Check on you tube for a video on making a feeder out of 4" pipe and a bucket. My daughter made it, and it works really well. I am in Spokane WA by the way!
I picked up three more bags of Feather Fixer by Nutrena today. I have no trouble with mites, and everyone is looking very well feathered with the cold weather here. It is one dollar more than regular layer feed, and seems well worth it.
I may have my son bring me some of the "scratch and peck". He lives in Bellingham, and I live in Spokane.
I have my birds on Nutrena's "Feather Fixer" pellets. It has a non absorbed product that inhibits mite infestation. Since one of my girls has a bare bum, I am trying to promote fast...