Building A Treadle Chicken Feeder

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“I like wild birds.  I used to feed them on purpose, but now that I have chickens the wild birds have become a cost and potential risk.  The wild birds were eating more of my chicken feed than were the chickens.

I dealt with the doves with a shade cloth curtain over the chickens’ door but the little sparrows were undeterred.  They wormed their way straight through the layers of cloth and get inside.  Then I worried about all the pests and pathogens vectored by the little beasts.

I reduced the risk by feeding outside where they free-range, but if I didn’t get the amount just right, the wild birds finished it off.  I came to realize that a treadle feeder would be my best solution; it would also allow my birds free access to food…”

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