chicken feeder

Coop dining station

A chicken feeder is a container designed to hold and dispense food for chickens, typically constructed to minimize spillage and keep feed dry.

Feeders range from simple troughs to hanging tubes and automatic dispensers: We filled the chicken feeder with scratch grain.

The term occasionally appears in rural insults suggesting someone is unsophisticated or small-time.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G