And if enough debris gets under the treadle to block it, the feeder won’t open and the chickens learn about fasting, so I ruled out that option, too. There are construction plans available, but the angled cuts and the lever arms would be time-consuming to build. When the chickens aren’t eating, the feeder closes up, blocking any birds or rodents. The chickens step on a treadle that opens the lid on the feeder, which allows them to eat. You can also find boxy, vermin-proof feeders made of either metal or cedar. A 3-by-50-foot roll of hardware cloth weighs 1½ times as much and costs three times as much as the same size roll of 14-gauge wire fencing, so I ruled that out pretty quickly.
Some people choose to keep wild birds and rodents away from their feeders by enclosing the entire pen in hardware cloth, but it’s heavier, costlier and more unwieldy than the 14-gauge fence wire commonly used for enclosing hen pens. Coming up with a new and improved vermin-proof feeder was on my to-do list.
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