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Feeders and drinkers
The arrangement of a chicken coop is unthinkable without drinkers and feeders. Moreover, they should be in the summer walking area too. Feeders can be periodic and bunker. Periodic - this is when you come, pour out the norm of feed and that's it. Until the next feeding, they stand empty.


Bunker - this is when there is a decent loan data of feed, which is constantly poured into some container. Both have disadvantages: with periodic ones - every time you need to go to the chicken coop and pour grain, and also the birds crowd, fight for the best place, which sometimes leads to the feeder being turned over.

If you have a bunker feeder, you need to go much less often, but there is a chance to overfeed the bird, which is a disaster for layers. Therefore, either layers are given a large walk or only broilers are fed in this way.

There are many designs of periodic feeders, but not all of them allow for economical use of feed. The easiest way is to pour feed into a basin or container. But, if there is at least some possibility, the chickens begin to rake the feed, pouring it out and then trampling it. You have to throw it away. And such feeders allow not only to dig in the feed, but also to climb into the feeder with your feet. Therefore, they need to be improved. For this, wire dividers are installed on the container. Feed consumption is sharply reduced: it is harder to rake it out.

Feeder with dividers

You can make, for example, another similar feeder (or drinker), which is conveniently attached or placed against the wall. It is probably easier to weld it from metal, although there are craftsmen who will make something similar from wood.

A convenient feeder for chickens: it doesn't take up much space, it stands firmly, and you can hang it up