wannabe_keeper Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Well everything is in full motion at our little shoot now. Birds are ordered for the 22nd of June. Pen is all complete and ready for them! Cover crops have been marked and fenced off and ploughed ready for drilling this coming week. Feed and straw is on order for delivery in the next 2 weeks. Been busy trapping all the usual culprits! Been up today and made up the last of my feeders in the pen. Thought id share the design with you guys as id pretty pleased with them and they worked out very cheap. As you can see from the pictures they are just 25kg buckets screwed to 5ft half round posts knocked into the ground. A small section of 2"x1" batten inside to secure it and a badger proof feeder nozzle dropped through a pre drilled hole. Bucket handle is also hooked onto a screw in hook to help hold the weight. Lids snap on nice and tight and they are fairly solid and hold the weight of the wheat well! Think it works out at about £7 per feeder all in! Hope everyone else is getting on well on their little shoots and looking forward to a good summer and season! Harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 do you have links for the feeder nozzle?, wanting to put a few of these in my wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe_keeper Posted June 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Sure http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-GREY-BADGER-PROOF-BIRD-FEEDER-NOZZLES-/330397641675?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item4ced3bebcb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeperchris Posted June 2, 2013 Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Just be careful that the feeder nozzle is not too high! Remember poults are not as tall as a fully grown bird!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Sure http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-x-GREY-BADGER-PROOF-BIRD-FEEDER-NOZZLES-/330397641675?pt=UK_BOI_FarmingEquipment_RL&hash=item4ced3bebcb cheers, sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 Looks good. Only trouble with those feeders is that rats and squirrels climb up the post and get the food but use plenty of poison and you'll be alright. Ex layers or poults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 as a pestie I'm not in favour of using poisons against squirrels, feeling its far better to trap or shoot, squirrels unlike rats who will sit on poison and eat, tend to hide a percentage of their daily food, ready for winter, you can therefore get pockets of warfarin poison dotted around the area only inches underground, which can then be found and eaten by non target species, is it a good idea having all those stashes of poison laying there for your newly acquired birds to stumble upon and eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 3, 2013 Report Share Posted June 3, 2013 I may be wrong but if I were you I would put some support under the front edge,furthest away from the post,as in time,the weight of the feed could start to pull on the post and the handle.We use big strong sturdy barrels and even these can grow misshapen after a while,especially as the plastic constantly heats up and cools down.In time the plastic can become brittle.Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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