P.J. LOFTS

went to p.j. lofts this afternoon ,enjoyed the ride through the country side , treat myself to some new feeder troughs 4 1n total , not cheap but will last me out I rekon .

are they the ones with wire over them so the birds cant walk in the food...? ive bought 7 of that type a while ago and they are a lot better than ordinary trays where they can walk on the corn......

yes plastic trough with lift up wire hinged top very sturdy

I got a couple of grey plastic ones, easy to wipe clean, plus I got 5 wood ones the same type......a lot better than just an open tray.

What's wrong with rain guttering

nothing really don, a couple of ends on and its good trough ...only thing is they can walk on the corn, which I don't like.......just prefer the wire topped ones.

The type Edgie is talking about, are the type I use.  I think they call them 'Toast Rack' type (seems apt anyway).  I have a some big ones and a couple of smaller ones.  I also made a medium size one from the wire parts from a broken one.  It is handy sometimes to have different sizes.

I also want to stop the birds walking on the food.  Don's idea of using guttering is a good one, if you want to go for the cheap option.  Personally I don't like that idea for the reasons stated above.

But hay! - horses for courses and all that.

Phil

Don Webb wrote:

What's wrong with rain guttering

I have used this in the past , but quickly got rid of it as it used to break the feathers of around the crop , and made them look as though they deplooming mite ? .