Pig and Turkey Feeder Overview

written by

David Boatright

posted on

May 12, 2026

As you saw the Pig and Turkey Feeder allows you to add portable feed storage and additional durable feeder space to your farm operation with its 4500 lbs of feed capacity. 

No longer do you have to put up with 2nd rate pig and turkey feeders that are hard to move, hard to fill and waste too much feed from wastage and rain spoilage!
 

The Pasture Tek Turkey & Pig Feeder keeps your feed dry and prevents waste with interchangeable feed grills to fit either pigs or turkeys. It also has an adjustable feed slide to limit or increase feed flow. 
 

It sits on skids so it can be easily towed and sports heavy duty D-links on all four corners so you can link multiple units together to further reduce the time it takes to move your feeders to fresh pasture.

It also sports permanent fork mounts on the side so you can easily set it on a trailer and move it from farm to farm. 

The rain guard can be collapsed also for easy transport reducing the feeder to 4'x10' dimensions you can stack them double wide on a trailer to move farms if needed!


The entire top is a water tight hinged lid which makes refilling a breeze and at only 6' tall it can easily be filled with augers or tote sacks. 

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