Wet chicken food

[Little Jerry]

So this is my chickens first full day in thier run and it has been raining all day. Right now I still have thier food in the coop, but when I put a hanging feeder in the run what will happen if it gets wet?

 

[ShaggysGirl]

I would think it would get moldy. I only keep my food in the coop. If you do put food outside I'd put it under something so it stays dry.

 

[sunket77]

yeah the food molds very fast once it's wet like within a day. I would try to cover it with something. I put my feeder in a large bucket on its side. You could also cut a large whole in a plastic bin and put it under it just put the feeder on a raised surface. You would only have to this when it rains. That or if they have access to a coop just put it in there.

 

[ColoradoMike]

I keep a small feeder in the coop (for those mornings when I'm not exactly up at the crack of dawn to let them out) and a large galvanized hanging feeder in the run under the coop. I had hoped the large feeder would be sufficiently protected from the elements by the coop, but it's not. I have since rigged up a lid for the feeder to keep out both blowing rain and hungry mice. I should probably make something a little more durable, but for now, the plastic flower pot tray is working as a lid...

 

[detali]

I had a neighbor in my previous place of residence who let his chickens eat moldy feed. The feed had actually started to ferment. His chickens got drunk and couldn't even walk a straight line without falling over and acting, well, drunk.

 

[Little Jerry]

That's awesome!!

 

[archerobx]

I took an trash can lid that was laying around and made a lid.

just slides up rope when I need to add feed

 

[Equus5O]

I like the trash can lid.

I keep a pie plate over the feeder. When I know it's going to rain, I put the feeder beneath the coop. So far, so good. I haven't been caught with the feeder out in the rain. But, I know it's only a matter of time.

I'll try the trash can lid.

 

[Little Jerry]

good idea!