Wow... I am bad then. I just keep my feeder full. I fill it about 3 times a week. Its under the coop and they do a good job keeping it clean under there. I used to have a problem when it was on the ground, but once I hung it, problems ended. I put a little step up for the smaller bantams to stand on to feed, but the full sized ones stand on the ground. I very seldom have a mess. They are going on 5 and 6 months, and I remember that tall skinny awkward stage. I thought for sure something was wrong and went back to chick starter for a minute, but mixed it with the grower finisher 50/50. Now I am doing a 50/50 mix of layer/grower finisher cuz I have some laying and some not and they free range all day. And my layers will eat the grower finisher over the layer if they have a choice. Silly chickens.