We Compared 6 Turkey Feeders on Opening Size and Height

Why the NAOEDEAH 30 lb wins this category

Because it answers the question the port feeders leave blank. A turkey has a wide head, and a tom carries a snood and caruncles that a hen-sized port will not clear. Neither the 8 port Fewuto nor the 10 port BUYYAH publishes a port dimension, so both are bought on trust.

An open galvanised trough removes the question. Any head fits, at any age, and it will still fit next season when the poults are toms.

The money supports it too. Thirty pounds at $45.98 is about $1.53 for every pound of feed it holds, and that uses the lower end of its stated 30 to 35 lb range. Nothing else here gets close: the Fewuto 50 lb is about $1.74 a pound held, and even the BUYYAH read at its top claimed figure of 100 lb only reaches about $1.70. For six grown turkeys eating roughly half to three quarters of a pound each per day, that is about a week between refills.

Living with the NAOEDEAH 30 lb

The design is a gravity trough behind a feeding port baffle. You open the baffle in the morning and close it at dusk, which turns an open trough into a closed box overnight. That is the oldest and most reliable rodent control in poultry keeping and it costs nothing but the habit.

The waterproof cover means rain stays off the feed while the birds are eating, and a galvanised body with a rust-resistant coating means the trough itself survives being hosed out regularly.

Mounting is flexible. It hangs from the included kit or stands on adjustable legs, and it is listed for chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese, which is genuinely useful in a mixed yard where one feeder has to suit several species.

Where the NAOEDEAH 30 lb falls short

The chore is the honest drawback. The cover only helps on the days it gets used. Miss a few evenings and you have an ordinary open trough sitting out all night, which is exactly the arrangement that keeps a rodent population fed.

The legs are the second issue. At 4.3 in they raise the trough off wet ground and they do not get anywhere near turkey back height, which is where a feeder lip should sit to cut billing out. In practice most people will hang it or stand it on blocks, so treat the legs as a wet ground fix rather than a height adjustment.

The missing turkey figure is the third. The only feeding duration on the listing is 9 ducks for 4 to 5 days, and a duck and a grown turkey eat very different amounts. Do the arithmetic yourself from about half to three quarters of a pound per bird per day.

Why the Fewuto 50 lb 8-Port suits long gaps

Refilling is the real cost of keeping turkeys, because they eat two or three times what a laying hen does. Six grown birds get through roughly 3 to 4.5 lb a day, so a small feeder becomes a twice daily job very quickly.

Fifty pounds is the largest firm capacity on this page and works out at around eleven days for six grown turkeys. That is a genuinely different rhythm from the four days you get from the Plexon 17.6 lb.

The eight ports matter too. Feeding space decides which birds eat well in a flock, and eight openings means the lower ranked birds are not queueing behind the dominant ones at a single trough.

At $86.99 for 50 lb it works out at about $1.74 for every pound held, second only to the NAOEDEAH 30 lb at about $1.53. The BUYYAH is the one feeder that could undercut it, and only if its capacity is read at the very top of the 50 to 100 lb range it prints, which is not a number you can plan on.

Living with the Fewuto 50 lb 8-Port

Gravity does the work. Feed drops into the ports as birds empty them, so there is nothing to set up and nothing to power, and the only usual problem is damp feed bridging in the hopper.

The clear acrylic level window is a small feature with a real effect on routine. Being able to see the feed level from across the pen means it gets checked, rather than being remembered on the morning it runs out.

Heavy-duty galvanised metal with a rainproof lid means it can live outdoors, and the ports are described as sealed, which keeps the feed inside them dry.

Where the Fewuto 50 lb 8-Port falls short

The port dimension is missing and it is the specification that decides everything for turkeys. A mature tom has a wide head with a snood and caruncles, and a port designed around a chicken or a duck may not clear it. The listing names turkeys among the species and gives no measurement, so the claim cannot be checked before purchase.

The dimensions printed on the listing make that worse rather than better. Three point nine by 3.1 by 2.0 in is smaller than a paperback book. That is a placeholder, not a measurement of a 50 lb feeder, and a listing that gets its own overall size that wrong is not a listing to trust on port sizing either.

The rodent proof wording is the third gap. There is no metal gauge, no seal specification and no closing mechanism described, and open ports do not shut at night whatever the title says.

