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When you say not working as well do you mean they are not being used or the feed is not coming out.

Birds will always have there favorite sited feeder and use this more than one only a few yards away.

If the feed is not coming out this may be due to putting to much in the feeder if you fill them right up the pressure from the weight of feed stops it flowing down through the spring ,

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Thanks for your reply no i don't think it is the fact they are getting stuck if you tap them gently they run ok and as you say they have theyer favourite sites it was more for piece of mind have i made them high enough . I can see what you are saying about the wait holding it but i have 45 gallon drums with 4 bags empty and smaller ones half full it just got me thinking is there a hight they prefer or is there a standard height to make them

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Set it up so that the bottom of the barrel is at knee height, then when the spring is fitted it's just right for adult pheasants.

 

When you're getting them used to feeding from a spring make it 3" or 4" lower and then adjust it as they grow.

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Thanks tomo I see them in the solway catalogue £3.50 each I might get half a dozen to try them I have 58 feeders out we don't have a problem with rats or squirrels but I was thinking maybe there is a set hight for the bins I have a few gutter feeders​ but they feed the crows I have been spending my time making water troughs which I have put out in all the woods so maybe this will help thanks again for trying to help good Shooting mike

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I found this with feeders, some worked some didn't. For all the ones that worked we converted these to the biggest feeders we could find so as to have as much feed in that area as possible. We kept the wee ones in areas that didn't but we shifted them about until we found a better area. I have seen a feeder that was never used shifted 6ft and all of a sudden it's being constantly hit and we were swapping it out with a big feeder. I'm not always sure that they will find the feed as easy as we think and tinkering with the ones that don't is a good plan.

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No lads all feeders are working fine I have moved a few and added the big ones this season so I can feed all year the feeders are all dry I haven't seen a squirrel on shoot the last two years l wanted to get the hight of the feeders right for my own peace of mind has anyone her tried the maize as it will be an expensive experiment

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