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Category: A little of this and a little of that. | Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:00 am

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I did post this in the crafts section. But I figured I would put it in my blog also. I took down all my feeders to get the salmenella under control that was killing off our small birds.
The platform feeder was the first to go. Because the birds can sit in the seed, poop in it, and spread disease that way.
I took all the screws out of it to start with. But the only thing that came apart was the roof. Oh Boy!
The guy I bought it from several years ago glued it together besides screwing it together. What kind of birds did he think anyone was going to feed.
So I got out the hammer got the roof supports off in one piece. But the floor and sides of the feeder broke into pieces. I also had to take the metal skirting off I had put around the bottom to keep the squirrels out. This is what I ended up with to use from the old feeder.


roof supports and metal skirt. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Roof and base of platform feeder ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )
In the above photo you can see the base with the corner roof supports still in place. The first photo has the four posts that use to be the roof supports.

I reused them and cut new sides and a smaller bottom. Then I made it a hopper feeder to keep the birds from sitting in the seed. Now they can sit on the edge of the feeder and reach in and get a seed. I also made the roof hinged on one side so I can fill it. It didn't turn out to bad. I had a couple of goof ups and had to recut or rescrew some of it. But all in all it went pretty well. I didn't even hit my finger once. Now that's progress.






New feeder from old one. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






Roof opened up to put in bird seed. ( photo / image / picture from Tooty2shoes's Garden )






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eileen wrote on Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:30 am:

Well I think you've made a feeder that's a vast improvement on the old one. I like the way you've hinged the roof so that you can fill it up. It'll also make it so much easier to clean when the time comes.
Well done!!

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Cayuga Morning wrote on Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:35 am:

What a good job Tooty! You really are very handy. The feeder looks very professionally done. I bet this will help the bird situation. At least you will know for sure that they are not passing it to one another at your feeder. Let us hope there will be fewer sick birds.

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Cayuga Morning wrote on Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:37 am:

And, PS: Your beautiful green grass is a sight for sore eyes! I can't wait for spring to progress up here in New England!

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