Capacity has a cost too. A small flock takes weeks to eat 50 lb, and feed sitting in a hopper that long picks up moisture and cakes. Fill it part way if you keep fewer than about six grown birds.

Why the FARM-TUFF Plastic 25 grows with the flock

Height is the second thing that decides a turkey feeder and it gets ignored because it is not a number on a box. Set the lip too low and the birds stand over the pan and sweep feed onto the floor. Set it near back height and most of it stays in.

The problem with turkeys is that back height keeps moving. A poult and a five month old bird are different animals, and a feeder fixed at one height is wrong for most of that period. Hanging solves it. Shorten the chain a few inches every few weeks and the lip stays where it should be.

The five flow levels do the same job for the feed itself. Three metal clips set how fast feed drops into the pan, so you can run it slow while the birds are small and open it up as they eat more. A pan filled only a third full gives them far less to sweep sideways.

Living with the FARM-TUFF Plastic 25

It is light. At 2.8 lb empty you can unhook it with one hand, tip it out and scrub it, which matters because a plastic pan needs washing more often than a stainless one.

The semi-opaque body is the small feature that changes the routine. You can see the level from a few feet away, so checking becomes a glance rather than a task.

The 2.25 in feeding lip is the part that earns the no waste description. It is a physical wall between a sweeping beak and the floor, which is a more honest anti-waste mechanism than most feeders manage.

Twenty five pounds is roughly six days for six grown turkeys and considerably longer while they are still growing.

Where the FARM-TUFF Plastic 25 falls short

There is no rain hood. The listing says the plastic is rust-proof and built for outdoor weather, which is a statement about the material rather than about the feed sitting in an open pan. Rain gets in, feed turns to paste, and paste cakes in the pan and goes mouldy. Under a barn roof this is a non-issue. Out in the open it is a daily problem.

Polyethylene is the second limit. It is fine for several seasons and it does go brittle with sun and frost, and a hanging pan that cracks at the suspension point is not something you repair. The Plexon 17.6 lb is 304 stainless and has no coating or polymer to degrade, which is what the higher price per pound held is buying.

Capacity is the third. Twenty five pounds is around six days for six grown birds, so this is a weekly refill rather than a fortnightly one, and it works out at about $1.92 per pound of capacity against $1.53 for the NAOEDEAH 30 lb.

Why the BUYYAH 10-Port suits a barn flock

Almost every product in this category is a chicken feeder with the word turkey added somewhere in the title. This one is sold as a turkey feeder first, and for a barn flock that framing turns out to match the hardware.

Ten ports is the most feeding space on this page. In a flock of any size the birds at the bottom of the order eat last and eat least, and ten stations is the direct fix for that.

The build is barn scale. Thirty one and a half inches wide, 28.4 in tall and 48 lb empty in heavy-duty steel. That is a feeder that stays exactly where you put it and does not get tipped by a flock of birds working one side of it.

The port shape is described as designed to stop feed being carried out, with a US patent pending, which is at least a specific claim about a specific mechanism.

Living with the BUYYAH 10-Port

Once it is placed, it is placed. Forty eight pounds empty means installing it is a two person job and moving it later is not something you do casually, so choose the spot with drainage, access and the birds' traffic pattern in mind.

The steel body with a rust-resistant finish is specified for the humidity of a barn and the abrasion of birds working at the ports, which is more than the plastic and thin sheet options on this page can say.

Capacity is somewhere between 50 and 100 lb. At the low end, six grown turkeys eating roughly half to three quarters of a pound a day get about eleven days from it. At the high end that doubles. Without a fill line you will be judging by eye either way.

Where the BUYYAH 10-Port falls short

The capacity range is the first problem, and it is not a small one. Fifty to 100 lb is a doubling. No feeder is genuinely both, and with no fill line printed there is no way to know where in that range a normal fill lands. The 10 turkeys at once figure is the maker's claim too, not a measured one.

The missing port dimension is the second, and it matters more here than anywhere else on the page because this feeder is specifically sold for turkeys. If the whole pitch is that turkeys fit, publishing the opening size would settle it. The listing does not.

Weather protection is not stated at all. The listing says the feeder suits outdoor and indoor use, which is not the same as describing a lid or a rain hood, so plan on a roof over it.

