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Large Step-On Feeder 12kg | Appletons

Description

Our best-selling automatic chicken feeder!

Stop feeding the sparrows, rats and mice and keep your chicken feed clean 😊

Benefits:

  • For chook keepers who keep 4 to 20 hens - however, the feeder will need to be topped up more regularly if you keep more hens. Remember an average laying hen eats app. 130 - 140g of layer pellets a day, so the consumption vs when you need to fill it up can be calculated.
  • Suitable for all standard-sized birds (brown shavers and hylines), heavy breeds and some of the larger light breeds (leghorns).
  • This brilliant step-on auto chicken feeder has a large capacity and holds approximately 12kg.
  • Hens are foragers and do best eating little and often throughout the day, so feed on demand works best.
  • Reduces hierarchy in flocks, ensuring all birds get enough feed, which results in happy hens and better egg production.
  • Vermin-proof: Keeps out rats, mice and sparrows, ensuring your poultry feed is not contaminated.
  • Keeps feed clean and helps to reduce the worm burden.
  • Ideal for busy people who are not always home early in the morning and late afternoon to feed their hens and those of us who go away for weekends.
  • Reduces feed wastage and saves money. Open feeders can lose up to 40% of feed to sparrows and other birds.
  • NZ made - supporting local NZ business
  • The unit is made from aluminium with alloy rivets, plated steel hinges, nuts and bolts so it keeps working in adverse weather.
  • Includes our very own training instructions which are clear and easy to follow. Training is very important and not to be rushed or shortened.
  • Chickens need to be POL (point of lay) 18+ weeks of age for training.

Dimensions: App. 51cm (long) x 46cm (wide) x 22cm (height)

What size is best?

The large step-on feeder or mini step-on feeder?
The large size is suitable for a larger walk-in hen house, especially if you plan to position the feeder inside the hen house or outside in the poultry run (protected from the weather) where there is plenty of space. The large step-on is twice as wide as the mini and therefore offers more hens the opportunity to feed at once (+ it also holds more food). The mini 6kg version is perfect for smaller flocks living in movable chicken coops where the footprint of the coop is small, and space is a premium. Using two mini step-on feeders in a larger flock (instead of one large one) can work well, as two feeding stations can dissipate any possible dominance over the feeder by a bossy hen/s and also help when introducing new birds.

Please note this size feeder is not suitable for bantams; we do have the Bantam Step-On Feeder for smaller-sized birds.

Our Mini Step-On Feeder is identical to our Large Step-On Feeder but only half the width - ideal if you have a smaller flock of 3 to 5 standard-sized hens and/or need to fit it in a small run/coop.

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Large Step-On Feeder 12kg | Appletons

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          Description

          Our best-selling automatic chicken feeder!

          Stop feeding the sparrows, rats and mice and keep your chicken feed clean 😊

          Benefits:

          • For chook keepers who keep 4 to 20 hens - however, the feeder will need to be topped up more regularly if you keep more hens. Remember an average laying hen eats app. 130 - 140g of layer pellets a day, so the consumption vs when you need to fill it up can be calculated.
          • Suitable for all standard-sized birds (brown shavers and hylines), heavy breeds and some of the larger light breeds (leghorns).
          • This brilliant step-on auto chicken feeder has a large capacity and holds approximately 12kg.
          • Hens are foragers and do best eating little and often throughout the day, so feed on demand works best.
          • Reduces hierarchy in flocks, ensuring all birds get enough feed, which results in happy hens and better egg production.
          • Vermin-proof: Keeps out rats, mice and sparrows, ensuring your poultry feed is not contaminated.
          • Keeps feed clean and helps to reduce the worm burden.
          • Ideal for busy people who are not always home early in the morning and late afternoon to feed their hens and those of us who go away for weekends.
          • Reduces feed wastage and saves money. Open feeders can lose up to 40% of feed to sparrows and other birds.
          • NZ made - supporting local NZ business
          • The unit is made from aluminium with alloy rivets, plated steel hinges, nuts and bolts so it keeps working in adverse weather.
          • Includes our very own training instructions which are clear and easy to follow. Training is very important and not to be rushed or shortened.
          • Chickens need to be POL (point of lay) 18+ weeks of age for training.

          Dimensions: App. 51cm (long) x 46cm (wide) x 22cm (height)

          What size is best?

          The large step-on feeder or mini step-on feeder?
          The large size is suitable for a larger walk-in hen house, especially if you plan to position the feeder inside the hen house or outside in the poultry run (protected from the weather) where there is plenty of space. The large step-on is twice as wide as the mini and therefore offers more hens the opportunity to feed at once (+ it also holds more food). The mini 6kg version is perfect for smaller flocks living in movable chicken coops where the footprint of the coop is small, and space is a premium. Using two mini step-on feeders in a larger flock (instead of one large one) can work well, as two feeding stations can dissipate any possible dominance over the feeder by a bossy hen/s and also help when introducing new birds.

          Please note this size feeder is not suitable for bantams; we do have the Bantam Step-On Feeder for smaller-sized birds.

          Our Mini Step-On Feeder is identical to our Large Step-On Feeder but only half the width - ideal if you have a smaller flock of 3 to 5 standard-sized hens and/or need to fit it in a small run/coop.

          ℹ️ Learn more

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