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DIY Elbow Feeder Kits for Poultry

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Elbow Feeder Kit (includes 2 ports, hole saw, does NOT include bucket) Open current product image in lightbox
Elbow Feeder Kit (includes 2 ports, hole saw, does NOT include bucket)
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New! Do-it-yourself port style poultry feeder. Turn any bucket, tub or barrel into a feeder for small-combed varieties of chickens and ducks.

  • Easy to install; kit includes hole saw
  • Elbow design reduces spoilage and wasted feed
  • Rain hood keeps out water, snow, leaves, droppings and other debris
  • Use with mash, crumble, and cracked grains

Prefer a pre-assembled feeder? Look to our 1-Port Elbow Feeder, or the 6-Port Elbow Feeder which holds 85 lbs!

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  • Elbow Feeder Kit (includes 2 Ports + Hole Saw)

    Item #540114 | Weight 1.90 lbs
    In Stock
    $26.00
  • Elbow Access Port, each

    Item #540111 | Weight 0.45 lbs
    In Stock
    $9.00
  • Hole Saw, 4", each

    Item #540113 | Weight 1.00 lbs
    In Stock
    $8.00
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Benefits

Build your own indoor/outdoor poultry feeder. Turn any bucket, storage bin or barrel into a weather-proof feeder. Fill with mash, crumble, or cracked grains and the Elbow Feeder is ready for your birds.

  • Reduces waste! Hens can’t drag or scratch feed out of the feeder.
  • Less spilled feed = less invitation to rats, mice, squirrels and wild birds.
  • Encourages consumption of “fines”. Elbow design reduces hens ability to sort, resulting in better utilization of the whole feed bag.
  • Feeding hole prevents rain and snow from spoiling feed. Leaves, dirt, droppings and other debris stay out.
  • Can also be used for oyster shell or grit.


How to Use

1. Mark center hole 4 inches from floor of container

1. Mark center hole 4" from floor of container

2. Drill with 4 inch (95mm) hole saw

2. Drill with 4" (102mm) hole saw

3. Insert access port until flush with side wall

3. Insert access port until flush with side wall

4. Tighten by screwing collar onto port until secure

4. Tighten by screwing collar onto port until secure

Note: Bucket is NOT included with DIY kit components.

Prefer a pre-assembled feeder? Look to our Elbow Feeder which holds 20 lbs of feed.


Tips

With trough-style or hopper feeders, chickens often scratch feed onto the ground looking for choice morsels. They can waste as much as they eat! Elbow feeders reduce waste—hens must reach their heads into the access port to feed.

  • To train birds to the feeder, first remove all other sources of food. Chickens are creatures of habit and will always choose the option they are accustomed to.
  • Set the bucket on wood or cement blocks. The base of the feeder should be at chest height of the shortest hen (approx. 8"). Chickens cannot bend their bodies to access the feeder if it’s on the ground.
  • For the first feeding, add extra food into the feeding port. Chickens will more readily learn how to use the feeder if they can access the feed without having to crane their necks.
  • Do NOT allow feeder to run empty, otherwise hens will fight for space during refill.


Precautions

For use with chickens 12 weeks of age and older. Smaller birds may crawl into the feeding hole and become trapped.

Roosters with large combs or wattles may have trouble accessing the feed.

  • Oyster Shell
    Grit and Feed

    Oyster Shell

    Item #540360 - In Stock

    Great source of calcium that increases egg shell strength.

    $11.00
  • Poultry Grit
    Grit and Feed

    Poultry Grit

    Item #540361 - In Stock

    Helps maintain proper digestion in your poultry flock. Use with pullets/cockerels and hens/cocks. 5 lb bag.

    $11.00
  • Square Bucket without lid, 4 gallon
    Buckets and Troughs

    Square Bucket without lid, 4 gallon

    Item #564800 - In Stock

    An inexpensive way to easily feed orphan lambs and goat kids. Use on the farm to carry livestock feed, minerals and water to barnyard animals.

    $16.00
  • EzeLid
    Buckets and Troughs

    EzeLid

    Item #564802 - In Stock

    Fits Premier’s 2 and 4 gallon square buckets. Easy to put on and off.

    $5.00
  • Horizontal Nipple – Red, each
    Waterers and Accessories

    Horizontal Nipple – Red, each

    Item #530024 - In Stock

    Water nipples for chickens, ducks and other poultry. Side-facing with drip-catch design to reduce moisture build-up in the coop.

    $1.60
  • Poultry Drinking Cups, pkg 2
    Waterers and Accessories

    Poultry Drinking Cups, pkg 2

    Item #540391 - In Stock

    Easily turn any bucket or PVC pipe into a poultry waterer by installing one of these poultry cups. Works with all chickens.

    $11.00
Average Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5
Number of reviews: 2 customers reviewed this product.
Recommended: 2 out of 2 said they would recommend this product to a friend.

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DIY Elbow Feeder Kits for Poultry
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
January 2, 2024

Tanner Z from North Carolina

The product is great, but it would be useful to tell people to get a 4 inch instead of 3-3/4 because it is too tight of a fit. Screws didn’t come with order.

