Solar-Powered Chicken Feeder
“Varmints were eating all the feed in my chicken feeder at night so I built an automatic chicken feeder out of a 5-gal., solar-powered deer feeder. It puts down just enough feed during the day for the chickens, but leaves nothing overnight for varmints,” says Todd Kabes, San Antonio, Texas.
He bought an American Hunter solar-powered hanging deer feeder (ph 877 269-8490; www.americanhunterfeeders.com) equipped with a solar panel and battery, a 5-gal. bucket with a spinner plate under it, and a timer – all for about $60.
“The deer feeder was originally designed to throw feed onto the ground in a large circle, but I modified it so the feed will drop straight down onto a round metal pan on the ground,” says Kabes. “The entire setup hangs from a pipe frame.”
He cut off part of a truck tire inner tube and screwed it onto the bottom of the bucket feeder, using silicone to waterproof it. The inner tube completely surrounds the spreader so feed drops straight down into the pan he made. The pan has an upside down funnel at the center of it that directs feed to the outer edges.
“I have just a few chickens so I only run the feeder for about 2 seconds each day,” says Kabes. “The pan is screwed onto the top a pair of pvc pipes to keep it up off the ground.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Todd Kabes, 105 Fleetwood Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78232 (ph 210 823-7556; todd@sanantonioweddings.com).
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Solar-Powered Chicken Feeder ENERGY Solar “Varmints were eating all the feed in my chicken feeder at night so I built an automatic chicken feeder out of a 5-gal solar-powered deer feeder It puts down just enough feed during the day for the chickens but leaves nothing overnight for varmints ” says Todd Kabes San Antonio Texas He bought an American Hunter solar-powered hanging deer feeder ph 877 269-8490; www americanhunterfeeders com equipped with a solar panel and battery a 5-gal bucket with a spinner plate under it and a timer – all for about $60 “The deer feeder was originally designed to throw feed onto the ground in a large circle but I modified it so the feed will drop straight down onto a round metal pan on the ground ” says Kabes “The entire setup hangs from a pipe frame ” He cut off part of a truck tire inner tube and screwed it onto the bottom of the bucket feeder using silicone to waterproof it The inner tube completely surrounds the spreader so feed drops straight down into the pan he made The pan has an upside down funnel at the center of it that directs feed to the outer edges “I have just a few chickens so I only run the feeder for about 2 seconds each day ” says Kabes “The pan is screwed onto the top a pair of pvc pipes to keep it up off the ground Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Todd Kabes 105 Fleetwood Drive San Antonio Texas 78232 ph 210 823-7556; todd@sanantonioweddings com
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