The Quill Feed Bin Kit

Free Range and Organic Meat

For organic and free range table producers, an area of range enhancement that many may have not even thought about, or not thought possible due to the associated problems, is feeding their birds outside.

The main factors preventing outside feeding are stopping the feed from getting wet, being wasted onto the floor and encouraging rooks, jackdaws and other corvids onto the range area.

The Quill Feed Bin Kit is currently being used on several organic and free range farms around the country as an extremely important range enhancement feature.

• Helps increase growth rates

• Holds 6 bags of feed

• Minimal wastage

• Contents remain fresh and dry

• Top hat discourages corvids from using the feeder

• Makes an excellent range enhancement feature

• Excellent for welfare standards

• Drums come pre-cut for pellets or mash

The kit comprises a massive top hat and feed tray which converts a 45 gallon drum into a very clever feeder. The tray (which has a large rim to prevent any wastage onto the ground) sits on an old tyre. The 45 gallon drum (pre cut for either pellets or mash with several horizontal slots that form a feeding area) is then placed on top of the feed tray. The drum, capable of holding up to six 25kg bags of food is then filled up with the required quantity of feed and the top hat placed over the drum. Once in place the top hat ensures that the feed stays extremely dry and provides a hygienic feeding area, sheltered from the elements.

Rooks, crows and jackdaws will not feed from the kits because they are very wary of the large top hat and will not feed in an enclosed environment - this means that used outside you should only feed your birds and not the wild ones! The top hat will not blow off and as long as the drum carries feed it will not blow over. It is very practical and provides the producer with an easy solution to providing feed on the range.