Welcome to “Trigger Happy Chickens” - home to our simple but amazing chicken feeding trigger device.

Simply drill one hole in the bottom of your chosen container and fit the trigger. If you have the container and drill ready, this process will take less than 5 minutes. The bottom portion of the trigger will now protrude from the bottom of the container. Now you can suspend the container from above or support it on legs. For larger containers a framework might be your choice. A lot will depend on how many fowl you have and for how long you want the feed to last. (Don’t concern yourself about these details yet) Now place a shallow dish or plastic lid under the trigger to act as a landing area for the food.
When your container is filled with food, the hungry customer just has to peck the trigger end, and a small amount of food is dispensed onto the landing area. This ensures that only your fowl have access to the food – not rats, starlings or other vermin.

Lets deal with this issue right away because understandably this is No.1 question on everyone’s mind. Fortunately it is not difficult at all.

1. Firstly and most importantly, remove all other sources of food. If you don’t do this the process will take a long time and some will never adapt to the new feeder.

2. Secondly, scatter a small amount of feed on the landing area under the trigger. Now they know where to find the food. Do this a few times over the first few days and they will discover it very quickly.

3. Finally, have confidence in the device. I can promise you it will work. We offer a full refund within the first three weeks if you are not happy.
Not all fowl work it out in the same timeframe. Young birds will pick it up very quickly. I have had five week old chicks start to use it within the first hour. Older birds will take longer, but when one starts to use it the others will follow.
It is very tempting to stand and watch. Don’t! You will very quickly convince yourself that your chickens are stupid and will never learn. Hunger is a great tutor, and if you are really concerned that they are going to expire from starvation after the first day, then scatter a little extra under the trigger. They will very often accidentally knock against the trigger with their heads.

1.Leave your feathered friends for several days in confidence that they will not go hungry.
2.Use inside or outside. If your container is waterproof, then the food will always be dry and will not block in wet weather.
3.Can be used for pellets, grain and crumble.
4.Extremely reliable and will never wear out. Can easily be changed to a different container if your circumstances or stock numbers change.
5.Vermin resistant. Customers regularly comment on a significant decrease in feeding bills.
6.Economical to buy and post anywhere in the world. Once purchased, a vast array of feeder sizes and shapes are at your disposal only limited by your imagination.
7.Time saving. A container which will hold enough food for several weeks can easily be used.
8.Help and backup always available. All questions and feedback very welcome. Also full refund offered if not happy with your trigger.

This small device can be fitted to a very wide range of containers. Your choice of container will very much depend on two things.
1.How many chickens you have?
2.How long do you want the feed to last?

It is best to have a watertight container and imperative if it is going to be housed outside. One feeder can be used to feed up to about 20 fowl. When food is available at all times, there isn’t so much competition so they don’t all feed at once. In my experience, full time availability to food doesn’t lead to over eating. When they know it is always available they only eat as required.

A lidded bucket is a very popular choice for many customers. Bakeries and restaurants get their jams and mayonnaises in these and will often sell them to you cheaply or give them away. Small lidded barrels of different sizes are also available cheaply. A plastic dustbin is also a good choice for a larger flock. Two or more triggers can be fitted to these larger containers, but it is not necessary.
In a situation where space is at a premium I have seen a length of 4inch drainage pipe mounted vertically on a fence or wall. A lid at the top and a bung at the bottom is required with the trigger mounted through the bung. This is perhaps not the easiest to fill but not insurmountable.
Once you have the trigger, feeder design is only limited by your imagination and ingenuity.

As far as I know, almost any domestic breed can successfully use this method. Below is a list I can personally vouch for:

Chickens, bantams, ducks, geese, peafowl, guinea fowl, turkeys, and quail.

Of course the height of the trigger must be adjusted to suit its shortest customer. Always keep it as high as the shortest can reach. Be aware if you have it low enough for quail for instance, then you may be losing some of your “vermin resistant” advantage.