DIY Elbow Feeder Kits for Poultry
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
October 24, 2023

Blake M from Pennsylvania

These are working really great and our hens learned right off after I put a handful of feed in each one near the edge. Note, three will not fit in a standard cat litter bucket without spacing the side one out with a 1" board. My biggest complaint was shipping seemed high.

About Conductivity

Conductivity measures the amount of electrical current a material can carry. The opposite measure is known as resistance.

Tinned Copper Superconductor

Many of Premier’s electric net fences feature a green and white superconductor that has both stainless steel and tinned copper filaments for optimal conductivity.

These “premium” nets are 10 times more conductive (38 ohms per 1000') than “basic” nets offered by our competitors. This enables the electric pulse to travel much farther and be less affected by weed contact.

Customers who are unhappy with netting are often those who’ve chosen nets from China or their farmstore equivalents.

Types of Line Posts

Line posts are built into the net. Three options are available.*

Line Posts Compared
  1. Single Spike (SS)
    The best choice, unless your soils are always soft or very hard.
  2. Double Spike (DS)
    Posts allow you to push in the spikes with your foot. When soil is hard or rocky, double spikes are more difficult to install and remove.
  3. Drivable Posts (DP)
    Allows use of a mallet or dead blow hammer for installing posts in dry, hard or rocky soil. Features a “spike stop” for extra support and internal fiberglass ribs for added strength.

Tip: To insert a line post into frozen or hard soil, use a power tool to drill pilot holes.

* Not all fences have all line post options.

About Positive/Negative (Pos/Neg) Nets

Is your area dry?

Conventional electrified fence systems rely on soil moisture to be effective. However, not all areas have the required moisture.

Dry soil increases resistance—a weaker, less effective pulse occurs that does not deter animals.

To overcome this, Pos/Neg nets* are wired to allow the use of every other horizontal strand as an extension of the ground terminal. Because half the strands are connected to the ground terminal or ground rod, reliance on soil moisture is reduced. A PowerLink must be purchased separately to make the secondary ground connection.

How it works…

In order to receive a shock, the animal must touch both a positive (hot) and negative (grounded) strand at the same time. This will deliver more pain to the animal than an all hot net (Pos/Pos) because moisture in the soil is not required to complete the circuit.

Pos/Neg fences can be converted to Pos/Pos in moist conditions. Remember, all fences must be kept free of vegetation.

* Not all fences have Pos/Neg options.

Line Post Spacing

“Plus” nets—6'8" spacings between built-in line posts*

Line Post Spacing

Standard nets—10' or 12' spacings between built-in line posts*

* Spacings are approximate.
Distance between built-in line posts may vary by product.

Essential Energizer Advice

  • Buy a larger energizer than necessary. When the fence pleases, most folks will buy more fence—and need additional output.
  • Use a low-impedance intermittent pulse energizer.
  • Use a fence tester to check the voltage often.
  • Use enough ground rod(s)—included with our energizer kits.
  • Don’t allow your lead acid battery to discharge below 40%.
  • Use insulated wire that is designed for electric fences.
  • Always connect the fence to an energizer, not an outlet.
  • Visit this link for answers to other common energizer questions.

Two Basic Types

  1. All-in-one Solar
    • Solar units are very portable.
    • Because they need a battery, these units are more costly to purchase and operate than plug-in units.
    • Batteries are less effective in cold temperatures (deplete faster).
    • Most farmstore solar units are too weak, in joules of output, to properly energize netting. That’s why we designed our own.
  2. Plug-in & Battery
    • Least cost to purchase and operate per joule of output.
    • Best for fences exposed to heavy vegetation.
    • Cold temperatures do not affect performance.
    • Recommended for whole-farm systems, but can be complex to install. Higher output requires more ground rods, underground cables, multiple output terminals, etc.

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Dan Morrical

Dr. Dan Morrical, Ph.D.
Premier 1 Supplies

Dan Morrical joined the Iowa State University staff in 1984 as Extension Sheep Specialist after completing his doctorate degree at New Mexico State University. He held the rank of Full Professor as of July 1, 1995 and retired from full-time teaching in 2017.

While at Iowa State University, Dr. Dan Morrical was responsible for educational programs in all areas of sheep production, ranging from nutrition, genetics, marketing and management. Research areas focused on applied projects in the areas of nutrition, forage utilization, genetics, out-of-season breeding and lamb survival.

Dr. Morrical has been heavily involved in providing educational resources to the sheep industry. He has authored over 30 extension fact sheets, ration balancing software programs, grazing videos and co-authored the nutrition chapter of the SID Handbook with Dr. Margaret Benson from Washington State University.

Dr. Morrical now serves as Premier’s on-staff small ruminant nutritionist and sheep production advisor. Most recently, he’s introduced a line of “GOLD FORMULA” mineral premixes under The Shepherd’s Choice® brand, aimed to maximize hoof health and immunity.

Braided vs. Twisted

Braiding instead of twisting the horizontals increases the frequency of metal filaments on the outside of the strand.

Braided vs. Twisted Electric Net Fences

What’s the benefit?

  1. More metal is exposed on the outside of the strand. This enables improved animal to conductor contact. The electric pulse is better able to travel from the fence and into the animal, resulting in a memorable shock.
  2. A tighter, braided weave results in fewer snags when carried or pulled through pastures, reducing frustration.

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