Hello dear the inhabitants of our site. The other day, a neighbor asked to make her a chicken feeder, such that they would not climb into it and do not stain the food. Started to do. To begin with, as it usually happens, I drew a layout on paper, folded all the bends to see how it would look when assembled. The result was not satisfied on the first try. In short, the layout was made. Since I had to make more than one feeder, and the paper material was short-lived, I decided to transfer the drawing to tin and leave it as a model for further work.
This is how it all looks.
For work, I needed such tools and materials:
A sheet of galvanized steel with a thickness of 0.55 mm.,
scissors for metal,
rivets and rivets 3,2x8,
drill bit for metal with a diameter of 3.5 mm,
drill, grinder with cutting and blade discs,
tape measure, ruler, pointed nail to draw on metal,
welded mesh with a mesh size of 6x3 cm, well, some at hand fixtures.
The size of the feeder is 40 cm long and 10 cm wide. The height depends on the grid that you will use.
To begin with, using a stencil, I transferred the drawing to metal and cut it out.
Further, he bent the attachment points and the top of the future feeding trough. those places that are shown in the photo and marked with a red circle do not need to be bent, because holes will be drilled in them and a grid will be fixed in them. This is what it looks like.
Now bend the "house" feeders. For convenience, I used a small wooden block.
We drill holes and with the help of a riveter and rivets we connect together all the parts of the feeder.
The base of the feeder is ready. Apparently there is nothing complicated in this process.
Now you need to make a grid - a limiter of access to the feeder. A welded mesh is taken with a cell size of 3x6 cm. In general, I calculated the size of the tray based on the size of the cell. I wanted the edge of the grid to coincide with the edge of the base of the feeder. Otherwise, you would have to cut the net and leave either an opening in the feeder or sharp pins that the chickens would inevitably hurt. You do as you please. From the general piece I cut out the size I needed.
Since bending the net exactly hard enough, I used a corner, which I put on the supports. On it, I bent the grid as I needed.
As you can see in the photo, small pins remained on the ends of the mesh. We need them so that the mesh with their help is fastened and held on the basis of the feeder. There are 4 of them in my trough. Mounted on each end of the base from this and that side. Those. hard. Initially, I wanted to make it so that the mesh could easily recline. But thinking, I decided that the feeder is small, it will be convenient to wash it. It is enough to rinse under the tap. And fixed it to all the mounts.
The last, final stage, I drilled holes in the ears, which at the very beginning of the article I said that they do not need to be bent. I inserted a grid into them. Since the sides of the net and the base of the feeder are equal, the net is very well held.
And this is what happened at the end of the work. The neighbor for whom these stalls were intended says that the chickens, some of them, still slip in there. But in general I am satisfied.
If you increase the size and raise the sides of the feeder, you can use it to feed the ducklings and goslings with some mixtures, a steamed crusher and the like.
Thanks for attention. I wish you all good luck.