RentACoop Poultry Platform Adjustable Stand for Chick and Chicken Feeders and Waterers – Pack of 2

Fits Many Size Feeders
I am so happy to have these stands! I needed to raise the chick’s feeders up to keep so much pine bedding from getting in them. The feeders I already have fit the adjustable stands perfectly. Even though the water and feed still gets dirty from all the chick activity of scratching around (and going potty) having the feeders raised has really helped keep them cleaner.The stands fit a wide variety of chick feeder and bowl sizes. I didn’t think that a couple of the bowls I have would fit because they are smaller in diameter than the stands but they do! The directions say if smaller to reverse inserts (that hold the feeders in place) on the stand and it worked. I have included photos of the inserts both ways.The legs have 2 height options. Right now the lower option works for my 4 week old chicks. When they were younger I totally collapsed the legs to just raise the feeders a little. The stands also work well in height for my adult bantam rooster.These stands are just what I needed and it gives me peace of mind that the feeders will stay cleaner while I am busy doing other things.Update: the legs don’t lock when open, so a few times now that the chicks are larger they have collapsed one leg in the lower position, causing the stand and feeder to tilt. It works best when the legs are either not used or fully open. I am gluing the legs in the open position because I really like this otherwise.

This are ok.
I wanted to get something like this because the chicks dirty up the food and water. The thing I don’t like about this is that the legs don’t have some sort of locking system. the legs fall very easily and the stuff spills all over. They just need it to make it so that it doesn’t fold back so easily.

Thought I would love this more than I do.
The legs are a little flimsy and my chicks can knock it over, and the standard chick feeders and waterers you get from tractor supply aren’t wide enough to really lock in place either. I also wish there was an in between between the ground and the first height. Only because I have some d’Uccles with my bigger chicks and they’re too small to get up to the fist level properly hahaI think it will be better once I can open it more. Still wish the legs locked.

The chicken crossed the road to avoid the fatal flaw in this stand design…
I recently tried the RentACoop Poultry Platform Stands to lift my waterer and feeder off the ground and reduce the amount of bedding that gets dirty. RentACoop is a well-known brand in chicken keeping, so I felt pretty confident using their product. Previously, I was using a cinderblock for the water, but I wanted something more portable and easier to clean. Plastic bases are perfect for my needs as they can be easily sprayed off with a hose.The stands come with very minimal instructions, but they are pretty self-explanatory. I really like the design of these stands, as they have multiple levels (3 total—4 if you include it completely folded), so you can set the legs for height. Moreover, the plastic tabs that you can insert and adjust to help keep feeders/water on the base are very useful. They work with both my typical round and squared feeders.However, there’s one fatal flaw that I have encountered while using these stands: once opened, the legs have nothing to lock them in the standing position. This lack of stability means that they collapse inward whenever weight is shifted or moved, which is particularly frustrating with waterers that require twisting the top onto the base. I ended up having to jury-rig the legs so that they could not bend inward. This design flaw completely defeats the purpose of the base.If there were a way to lock the legs open so that they didn’t collapse inward, these stands would be perfect and deserving of 5 stars.