop cross posting.
Not trying to be a grinch but most of these posts are content slop, not applicable DIY.
We do this but the chickens still fling the feed out of the feeder.
Ah yes. The typical homesteader who puts on a short skirt to film herself feeding the chickens and introduces a common DIY feeding suggestion as some new revelation.
I recently bought a bucket feeder where the chickens stick their heads into the ports to eat the feed. Its nice to keep the food dry during rainy periods, but one thing im noticing is that the dust or fines work their way to the bottom and stop the pellets from dropping down. So I constantly have to shake the bucket to keep the food flowing. I imagine this would do the same thing at the bend.
Rat feeding ground.
We use a mobile chicken tractor to move our birds every 4 days or so. Along with them travels a metal feeder. They step on it and it opens a door for them to eat.
Haven’t had any issues with mice/rats since going to a mobile set up. Also doesn’t hurt we’ve got 3-5 barn cats (depending on day) that hammer the rodents.
Even better if you use a clear pipe or make one, so you can just see where the level of feed is at
As a farmer I was less a veggie grower than I was a welder, plumber, chemist, meteorologist, exterminator, landscaper, marketing and sales guru, event promoter, accountant, mechanic, machinist, inventor, manager, hvac technician, carpenter, psychologist, diplomat, field medic or tool and sometimes they allowed me enough time to eat lunch
I prefer the term masochists
I prefer the term masochists
Inventing self-sufficiency man your own food supply chain sounds like genius level tinkering with bonus chickens