For most, this is a simple EASY chicken feeder. For people who love to complain it’s a rat feeder. Chicken Coop building- Building a Chicken Run Fence. Tougher than it looks! • Building a Chicken Run...
Yap. I tried similar design. The 90 degree at the bottom does not let much feed through. So no. Likely a slant feeder vs vertical helps. I am going to try.
I tried this and the food barely made it a few inches past the 90 degree elbow. Do not recommend. I ended up with a vertical pvc with a 90 and a 22.5 at the bottom to make a J shape.
I don't care what feeding system you have, rats will come unless you make efforts to ensure they don't. For example, I built my chicken run on a cinder block foundation which no rats will be getting through. Then, I have hardware wire all around the run and coop that goes a full 3 feet out. The bigger concern I have with what he did is water getting into the holes. I'm not sure what he's done to mitigate that.
