Chicken Feeder

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I designed a chicken feeder, made from a 110 mm tubing with a 75 mm Y-connector, where the chicken could peck their seeds. A few birds threw the seeds on the ground and started picking them from there. Sometimes they emptied the whole tube of a few kilograms. To put an end to this, I designed this part which stopped them from, being able to fling the seeds around, and spreading them all over the place. It is made of 2-3 mm PETG, with extra enforcement around the edges. The tube put into the feeder is slightly conical 74-76 mm for a nice fit into 75 mm tubing. In the photo, there are a few iterations, the early ones being too deep. It might be too narrow for a rooster with a big comb. The source file is made with FreeCAD.