DIY Automatic Chicken Feeder

Dick Shuttleworth teaches you how to construct a homemade chicken feeder for your flock.

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Build this DIY automatic chicken feeder. These chicken feeder plans include materials and step-by-step instructions to help you get started.

You can feed baby chicks out of flat troughs but, once they’re 6 to 8 weeks old, you’ll need an automatic feeder for them. One that holds about 100 pounds of mash is about right and as promised last issue here’s the detail on a simple, sturdy self-feeder that Dad designed years ago. One just like this handled many hundreds of chickens over a years-long period back on the farm in Indiana.

Most homesteads should already have most of the necessary materials kicking around the workshop or back shed. A couple of 5-inch hinges, short length of light chain, an old broomstick, some wire, a few nails and a small selection of 3/4-by-12-inch lumber are the major ingredients. The cutaway below shows you how they all go together.

Automatic Chicken Feeder Plans

  • Updated on Jun 13, 2022
  • Originally Published on Mar 1, 1971
Tagged with: automatic feeder, chicken feeder, chickens, diy feeder, DIY projects, feeding chickens
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