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Chicken Feeders and Drinkers
Ensure the wellbeing of your Chickens with feeders and drinkers
Are you in the market for chicken feeders and drinkers, well you’ve found the best place. We are Petco Direct and stock a wide variety at the best prices.
Check out the video below for a quick look at our range.
Chickens have the natural instinct to forage and hunt for their own food.If you are raising and keeping them as pets, you can still help them satisfy their needs for this with chicken feeders and drinkers.
Chicken feeders and drinkers are essential tools for maintaining your chickens’ feeding and drinking patterns for optimized nutrition. There are automatic and manual variations that you can use for your specific needs.
With so many options to choose from, you should consider first some important factors in selecting the right feeders and drinkers for your chickens.
The number of chickens you own is the most obvious determining factor of the type of feeders and drinkers you should get. Along with it is the capacity of the item related to your flock size. For up to four chickens, you can start with a drinker with 5-liter capacity and a feeder with a 2.5 kg allocation. The capacity should increase as the flock gets bigger.
The material used is also an important consideration in picking your feeder and drinker. In general, you can get either the plastic or metal one. Plastic-type drinkers can be good initial purchases since they are the cheapest. They do, however have some compromises like being less durable and prone to discolouration. They are also suseptible to algae on the sides without maintenance.
Chicken Feeders and Drinkers
Feeders and drinkers made of metal on the other hand, commonly tend to be easier to clean and last longer. However, they are more expensive than their plastic counterparts.
It’s also worth looking into the way a specific feeder or drinker facilitates the refilling of feed and water, as well as how the animals use them to feed and drink. Chicken feeder troughs are the most basic type of feeders available which allow multiple chickens to feed at once. Treadle chicken feeders on the other hand release the feeds to a feeder tray gradually for the chickens to eat. Automatic chicken feeders are the pricier type. They include a mechanism that releases food when the chicken steps over a pedal.
Manual chicken drinkers usually include a central tank that is needed to be poured with water manually while automatic drinkers are watering devices that are filled automatically and dispense water over time.Â
If you’re looking for the best feeder and drinker for your chickens, make sure to check the site and the store to see our wide selection for you to choose from.          Â