rimfire4969 Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 We have mostly springs on the bottom of our feeders but we are making another 20 feeders up and would not mind moving away from springs. Was looking at pan feeders or maybe wright feeders. What do you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 Jus drill lots of holes in them I find pan feeders clog up when the food in them gets wet and the badgers just straighten out the spring feeders and empty them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted September 8, 2019 Report Share Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) I have made some pan feeders and they seem to be working well. Those destined for outside pen areas are stronger steel... flattend 45 barrel metal .... and the inside pen areas I use the thinner galvansied warning sheets from the sides of IBC containers and they along with lamb feeder buckets work great. I cut 45s down and crimp the edge so the lid slides over and is waterproof. As said springs get stretched these days with wall to wall badgers. Weld some concrete reinforcing mesh around 45s to stop badgers and munties getting at them. Edited September 8, 2019 by Walker570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 18 hours ago, TIDES EDGE said: Jus drill lots of holes in them I find pan feeders clog up when the food in them gets wet and the badgers just straighten out the spring feeders and empty them . Don't the animal spikes stop the Badgers, etc, etc from interfering? Worked for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 1 hour ago, wymberley said: Don't the animal spikes stop the Badgers, etc, etc from interfering? Worked for us. I have 130 feeders so would be costly plus as I said they all clog up if not stretched out when it gets wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The gouse Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 What’s everybody’s bird to feeder ratio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 10 hours ago, The gouse said: What’s everybody’s bird to feeder ratio currently it seems about one to one (lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 On 08/09/2019 at 15:06, rimfire4969 said: We have mostly springs on the bottom of our feeders but we are making another 20 feeders up and would not mind moving away from springs. Was looking at pan feeders or maybe wright feeders. What do you recommend? I have moved onto the smaller diameter wright feeders, over the last 2 years. So far so good, no deer or badger damage and I also started screwing them to the outside or the barrel. It stops them getting pushed back into the barrel and stops squirrels chewing the edge of the hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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