Hopper Feeding

[William Reid]

Just to let chad3646 know if he ever decides to keep pigeons I would be happy to explain how to use hoppers .

Like any other system used for pigeons it has its pros and cons.but as I said if you ever decide to become a pigeon fancier I would be happy to help. :animatedpigeons:

[philg50]

I have just seen this post and i was just thinking of makeing a hopper ,what kind of hopper do you use ,and how do you avoid the birds throwing about the seeds they dont like,and wasteing food .

[William Reid]

I have just seen this post and i was just thinking of makeing a hopper ,what kind of hopper do you use ,and how do you avoid the birds throwing about the seeds they dont like,and wasteing food .

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[cemetary]

I have just seen this post and i was just thinking of makeing a hopper ,what kind of hopper do you use ,and how do you avoid the birds throwing about the seeds they dont like,and wasteing food .

 

 

Don't make wan, get Eck to build you wan.

[walterboswell59]

i used hoppers years ago because of work situ but unless you use a single grain in the hopper the birds will waste a lot of grain bye throwing it out to get to what they want and the only way round this is to put only one type of grain in each hopper so the more types of grain you want to feed the more hoppers you need or one hopper with different grain in differnt parts of the hopper if you get what i mean like three different shoots in the one hopper one for beans or peas one for maze one for wheat or barlely but never mixed this way the birds take what they want without waste and you need to be able to shut the hopper down at night or devise something to keep the mice out hope this helps

[William Reid]

just looking at the hopper again and i noticed that when the birds were feeding, the birds sitting on top of the hopper would sh** on them imo

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[showman]

Just to let chad3646 know if he ever decides to keep pigeons I would be happy to explain how to use hoppers .

Like any other system used for pigeons it has its pros and cons.but as I said if you ever decide to become a pigeon fancier I would be happy to help. :animatedpigeons:

 

Interesting post billy99. Would it be true to say that chad3646 does not race or even keep pigeons ??

[William Reid]

i used hoppers years ago because of work situ but unless you use a single grain in the hopper the birds will waste a lot of grain bye throwing it out to get to what they want and the only way round this is to put only one type of grain in each hopper so the more types of grain you want to feed the more hoppers you need or one hopper with different grain in differnt parts of the hopper if you get what i mean like three different shoots in the one hopper one for beans or peas one for maze one for wheat or barlely but never mixed this way the birds take what they want without waste and you need to be able to shut the hopper down at night or devise something to keep the mice out hope this helps

Walter as you know I have been on hoppers from February .and like everything with pigeons I watched and learned .

And think with the help of Alex Wight have come up with the feeding system that will help me .due to my work .

[paddymac]

Billy did you make those hoppers in the photograph yourself or did you purchase them from a supplier. I wouldn't mind having a go at building my own if I had the measurements and a few other details.

[andy Burgess]

Billy did you make those hoppers in the photograph yourself or did you purchase them from a supplier. I wouldn't mind having a go at building my own if I had the measurements and a few other details.

member "Alex Wight" makes those hoppers Pat

[cemetary]

member "Alex Wight" makes those hoppers Pat

 

 

Eye but the cost owe carriage would be dear.

[alex wight]

Eye but the cost owe carriage would be dear.

 

 

Not necessarily true doug. I use the cheapest methods at all times, just depends where the fancier lives and what deliveries i have going out.

 

its worth asking Pat

 

regards alex.

[andy Burgess]

Eye but the cost owe carriage would be dear.

what for the dimensions & measurements ??

 

 

 

numpty

[cemetary]

Not necessarily true doug. I use the cheapest methods at all times, just depends where the fancier lives and what deliveries i have going out.

 

its worth asking Pat

 

regards alex.

 

 

Eck, I no where Pat stays, and I can assure you the carriage will be dear to him,

 

But wait and see what comes on.

[walterboswell59]

Walter as you know I have been on hoppers from February .and like everything with pigeons I watched and learned .

And think with the help of Alex Wight have come up with the feeding system that will help me .due to my work .

looks like he made a good job of them billy and a wee bit of hard board shiney side up on an angle will stop them landing on the top m8 easy sorted as long as it does the job for you sounds good to me well done alex

[paddymac]

Hi Alex, I live in Derry which is in the N/west coast of Ireland as Dougie has said cost would probably be too much into this part of the woods. I like what Andy has said, any chance you could message me with the measurements and dimensions and I'll have a go at making myself one :unsure:

[walterboswell59]

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minor detail easy sorted m8 the rest is first class

[cemetary]

Hi Alex, I live in Derry which is in the N/west coast of Ireland as Dougie has said cost would probably be too much into this part of the woods. I like what Andy has said, any chance you could message me with the measurements and dimensions and I'll have a go at making myself one :unsure:

 

 

Wonder what the cost owe carriage would be,

 

Only if people would listen to whats said.

[alex wight]

Not a problem pat, I'm in the work shop at the moment and once I get details down on paper I will gladly give them too you. Delivering to you isn't a problem but as you say, where you live would probably cost the same as the hopper lol. Now I know where you live, I won't give free delivery lol

[paddymac]

Thankyou Alex I really appreciate your kind gesture and hopefully if all goes well I'll put a photo up to show you how I got on with putting it all together

[William Reid]

Not a problem pat, I'm in the work shop at the moment and once I get details down on paper I will gladly give them too you. Delivering to you isn't a problem but as you say, where you live would probably cost the same as the hopper lol. Now I know where you live, I won't give free delivery lol

Use your own thread this is mine :lol: :lol:

[andy Burgess]

Use your own thread this is mine :lol: :lol:

oh no , not you again

[William Reid]

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oh no , not you again

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[andy Burgess]

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[William Reid]

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