Making a bird feeder with your own hands
When breeding laying hens at homethere are questions about how to better organize the feeding of the bird, so that the loss of food is minimized. It is not difficult to make feeders for chickens with your own hands, you just need to choose the right materials for the product.
A chicken feeder is made from plywood inthe following sequence. First, sheets for vertical walls are cut. We make them high. A high feeder for chickens allows one-time filling of mixed fodders or grains for several days, so as not to return to filling them for some time. To ensure that the feed does not get stuck at the outlet, a sheet of plywood with a slight slope to the front is installed at the bottom of the bird feeder, made by hand. With this installation, the bulk material will roll down to the front and become accessible to the bird. As a result of experiments to determine the optimum angle of installation of inclined plywood, it was found that the slope, equal to 20-25 about most suitable for granulated mixed fodders. If it is supposed to be fed with grain, then the angle of inclination can be somewhat reduced, it is enough to have it equal to 12-15 about.
In order for hens to glue the food, it is necessary tofront part of the trough create a small area, limited by slats. Such an installation will not allow the chickens to scatter food, climb into it with their paws. It will always be available for sowing. The height of the front edge should be 50-65 mm. The side edges can be made one and a half to two times higher, about 80-120 mm. Such fences provide access, but do not allow the bird to climb its paws into the chicken feeders. With his hands, the front wall is also sawed, which will complete the overall shaping of the device.
As noted earlier, in order to reduce coststime for the maintenance of chickens, you need to create a significant amount of feed in the trough. Therefore, you can increase the height of the feeder to 900-975 mm. At this height, it is not difficult to pour the food with a conventional bucket.
In order for the feeder to last longer, it is necessaryprotect from environmental influences. Treatment with antiseptic drugs will prevent rotting. Such impregnation is desirable before the final assembly of the chicken feeder. With your own hands, applying the impregnation can be done using a spray gun. Then the process will take a little time. You can apply antiseptic roller or brush.
Painting with acrylic paint will completekind of a bird feeder. With your own hands, using self-tapping screws and a screwdriver, it is not difficult to perform assembly of the product. Heads of screws need to be covered with a primer, and then also painted over with acrylic paint.
In addition to the trough at the site where thepoultry, you need a drinking bowl for chickens. Vacuum drinkers, convenient in operation, have found the widest distribution. For their manufacture, deep plates are used, in which five-liter bottles can be installed from under the water. To the liquid level was not less than 20-35 mm, it is necessary to place a small board of the desired height under the plug with holes. The capacity is fixed by wire.
