Medium Exterior Ratproof Chicken Feeder three pack, 41% cheaper shipping

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Part Number:F-MEDEXT-3pack

Why buy this product?:

Stop the rats, wild birds, and other vermin from stealing your feed and spreading disease. Cut your feed bill in half!

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Made in the U.S.A.!

Videos available

The picture slide show to the left has a video of the feeder in use, check the small feeder and replacement parts listings for more videos

Is it hard to assemble?

Assembly will take a few common tools and about five minutes. More on assembly below in the tab section

Is it hard to train the chickens to use it?

If you follow our instructions training the birds takes a few minutes then a refresher coures a few hours later

Do you have chickens and rats? Or chickens and wild birds that are eating more feed than the chickens? Here is the solution. But before you buy look for the different versions of our feeder, this is the new American made version in a three pack, there is a  soft close exterior version, a two pack, and a single feeder pack too.

We have a lot of customer submitted videos too that show the feeders in use, most from customers with feeders that are two, even three years old.

This is a three pack of the made in the U.S. A.  medium rat proof chicken feeder.  This is the new design feeder not the old made in the Philippines model.  You save 41% on freight when shipping three at a time.  Note that this is the same listing as the original made in Philippines medium feeder, we just high jacked it to keep the reviews.

Please  read the reviews on the very popular medium feeder by clicking here..

The  U.S.  Made Medium Ratproof  chicken feeder hopper holds 32 pounds of laying pellets or other feed and has a 100% galvanized sheet metal feed tray and hopper so the feed flows easily and sanitation is assured. Generally a laying hen eats around 4 ounces of feed per day, so one pound of feed should feed four birds one day, 7 pounds per week per four birds, or  a bit over 5  weeks per full hopper of feed for a four hen flock. The feeder is designed and marketed for full size birds but you can adjust the strength of the spring loaded door down to about 1.5 pounds of operating pressure .  If you have bantams or other than full size birds please read our FAQ section on our main website.   There is a lot of info on that web page including videos.

This newly re designed feeder ships for about 10% less  thanks to internal design changes and a reduced box size but it  also holds about an extra gallon of feed.  That took the feed capacity from 26 pounds up to around 32 pounds if you stuff the feeder to the gills.

The feeder also has a new adjustable door that can be shifted up and down, back and forth, and even side to side should it ever be needed or if you are an OCD type person.   That small adjustment also allows us to fit the doors a bit tighter than the original feeders and it eliminated the wood door block and uses  a metal angle to hang the door.   On the door fit, the addition of the rolled edges on the side of the feeder opening does push the door back, there is a lot of competition for space so while there is some adjustment there will likely always be a wedge shaped gap on either side but mice cannot get in, too small, too high off the ground, and too slick for them to climb up. 

The front edges of the feeder sides are rolled or flanged  instead of the original  flat de-burred edges, making them much safer for large comb roosters.

An improved method of welding up the door axles resulted in a more precise door axle and that allowed us to pre-fit the wire links so the treadle bottoms out when the door is opened all the way if the feeder is on a level and flat surface.  There will sometimes be a small amount of play but a full sized chicken ought to push the treadle bar all the way down.   Feeders sometime are a bit wonky and don't like sitting on a flat surface but once the new metal cleat attaches the feeder to the wall it is stable anyway.

The door axle has a new hard tube spacer that replaces the old soft tube split spacer which became needed once we introduced the soft close feature and the axle crank needed to stay solidly in place in a side to side manner. 

It also has a new system of securing the feeder to a wall.  The original wood block has been replaced by a sheet metal bracket that is fastened to the wall and the feeder dropped down over the top of the bracket so it traps the wire lid axle. This means you can remove the feeder buy just picking it up.  The metal bracket also helps block off the a gap in back of the feeder that some customers worried about.  Here is a video showing the features of the new hanging bracket and here is a video showing how to install the new metal bracket.  If these video links do not show up  hover over the words and the link will appear.

And finally, the redesigned spring attachment allows fine adjusting of the operating pressure needed to open the door and the spring is now out of the way of the soft close cylinder if you choose a soft close feeder.  On the older versions the spring and the soft close rubbed together which bothered some OCD types.

Approximate assembled size is 18” deep x 14” wide x 19” tall. The actual feeder hopper is about 11" x 10" x 14" tall, partially rectangular, partially triangular shape where the door has to swing back against the feed hopper.  Shipping weight is around 13.25# with packaging for the medium rat proof treadle chicken feeder. When you are ready to purchase add the item to your cart and then scroll down to find the PayPal check out icon to automatically insert your shipping information. You will need to add your daytime phone number for FedEx Ground. For more information about the feeders visit our main chicken feeder web page.

Here is a recent review on this product.  The lady had rats tunneling under her coop causing structural damage, saved 20% per day in feed costs for 25 hens, and is getting three to four extra eggs per day, which probably meant that the rats were eating that many eggs or were stressing the hens enough to impact egg production.

Headline: Rats are gone!
Barb, Orange, VA
Review:

 I ordered 2 feeders. They're easy to assemble and look like they'll be easy to clean, although none of the birds are hanging out on top of them. I attached the wood mounting block to the back of the feeder and screwed two heavy-duty hooks into the top of the block. The hooks hang on the inside of the chain link fence that supports the open-air chicken coop. This causes the feeder to tilt forward a bit, so I'm planning to add a bumper near the bottom to correct the tilt.

 I recommend training the chickens when you can spend a few hours with them over two days. They were scared of the sound of the door closing and would run away. I stood in the coop and would catch a hen, place her on the treadle and let her eat. Then I'd remove her, let the door close, and place her back on the treadle. I did this repeatedly with all the brave girls and the not-so-brave girls would watch and then eat from the sides. When I saw one girl jump on the treadle, I left the coop. I repeated this the next day to make sure multiple girls were jumping on the treadle. Make sure there is no other food available because they won't learn if they're not motivated by hunger. I'm using finely-ground feed. I haven't had any issues with bridging, probably because the hens rock the feeder when they jump on the treadle. I'm feeding 25 birds with 2 feeders and all of them appear to be getting enough to eat.
I've seen 4 hens eating at the same time, but usually I see 3.

My coop recently became overrun by rats that dug through heavy clay under the apron of my coop. I think one or more got caught inside the coop when the automatic door closed so they spent the night digging out. The tunnels were causing structural damage because they tunneled under weight-bearing blocks. Judging by the extensive network of tunnels radiating 40-50 feet from the coop, there were many rats. I installed the rat-proof feeders and poison bait stations at the same time because rats will chew on the chickens' feet if they don't have anything else to eat. The feeders and bait stations have been in place for just over two weeks and we've noticed this past week that the tunnel entrances in the coop aren't active any more and are being filled in by the chickens scratching the dirt.

We're even getting 3-4 more eggs a day. I'm assuming the rats were stressing the chickens, which reduces egg output. I'm using 20% less feed and getting more eggs, so I'm very happy with the new feeders!

Rating: 5 stars out of 5 stars
5 Stars
Pays for itself in feed savings!
My chickens figured out how to use these in about 10 minutes. We bought 3 to try last year and recently purchased 3 more. My feed bill has been reduced by 60% and the mice and rats have moved elsewhere since there are no more "free lunches". Happier, healthier hens and a much happier bank account!
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Reviewed by:  from Alabama. on 3/11/2018
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