Rodent resistant chicken feeder.

These chickens have been using this feeder for about three days and have the hang of it!
The door comes down slowly and does not trap the hens. Has reduced waste as they also used to knock over old feeder 6 kg capacity.
We now have hungry rats.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Automatic
• chicken
• feeder
• rat
• proof
• squirrel
• pest
• problems

[sxn10]

how can it be rodent resistant? rodents step on the level pad and it opens up too.

[eastbournediver]

@sxn10 It depends on the size of the rodent obviously mice will not open it and only large rats will be able to activate the door.

Where we live the rats are not big enough or fat enough yet.

[eastbournediver]

@eastbournediver

If you look at my other video you can see a rat on the feeder but not opening the door.

[Caveman0713]

@eastbournediver if a small group of mice get on it, it will open. sometimes mice will move in small groups, but if the group weighs enough they could lower the pad and eat until they become large mice, maybe large enough to open it individually

[kireena2010]

these hens are the neatest eaters ive seen, my girls throw stuff everywhere with there beaks, i have a catching tray under there feed bowl (which is sorta like your water one but for feed) which does catch the mess they make, wish though that they would eat like urs

[130June]

Rats are much smarter than chickens, it wouldn't take long before any size of rat would have sussed out how to open the door to feed. Good video, but your project needs some work.

[herosmooths]

lol



[fenoglios]

Hey, where did you get this? I need one for my chickens.

[80z90zhouzemuzicgrl]

patent that make some money

[yehhkate]

Those chooks are having so much fun. Specially the one at 0:19

[contreeman]

too cool

[AZURA888]

The rats in my city are like cats

[chickencoop618]

Cool I want one of those