Does anyone understand what Ken is talking about when he says V-feeder? I can somewhat picture this but am wondering if we need to make one or can we buy these. The feeders I have found don't hold a lot of food and the bunnies won't eat what they have trampled. I am so happy to see others feeding this way also. We are using a lawn mower to cut and have begun giving some corn too. Our chickens get most of our leftovers.

Lynn

-- Lynn (johnnypfc@yahoo.com), June 05, 2001

Answers

Lynn:

I apologize for having confused you. These feeders were made of wood slat with about one-inch between them. For the buck, since he didn't share his, one side was tight against one end running from front to back. Height is from the cage floor to the top of the cage.

It was the same for the two does, only theirs was in a v-form.

The one for the kit was about 3' wide by 3' high.

This is where the fresh or wilted grass would be placed, with periodic cleanout of what they didn't use. These are common in U.S. cages which feed hay.

-- Ken S. in WC TN (scharabo@aol.com), June 05, 2001.

Lynn, I don't know if this is what Ken meant or not but my grandfather would take a piece of 1 by 6 white pine (never use pressure treated lumber for feeders), cut three pieces 16 inches long and two pieces about 9 inches long. Nail each piece of 9 inch to the outside end of one 16 inch making a long, wide "U" shaped base with the two ends turning upward. Now place the remaing 2 pieces between the "ears", angled so that they are narrow at the bottom and wide at the top. Space them so that your feed pellets can fall through as support from previous pellets are consumed; space the height of the bottom of the "V" about two pellets above the base's upper flat surface. Lastly add two pieces of lattuce, one on each outside edge of the base flat, the lattuce will be 17 1/2 inches long, use small brads to attach the lattuce which will prevent the pellets from rolling off of the flat. The "V" spacing is controled by pellet size so you might need to try more than once to get it right, plus if you switch feed the pellets may be different.

-- mitch hearn (moopups1@aol.com), June 05, 2001.

You can also buy them pretty cheaply, made out of heavy gauge wire. I got mine at Fleet Farm years ago. It is about the size of a bicycle basket, but the bottom is a deep V shape, and it is narrower than it is deep. The fines fall out, but the long stuff stays in pretty well. Mine have no attachments, so they have to be attached to the wall with clips or wired on. I like clips so I can remove it easily if need be.

-- julie f. (rumplefrogskin@excite.com), June 05, 2001.

Hi Lynn!

Read Ken's response to Your post. If You've spent any time in old livestock barns think of the old wooden hay racks that look like a line of V's connected together. Now just downsize it to rabbits proportions.

Does that help?

Randle

-- Randle Gay (rangay@hotmail.com), June 05, 2001.

Yes thank you that does explain it! Now on to the next adventure!

-- Lynn (johnnypfc@yahoo.com), June 05, 2001.