Grandpas Feeders Automatic Chicken Feeder - 40 lbs No Waste Poultry Feeder, Rat Proof & Rodent Proof Treadle Chicken Feeder, Galvanized Steel with Lid, Feeds 6-12 Chickens up to 10 Days

Not only does it work well for the chickens, it keeps food dry and protected and holds a lot of food so you can leave a few days and make sure they have enough. And the chickens love it too. They replaced my feeder after 18 mos because of a crack. They were polite, fast, and appreciative. Don’t expect I’ll need to contact them again unless I get more chicks. HIGHLY recommend!

I hesitated to purchase this feeder because it’s expensive and there are so many other alternatives. But let me tell you - it is a game-changer for your flock (and you!) Once I decided I needed to look past the price, I purchased the Large Size for our flock of 12 and was so pleased by all this feeder provides! MORE SECURE FEED STORAGE & DELIVERY LESS WASTE (much less waste!!) LESS WORK FOR ME (holds about 10 days’ worth of food for 12 chickens) MORE interesting way for the chickens to receive their feed - meaning less boredom for the flock LESS tempting to rodents, predators, wild birds, etc - we have seen ZERO of these since converting to this feeder. We had many wild birds helping themselves to the old feeder! MORE value due to exceedingly sturdy metal construction and smoothly working moving parts. To be fair, our chickens were scared of it once we moved to Phase 2 of training on day 3 (lever and lid half open). The movement and sound startled them and I just “knew” they’d never eat from it. The 1st day in Phase 2 I think they ate less because of the movement & I considered moving back to Phase 1 (full-open). BUT the next morning when they were let out, they practically tackled each other to get to the feeder and ate like pros. They did so well we moved to Phase 3 only 2 days later (which is how they’ll eat from now on: lid down until they step on the platform - then the feed is exposed until they step down). The entire “training” took 6 days instead of the 2 weeks suggested!! DO follow the training schedule; but if the birds “get it” sooner, you can move to the next Phase. This product is worth every penny. It saves me so much time with day-to-day chores because it’s always ready! It is soooo WELL BUILT and sturdy. The mechanisms work exactly like it should because they are also well designed and built. Our chickens are happy with full crops and we are happy to have such an efficient and well designed way to feed our flock. Don’t be like me and hesitate due to the price. It’s genuinely worth every penny!

My chickens loved this feeder box right away. They also like pecking it because it’s metal & makes “music”. They are still training with the open lid but have their meals regularly from it. I add dried meal worm to make it as interesting as possible at meals. So far the feeder has saved food from being dumped or flicked about, making for savings & nothing to draw rodents or roaches. I have hope it will continue to be a success. It is sturdy & strongly made, too. Update: Well, much as I liked it, after 3 weeks, the birds will not even approach it with the up & down “head-chopper-offer” quick moving lid. It’s not the slamming shut metal noise, though that doesn’t help. A slower closing mechanism would be helpful & make me feel better about it, too. So it doesn’t work as an automatic feeder for my flock. I have to leave it up during the day and manually close it at night. Also the crumbles don’t reload the feeder area. I have to shake the whole box forward to reload the feed trough. So… I may have to return it and try something else. Just too expensive to not do it’s job for us. Update 2 After months of no chicken using it, I gave it away to a fellow chicken parent. Much as I wish it worked for us, my chickens wouldn’t use it. He thought his would. Keeping the stars because it is a sturdy, well made product with benefits I think should work for most.

I have bought 4 grandpas feeders at different times since February. The first two was missing the lock nuts and nuts off the treadles. Luckily the box was completely sealed and I was able to find them stuck on the packing tape. The third was perfect! The one I just received was not totally sealed and missing 2 nuts and lock washers, thankfully the 2 bolts stuck to the tape and they were just large enough they stayed. I would like to suggest either tightening all the way on the treadle, as the 3rd one I received was, or packaging like the treadle holder training ones are. I’m thankful I was able to use leftover washers and nuts from the ones I have already trained with or it would have meant a 30 mile drive to town for parts. These are fantastic feeders and are an expensive investment. Please do better with these simple, cheap, important items.

Working great for our flock. Unhappy rats, happy chicken owner. Nice and heavy duty and feels like it should last through the years. I would watch on the camera as a couple rats would setup shop in it while still in training mode with the cover open, but once the chickens were ready we removed the training bolts and haven't seen a rat since.

We bought four of the large feeders. They work great. Our chickens learned to use them no problem and the rats are now on a diet. Although the material is weather-proof, if they are hit by rain, the feed does get damp and mushy - so they do need to be under cover. Just a heads-up! We're happy with our purchase. Thank you.

OMG!!! this is brilliant!!! I have had so many other feeders over the years with my girls and none compare to this beauty! It took a few weeks till they are now super confident on the different settings to train them, they were running away from the step as it makes a banging shutting sound which freaks them out after they get off it! that has calmed down now and they have accepted this as the gold class amazing feeder extraordinaire. I am stoked as the pigeon/doves coming in stealing all the food and giving my chooks mites was killing me. Now we have won!!! no wasted food or feeding the local dopey birds. very very happy 🥰 I stuck a bit of placemat over the plate as on hot days it would burn the girls feet. pic of Lilo and May, these two rockstars were the first to figure out how to use this magical feeder!

It's good value for the money and the fat rats don't get to the feed..I have had a cheaper similar feeder and was easy for the rats to eat all the feed. This one is the best and it's weather tight 5stars a grate feeder

Arrived dented but doesn’t seem to affect functionality. Smaller than expected but will do our coop just fine. Have not yet tried with chickens. Update: After only a few days training my barnyard mix of heritage breeds was able to eat/operate the feeder. Still as good as new months later.

Awesome product. Well built. Completely solved my wild bird problem and rat proof as well. Would have given 5 stars but there should be a way to attach weights to the step during the training process other than duct tape or drilling holes. Had to watch a few YouTube videos on how to add weights as my birds are a bit older and very afraid of the lid noise. A bit pricey but well worth it in my opinion.