The first time I saw a chicken watering nipple, it felt like a Christmas miracle. For months, I’d been cleaning feed, feathers, and droppings out of water dishes, and then suddenly all that work went away. I remember thinking, “Why isn’t there something similar in the form of a chicken feeder?”
Flock feeders haven’t changed much in 100 years. Maybe it’s because they’re tried-and-true and inexpensive to manufacture. But plastic feeders tend to break. Birds like to perch on a metal feeder’s top rim and do their business over the edge, into the feed. Neither of these feeder types will keep feed dry outdoors, which is where chickens like to eat. Some good rodent-free options are on the market, but they don’t curb the birds from launching feed everywhere, like a truck spreading salt on an icy road. For
