Crazy Horse wrote:Wabi, I would like to see some pictures of your feeder if you have them handy. I like the cement idea. Thanks for the link, those dump feeders are cool. Prices are good, too. I have a long piece of 14" PVC. With a little fabrication that dump feeder would be ideal. I have a Swinney spin feeder, but it's good for corn only. The sweet feed will plug it up. Thanks, again.
Not sure if I can get pics in a PM, so I'll post a couple here.
Had some corn in the bottom, but you can see the concrete. I tilted the drum at about a 45º angle, put several sheet metal screws in the side & bottom to hold the concrete in place, then mixed and added the concrete & let it set overnight.
Here's a side view showing one hole for the feed to come out and the lid. Did the same thing with the screws for the lid so the concrete would stay put. A couple small chunks have fallen out (from freezing weather) but it's still heavy enough to keep the coons out.
After I took the pics I poured 2 more bags of corn (about 100 lbs total) in it to fill it up.
Had the fed mill mix in 50# of alfalfa pellets in with the 500# of corn this morning. They've been picking the alfalfa pellets out of the "buck dust" (a mixture a local feed mill makes & sells), so we thought we'd see if they like the pellets mixed in the corn.
edited to add:
Forgot to mention how all the little critters love the feeder. Sometimes the coon get a little possessive, though.
Lol.