Then there is the price. At $169.99 it is the most expensive feeder in this comparison, and it is the one whose capacity figure you can trust least.

Why the Plexon 17.6 lb wins on cleaning

Wet feed is the recurring problem in a turkey pen. Birds drink, they carry water back to the feeder on their faces, and a damp patch in a pan of crumble sets into a crust that goes mouldy rather than just going stale.

The answer is a feeder you can wash properly and often, and food-grade 304 stainless steel is the material that tolerates that. Hot water, a stiff brush and a scouring pad do not damage it, and there is no coating to scratch through into bare steel underneath.

The built-in handle is the detail that makes it happen. A feeder you can unhook with one hand gets washed. A feeder you have to unbolt does not.

The open tray helps in a turkey pen too. There is no port to squeeze a wide head through, so it suits grown birds as well as poults.

Living with the Plexon 17.6 lb

It hangs, which is the right arrangement for turkeys. Raising the lip toward the birds' back height is the single most effective thing you can do about billing out, and a hanging feeder lets you do it a few inches at a time as they grow.

At 14.36 by 9.25 by 10.43 in it is compact, and 17.6 lb of capacity fits into that small body because the hopper feeds a shallow tray rather than a deep pan.

The material is the other everyday difference. The polyethylene FARM-TUFF Plastic 25 costs less per pound of capacity and it is the one that eventually goes brittle in sun and frost, which is not a failure mode 304 stainless has.

Where the Plexon 17.6 lb falls short

Capacity is the honest limit. Seventeen point six pounds is about four days of feed for six grown turkeys, so this is a small flock feeder or a second feeding point rather than the only one in the pen.

The cost per pound follows from that. About $3.41 for every pound held is the highest figure in this guide, roughly double the $1.74 of the Fewuto 50 lb 8-Port.

No lid is described. The listing says the body resists rust and weather exposure, which is a statement about the steel and not about the feed sitting in an open tray. Rain goes straight in, which is a strange gap for a feeder whose main strength is dealing with wet feed.

The weight works against it too. A light feeder on a hook swings when several birds crowd one side, and a swinging tray throws feed. Hang it low, tie it off, or accept some spill.

Why the LFM 5 lb Feeder belongs in the brooder

Small capacity is a fault in a grown bird feeder and a feature in a brooder. Poults need feed in front of them all the time, and feed sitting in a brooder gets warm, dusty and fouled quickly, so a smaller amount turned over more often is fresher than a big hopper standing for a week.

Five pounds is about right for that. It is enough that you are not topping it up hourly and little enough that what is in there is always recent.

The covered container with a removable lid and controlled access is doing the same job a holed lid does in a chick brooder. Poults that cannot stand in the feed cannot scratch it out or foul it, and both are the main ways feed gets wasted in the first weeks.

At $14.99 it is the cheapest feeder in this comparison, and for the four to six weeks it is genuinely useful that is fair.

Living with the LFM 5 lb Feeder

At 0.53 lb empty and 10 by 10 by 8 in it is a small light box with a carrying handle. That is exactly what you want for something that gets emptied, washed and refilled every day or two.

Position it at the cool end of the brooder, away from the heat plate. Warm feed goes off faster, and putting the feed away from the heat also gives the poults a reason to move around and regulate their own temperature rather than sitting under the lamp.

It is listed for chickens, ducks, turkeys, quail and baby chicks, and that breadth is honest for a small covered feeder. Every young bird of every species has the same requirement at this stage.

Where the LFM 5 lb Feeder falls short

Capacity ends its usefulness abruptly. A grown turkey eats roughly half to three quarters of a pound a day, so six mature birds would empty this in a single day. It is not a small feeder for turkeys, it is a feeder for turkeys that are not grown yet. Plan on buying a second feeder before the poults are half grown.

The material is never stated. Durable materials is not a specification, and with no plastic type or metal named there is no way to judge whether it will survive repeated hot water and scrubbing, which is what a brooder feeder gets.

There is no rain hood described either, so this is an indoor or under cover item. The listing says it withstands various weather conditions, which is the same vague phrasing as the material claim.

It also cannot be raised. Height is what controls waste once birds grow, and a feeder that sits on the floor is a feeder they will stand over and sweep out.