Pheasants feeders

Tawny Owl

Does anyone make or buy there Pheasant feeders for their Clubs or for there own Property I was thinking of making some for our Club I have 22 x 25 kg plastric drums and can get as many as I need as just need to fit the spring and legs and as we have a bigger drums as feeders in our Club these would be ideal and better to move from field to field and better as no clip to secure just pull the lid of and fill with food;)

Stevegeraghty

All mine are small 20l buckets,most have spring feeders but some have home made pecking paddles

Theshooter2012

Our club Supplies the springs and drums and i have three around our land. There is a video of the in action with pheasats in the wild.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNi5tKN5Y58

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwzXVyTVakw

Thomas Drennan

Well i would strongly advise you not to use springs or you will wind up feeding every crow in the country , get an air filter out of a lorry or out of a loading shovel ,cut out a square and place it over the hole, you will find the phesant will only knock out enough to eat, sometimes phesants will stay messing at a spring until they have a large quantity of feed on the ground.

2gunquayle

Thomas Drennan wrote: »

Well i would strongly advise you not to use springs or you will wind up feeding every crow in the country , get an air filter out of a lorry or out of a loading shovel ,cut out a square and place it over the hole, you will find the phesant will only knock out enough to eat, sometimes phesants will stay messing at a spring until they have a large quantity of feed on the ground.

id like to see how that 1 is made, ive seen quite a few feeders in my day, but i cant visualise that 1

cavan shooter

The wright feeder or a pan feeder is also very ggod. If you are having problems with crows put some branches around the feeder. Pheasants dont mind scurrying around them but crows don't like to be confined.

deeksofdoom

If you site the pheasant feeders under trees, don't have them out in the open. Crows don't feed under trees.

Thomas Drennan

Sorry lads but i tried all these things when the weather turns cold enough the crow will go anywhere but what i sugest is gust a piece of a filter that will have holes around 4 to 5 mm, flatten a piece around 4 inches square and screw it where you bore out the hole for the spring and hang your feeder high enough that the phesant can gust reach it at full stretch

Theshooter2012

If u hang ur feeder around the hight of the top of ur wellington boot pheasants can reach it and crows dont bother and once the cold weather sets in the crows will try to feed shoot one hang for 1 week and no crows will even fly over the feeder for 2 months

Tawny Owl

I posted a while back that I had these 25Ltr Buckets I want to use as feeders. I have sent out a few emails looking for price on the Wright Feeder, prices coming back are €6.00 and €4.50 each.I am interested in buying 20 as a start can anyone let me know if these prices are good or is there someone you might know with a slightly better price.

Terrier

Fence pole, old paint bucket, spring head...

Johnny max

We have made and put out 15 of the type in 1st pic
They are keeping the baught in birds around and the locals
are starting to use them also

Tawny Owl

Thanks for the replys but getting back to the Wright Feeders is €4.50 to €6.00 a good price.as I am looking for 20 as a first order.

Ape Owners

banged up a couple of these for a mate a while back.

bud2000

try tony linter 00447711738210, i cant remember what he quoted me at the time, however i find him very reasonable for gear, and very good to deal with. worth a call

ace86

whats the best feed to put into them feeders for pheasants? would wheat, oats, maize,barley do? sheep ration would they get to liking that bcos they are always stuck in trocks eating when animals are being fed outside?

Johnny max

We are using a mix of oats barley and wheat
they are leaving the oats behind

Stevegeraghty

Johnny max wrote: »

We are using a mix of oats barley and wheat
they are leaving the oats behind

I tried oats once and they didn't take to it too well, I use barley as its handy for me and they seem to like it!

I made a wight feeder out of waven pipe, works well and doesn't rust, it's time consuming drilling all the holes but it was free!!!!

I'll take a pic later

daniels.ducks

Would advise against using spring/wright feeders as it causes the pheasants to pick off the ground in the pen. This is one of the biggest causes that gapes spread around. Try and use tray feeders on the bottom of barrels it also stops crows getting at the food.

Half-cocked

Tawny Owl wrote: »

Thanks for the replys but getting back to the Wright Feeders is €4.50 to €6.00 a good price.as I am looking for 20 as a first order.

I bought a load of Wright feeders from McEoin's at €4.60 each. About the same as from the UK but the P&P is much cheaper from McEoin. Their feeders have a large flange which makes them easier to secure to the barrels, I used to use the original small flanged ones and they can be a pain. I've 45 feeders on the ground and all are now fitted with Wright feeders. Springs clog up and cause a lot of waste.

http://www.maceoinltd.com/poultry-equipment-ireland/chicken-drinker-feeder/outdoor-poultry-feeders/wright-feeder-attachment/

Tawny Owl

daniels.ducks wrote: »

Would advise against using spring/wright feeders as it causes the pheasants to pick off the ground in the pen. This is one of the biggest causes that gapes spread around. Try and use tray feeders on the bottom of barrels it also stops crows getting at the food.

We had that problem last year we are adding a mix this year will be a little bit more expensive but worth it till the Birds are going in and out of the pen,

Thanks.

Half-cocked wrote: »

I bought a load of Wright feeders from McEoin's at €4.60 each. About the same as from the UK but the P&P is much cheaper from McEoin. Their feeders have a large flange which makes them easier to secure to the barrels, I used to use the original small flanged ones and they can be a pain. I've 45 feeders on the ground and all are now fitted with Wright feeders. Springs clog up and cause a lot of waste.



http://www.maceoinltd.com/poultry-equipment-ireland/chicken-drinker-feeder/outdoor-poultry-feeders/wright-feeder-attachment/

Sent a cheque off this morning to him for 20 should be delivered next week will start getting the barrels ready and see how this first 20 go.

Cheers.

daniels.ducks

Tawny Owl wrote: »

We had that problem last year we are adding a mix this year will be a little bit more expensive but worth it till the Birds are going in and out of the pen,

Thanks.

What mix are ye using if you don't mind me asking?

Tawny Owl

daniels.ducks wrote: »

What mix are ye using if you don't mind me asking?

It's called Flubinol treated food I hope I have the name right.