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Or you can use a larger container like a plastic tub, I picked up my tub at Goodwill for a few bucks so it wasn't costly at all... It easily holds 150# of feed with room to spare...

I'm sold on the DIY no waste feeder design... I built one and never looked back... https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/834227/make-your-own-no-waste-5-gallon-25-feed-bucket-feeder-for-about-3

Chickens don't eat from boredom they (less hybrid meat birds) only eat until they reach their daily calorie requirement... Being cooped up and bored usually causes social issues like aggression, pecking and feather pulling of other birds or even themselves... They can easily waste feed out of...

You should not ration food... Pullets will eat about 1.5 lbs a week, so for 15 pullets you should be using about 23 pounds of food a week... If you are using significantly more you should as suggested above try to limit their waste with a different type of feeder or a feed location where the...

No big operations in my area, anyone that has larger livestock in my area is a farmer that is also working the fields and provides for himself or trades with other farmers... Don't get me wrong I can get bulk items if I want, it's just that in my area it won't save me much over commercial feed...

It's a protozoa and it's pretty much everywhere on the ground and in other birds... It's not limited to chickens, so the birds flying overhead are also pooping and distributing it in your yard... The short of it all birds have it once exposed to poop from older birds or exposed to outside...

It's out of stock online right now, but if you order site to store you can pick it up at your local Walmart and not pay shipping, just keep checking the link until it comes back available online... This is a layer feed, not an 'all flock' but if you have layers...

Based on studies it causes a lot of issues in poultry with kidney failure and damage being one of the worst but not the only negative effect... http://ps.oxfordjournals.org/content/87/7/1353.full That would be an anecdotal fallacy, just like smokers who insist smoking doesn't cause cancer...

This assumes you have a local feed mill where you can purchase the items in bulk, if you have to ship them in or drive any real distance it can kill most if not all the savings... I wish I could mix my own, but there is no local place for me to purchase in bulk that will achieve any savings...