The gravity fed animal feeder of the present invention provides incorporates a cradle and a hopper that can be joined into a complete feeder. The hopper has a hollow interior shaped generally like an inverted, truncated pyramid or cone that attaches to a fully integrated head. The head has a center feed aperture through which feed drops onto a bottom plate. The feed is an accessible by animals through feed ports. At the outer edge of the feed ports is a feed arrest member which helps keep feed from accidentally dropping off of the bottom plate.
