ERIC E. WIGGIN'S NO-WASTE POULTRY FEEDER ... THAT YOU CAN BUILD FOR FREE!

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It didn't bother Emerson when he saw his feeder's bolted-on barrel settle somewhat into its base when the spacer blocks were taken out. He knew that later-when he'd filled the feeder and hung it up in the chicken. House?the base would "float" far enough beneath the hopper for mash or pellets to gravity-feed down and out to its rim where the poultry could get it.

The feeder was almost finished. Emerson had only to drill new holes near its top for reinstallation of the original bail (this was necessary because, after the pail's sides were overlapped to form a smaller barrel, its old bail holes were no longer directly opposite each other). The bail was then bent to fit, put in place, and its ends were crimped so it couldn't come off.

Finally, two holes (each just large enough for a clothesline to barely slip through) were drilled (1/2" in from each end) in a 1"-diameter, 4"-long piece of wood. Emerson cut the rope about two feet longer than it needed to be to reach from a rafter in his backyard chickenhouse to the feeder's bail, when the new unit was placed on the building's floor. Then he assembled the rope, bail, and adjustment block as shown until the feeder was suspended just high enough off the floor for his chickens to eat from It easily ... but not scratch out or mess in its contents. (The weight of the feeder kept the block from slipping.)

After that it was easy-as the birds grew, litter plied up in the house, the building was cleaned, etc.?to raise or lower the feeder from time to time so that the chickens always had to reach up a little to eat out of it.

Final verdict? Eric E. Wiggin's no-cost, no-waste poultry feeder design works so well ... that Emerson has now built a second one! And he says that he wouldn't be without both his Wiggin feeders today! There ain't no better testimonial than that.

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