Types of Chicken

Menu
  • Home
  • Chicken Breeds
  • Chicken Health & Care
  • Chicken Home
  • Chicken Treats
  • Chicken Keeping
  • DIY Projects
Home
DIY Projects
6 Easy and Inexpensive DIY Chicken Feeder ideas

6 Easy and Inexpensive DIY Chicken Feeder ideas

Barbu d'Uccle August 31, 2019

We’ve featured an inexpensive DIY chicken feeder from PVC before. But while it is a great idea, it is also not always for everyone.

The best kind of chicken feeder would depend on the number of chooks you are raising, the size and design of the coop, the materials readily available to you and the problems you specifically encounter concerning their food.

So here are more chicken feeder ideas which you can make on your own, are easy and inexpensive.

We hope that in one of these DIY ideas, you find the solution that will help lessen your costs and make raising chickens simpler and easier for you!

Hanging Chicken Feeder with Catch Box

Got an existing poultry feeder?

Even though they are designed to be unreachable to pests and to minimize food that falls on the ground, chickens usually still make a huge mess with it.

But you don’t have to replace your poultry feeder with another kind of feeder.

You can simply add a catch box under it to gather all the spilled feeds and put them back in the feeder. The plastic grid also prevents rodents from eating all the food on the ground!

  • DIY Chicken Feeder
  • DIY Chicken Feeder
  • DIY Chicken Feeder

Gallon Bucket and Relish Tray

This is one of the really cheap chicken feeder ideas you can make — a gallon plastic bucket and a relish tray. Simply put them together to look and function like a  store-bought poultry feeder and that’s it!

  • Gallon Bucket and Relish Tray
  • Gallon Bucket and Relish Tray
  • Gallon Bucket and Relish Tray

Gallon Bucket

You can also just forget about the relish tray if you still have to look for one. Your gallon bucket alone can serve as a good chicken feeder. Just put holes big enough for your chooks’ heads! Be sure to make those cuts clean and smooth though 😉

  • Gallon Bucket
  • Gallon Bucket
  • Gallon Bucket

Ladels and Glass Bottle

If you really love recycling, repurposing and upcycling, this idea might inspire you. A small chicken feeder from laddles or even glass bottles for a small coop with just a few occupants… Why not? You can also make a chicken feeder out of an old chandelier!

  •  Ladels and Glass Bottle
  •  Ladels and Glass Bottle
  •  Ladels and Glass Bottle

Goat Proof Chicken Feeder Solution

Do you have other backyard pets that keep on eating your chooks’ meal? You can simply ‘fence’ your chicken feeder with a wire mesh.

This feeder that you see below has a number of openings for chickens to gain access to their food. Again, it’s important to make sure the openings are cleanly cut so as not to hurt your chooks!

  •  Goat Proof Chicken Feeder Solution
  •  Goat Proof Chicken Feeder Solution
  •  Goat Proof Chicken Feeder Solution

PVC

In case you missed it, the DIY PVC chicken feeder is great idea to consider especially if you are new to raising chickens. It is easy to make, easy to refill, keeps the food clean all the time and prevents food waste!

The best kind of chicken feeder would depend on the number of chooks you are raising, the size and design of the coop, the materials readily available to you and the problems you specifically encounter concerning their food.
Spread the love
  •  
  • 2.7K
  •  
  •  
  •  
    2.7K
    Shares
Prev Article
Next Article

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Let’s keep in touch. Give us your name and email and we'll keep you in the loop.

* indicates required

Top Posts & Pages

  • 10 DIY Toys for Chickens
  • What do chickens eat in the winter?
  • How To Keep Your Chickens Entertained & 3 DIY Toys!
  • How do Chickens Have Sex & Does a Rooster Impregnate a Chicken?
  • Tips On How To Raise Friendly Chickens! You will be surprised with Number 2!!!

Types of Chicken

Raising backyard chickens
Copyright © 2021 Types of Chicken

Ad Blocker Detected

Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors. Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.

Refresh