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You have normal rats. They like to chew because they have to chew or die. Wearing down the teeth prevents them from curling up into their skull. You are right about materials, solid metal or hardware cloth. Even concrete can be chewed through. PVC? A few hours to chew through.

That one is a stinker. It had a review from a greenie type site that reviews feeders not too long after it hit the market that laid out the issues with the feeder. Innovative but junk. https://chickenfeederreviews.com/roamwild-pestoff-rat-proof-chicken-feeder/

Depends on how long you want to go without having to refill the feeder. Figure a quarter pound of feed per bird so a small feeder holding 12 pounds will go for 3 days. A medium feeder holding 32 pounds, 8 days. An extra large holding 63 pounds, almost 17 days. If the flock has been together...

I am pretty sure my sight auto transfers to the https site even if you use the http link which is an old version of the site.

Bingo, same site, different security level but if one doesn't handle payments on the site http is fine. You really just pay an annual fee for a certificate saying you are who you say you are. We use Paypal and Shift 4 Shop to handle all our payments on their website.

Well, it was a blessing in disguise so nothing was done. Mom turns 95 in April and is showing signs of losing some capabilities. She had "bumped" a pick up truck a few months earlier that she didn't tell any of us kids about, found out from a local cop later on. Admits she can't see well. So...

Oh man, car wiring. My mom has a rural farmsted and had her Hyundai Sante Fe wiring damaged by mice a few years back that cost around the same as you paid. Then she just settled with the insurance company again for another incident of mice, this time they ate nearly all of the wiring in the...

Yes, I make them. Started out here on BYC back around 2011. Overran with rats, killing chicks, massive feed bill. Made a wooden treadle feeder that solved a lot of the problems with the Chinese made Grandpa feeder that I couldn't afford. LOL People started asking about selling them and the...

A one pound bird isn't going to be heavy enough to use a real Rat Proof Chicken Feeder. Yes, the action can be set low enough that a one pound weight will operate it, but so can a one pound rat. The soft close have adjustable springs, you can set it at half pound or even less. The regular...