including for ducks
So you find that the ducks are ok with it, and don't wibble about in it too much, and make a mess of the pellets, [member=143709]GribinIsaf[/member] ?
This is what I did. It make have been overkill, but it worked and the ducks use the system very enthusiastically:
- I enlarged the step-on platform with a piece of stokbord fastened on with techbolts so that the step was deeper so the ducks HAD to step on to it to open the feeder.
- this meant I had to counterweight the top of the lid which opens the feeder - again I used stokbord to make two layers fastened onto the lid.
- I made a set-up so that there was a large paving stone flush with the treadle platform so the ducks did not have to step up but rather walked towards the feed area, across the paving stone and on to the (extended) treadle step.
This is more spillage than with hens. For the Grandpa feeder you remove the grill that is over the food as duck scoop rather than peck. Most of the spillage ends up on the stokbord platform and tends to be hoovered up by the next duck that comes along.