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Camile · Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: Chick feeder

Hi everyone,

I felt inspired this weekend and made some chick feeder to go in their brooding pen because I was fed up of all the waste they do by scratching and kicking the shop bought feeders.

Here they are:

The big one (suitable 9 chicks and their mum):

A smaller version of it:

It works a treat so far .. and you simply hang them on the wall were you want it .. so that means that you can easily move it up as the chicks grows up .

Camile

chook · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 305 Location: North Clare

Nice job, Camile.
They are wasteful little creatures, aren't they?

chook

Camile · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:16 am Post subject:

they are indeed .. and you only realize it when you clean out completely their "brooder" ..

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

Nice one Camile. I shall do as much but I think I shall hang it on a rope in an attempt to fool the rats, mice etc. I expect the blighters will learn to climb down the rope soon enough Evil or Very Mad

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chook · Joined: 14 Mar 2007 Posts: 305 Location: North Clare

wayland, rats and chicks don't get on well, if they can get access to your brooder at all, they'll kill the chicks Sad

wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

Indeed. I do try to live and let live. I tried this with rats when I first started. Fool me!. Now if I see a rat I grow a pair of hornes Twisted Evil

. I also intend to keep Ducks soon and they can kill a rat if it is confined. They just stand on it , all of them and it suffocates. This is why I try to keep the feeders rate proof. They will still come alookin though Evil or Very Mad

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wayoutwest · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: west clare

nice one Camile - adorable little chicks too.
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Camile · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 12:38 am Post subject:

thanks . . feel free to ask if you have any questions regarding how to make or dimensions or anything ..

wayoutwest, which ones am I putting aside for you ? Laughing

they will have to go one way or another !

wayoutwest · Joined: 28 Dec 2006 Posts: 184 Location: west clare

anything I can eat!!!

(having trouble getting little eaters this time round.)

(and all the others - ahem, I mean, no thanks we have enough. ahem.

is he still looking over my shoulder?)
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wayland · Joined: 14 Dec 2006 Posts: 1171 Location: Campile. Wexford

I am sure he is right Laughing

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