ABOUT THE GRANDPAS AUTOMATIC CHICKEN FEEDER
Animals
The feeder can be used by chickens, bantams, and pheasants.
Using with Lighter Birds
For very light birds or bantams which are too light for the feeder, it is very easy to adjust the feeder by putting a small weight on the tread plate. Do not use with baby chickens as they may get caught when bigger birds step off.
How many chickens can feed at once?
LARGE - A large feeder can have 4-5 chickens eating together at one time. Because of its larger capacity, we recommend the large feeder for flocks of a dozen or more birds.
STANDARD - A standard feeder can have 3 – 4 chickens eating together at one time, but can be easily be used to feed a flock. We recommend the standard feeder for flocks up to a dozen chickens but if you don’t mind filling it more often then it will support more.
Assembly
The product comes almost fully assembled, just fasten the treadplate on and you’re ready to go.
The whole product fits easily into your car for transport.
Feed Size
A large feeder can hold 18kg/40lb feed: generally will feed 12 hens for 10 days.
A standard feeder can hold 9kg/20lbs feed: generally will feed 6 hens for 10 days.
Training birds
The feeders come with 2 training bolts to limit movement and instructions for their use: 2 settings with one week on each setting.
Feed Types
The Feeders are suitable for all dry feeds.
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S
Excellent feeder that will clearly last us a long time. Great product!
J
I have had many different types of feeders, including making one out of 4 inch tube with holes for the ladies to eat, which was the worst solution to do! Food all over the ground and it attracted mice and critters too! I’m thankful I found this online and it’s the best investment ever!
J
Chickens learned fast and it seems durable. Hoping it gets rid of our rat problem
S
I was very happy receiving the large feeder for my chickens. We follow directions about training the chickens for two weeks until they get used to the mechanism. Finally, today I changed the settings to fully close. I observed my chickens trying to eat from the feeder with the lid closed and the big chickens could eat the feed, but when the lid closed again my bantam chicken (Doughnut) stepped on the opener, and it didn’t work!. Doughnut tried several times to get her food, but the lid didn’t opened. It was frustrating that it didn’t work for us. So, I am wondering if there is a way to fix it, or if we need to return it. I have a video that I can post about this issue.
Hi Sonia,
Our feeder has a minimum weight to operate, I see your feeder is a large feeder and the minimum weight would be 900g/2lb. If your bantam weighs less than this weight you can place additional weights on the treadle to help them open the feeder. Please send us a email at info@grandpasfeeders.com and we can assist you.
R
The feeder is good quality for being sheet metal. The design is well thought out. Unfortunately chickens are stupid. In the training process they will step on the pedestal and on the half way point setting for continuing training the chickens get startled by the slid slamming down when they step off. So the chickens will not go near the thing cause they are afraid of it. They now eat because they are hungry from the side without standing on the pedestal because it’s half way open still for training. In time I’m hoping they will get used to the lid noise closing and they won’t be afraid of it. It does save on feed to be sure. We will see if the chickens will use it in time to its full potential