Grandpa Chicken Feeder Feeding Mice Too

This came from the Amazon reviews on the Grandpa treadle feeder. If you go through the negative reviews you will find dozens and dozens of upset customers. Many times the Grandpa treadle feeder sellers will add comments basically saying that the complaint is untrue, sometimes pretty much saying an issue with feed not flowing down and having to be shoved down by hand is just an optical illusion. Really poor customer service when it comes to complaints but they remind people that they have a two year money back return policy.


This poor woman though never received a comment like that. Seems they didn't like her enough or something. Usually when they do reply to a mouse or rat getting inside the feeder their excuse is that the feeder is on un level ground. Now these grandpa feeders are built like a tank, that is not one of their problems, so they are not going to flex if set on un level ground.


The key issue with these Grandpa feeders is the lid having to be light and having very little downward pressure in order to not decapitate chickens. That makes the lid very easy to push into or even push open. They do have it carefully balanced, one reason they use plastic PVC pipe on the treadle arms is to reduce the weight of the treadle.


Do your research before spending money on a treadle feeder as many are a waste of your hard earned money. While you can trust the Amazon negative reviews there are plenty of small websites with bloggers doing independent reviews and not putting an affiliate link in so they profit from lying to you. Just google chicken treadle feeder and you will find better options.