Best Chicken Feeder; Best New Chicken Waterer from Little Giant
Little Giant, one of the brands under the Miller Manufacturing umbrella had many new products at the show this year but the item that stood out first was their new dome feeder. These are high capacity feeders in 30, 45, and 60 pound models which means that you can take a few less trips to the chicken coop and still make sure your chickens are getting proper nutrition.
The chicken feeders are up off the ground with a very well made and sturdy base which helps keep any pine shavings or “coop poop” from getting in to the feed. This style of feeder has been popular in Europe for a number of years, and in fact these new feeders and chicken waterers are actually being manufactured in Spain to ensure a best in class product as this new style of feeder finds its way in to the US marketplace.
My name is Jason Willong with Miller Manufacturing. We're here with North Forty Outfitters and we're going to introduce today the dome feeders and waterers. These are high capacity feeders and waterers. Starting with the waterers, we have a five gallon, an eight gallon, and a ten gallon waterer. These are very nice because they get the water base off the ground to eliminate shavings and dirt and debris from getting in the water.
These are run by a vacuum. They come apart, which is very nice so all you have to do is pull this apart and you have two pieces. So, you can set the base down and the water comes through there so you can shut the water off by pulling that down and now you can carry this to your water source, fill it up and then bring it back to the stand and all you have to do is pop it right back into the stand. You have to lift the stop up and the bottom will fill up with water creating the vacuum and you have fresh water.
The feeder, the feeder is fairly straight forward. Top fill, we have a 35 pound, a 45 pound and a 60 pound feeder. Gravity fill with a feed saver ring. Again, the legs will keep it off the ground preventing debris and saw dust and other foreign matter from getting into the feed.
Very, very unique concept, getting that off the ground with the legs and the other point that I'll show you as well is you can see how well built the legs are. These are very, very heavy duty feeders that will last a long time and provide excellent source of feed and water for your birds.