Kuhl - 50 lbs. Range Feeder

Great feeder! My flock is free range and I use this for an outdoor feeder for 70 birds. Strong winds will take off the rain cover but my chickens love the wet pellets. Clean the wet feed from under the edge of the center reservoir and the feed will continue flowing once the flock cleans up the wet stuff. I have had ZERO feed waste and it almost always has chickens around it. Keeps them from scratching or flinging feed out. Never any debris or stool to remove. Just open the top and fill it up. The plastic screw that maintains the feed flow gap may need regular checking as it may loosen or slip a bit. Otherwise trouble free. We never have pigeons, sparrows or other birds/critters helping themselves either.

Positives: large capacity, keeps the weather out and the feed dry, fill it and forget it for the day, sturdy construction and easily adjustable.....I am very pleased with it.



Negatives: Pricey

Very nice feeder. Very easy to adjust for feed. Needs to be located away from areas where there will be a strong wind as the rain cap is free floating and will tilt with the breeze and wind, which can block access on one side. My chickens have gotten used to it gently bumping their backs as the breeze blows. I have never seen sparrows or any other birds, or creature try to eat from it that weren't supposed to. The feed pan depth is too great and the dividers around the outside make it too difficult for small birds to feel safe getting into it. I never have feed waste from it either. One heavy storm blew the rain cap enough to let water soak the feed in the pan. Chickens loved it! I had to scrape the rest of the wet feed out from under the grain storage cylinder to get it flowing again but there was no feed wasted or lost. Chickens looked funny coming out with piles of wet feed stuck to the top of their beaks. They wiped it in the grass and then ate it off the grass.

We have had this feeder now for a few years. The food has only gotten stuck a few times, but that might have been because we had the sliding chute part a bit to low. We raised it a little bit (allowing more feed to be in the bottom area) and have not had a problem. It works great and we can trust that it will deliver food for our chickens and turkeys when we go away for a weekend. Love this feeder and highly recommend it!