We’ve been looking for a better way to put food and oyster shell in the chicken tractor. Our existing feeders don’t do well, and dishes waste a lot of feed as the chickens scratch it out. I looked at a number of online DIY PVC pipe feeders, and here are the results. It’s a relatively simple version.
The materials consist of one piece of three-inch PVC pipe, one three-inch Y-fitting, and two three-inch end caps. The cost for all materials at Home Depot was roughly $21.00, including tax.
We cut a small piece to serve as the joint for the bottom cap, then added the Y-fitting. We didn’t glue anything, so it’ll be easy to take apart for cleaning. It’s working well for the adult chickens. I’m not sure how well it’d work for smaller ones, since they can’t reach the feeder section.