- May 27, 2011
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I have a feeder that looks almost exactly like this, minus the jelly beans of course.
I have (4) eight day old chicks and when I fill the container up so it is gravity fed the holes fill almost to the top and the feed gets EVERYWHERE when the peck and scratch at it.
However I noticed that if the container runs out and the feed is only half filling the metal pan then almost no crumbles get out since they have to put their head down further into it.
I am home all day right now so would it actually be better for my chicks if I just keep the metal feeder half full?
I have (4) eight day old chicks and when I fill the container up so it is gravity fed the holes fill almost to the top and the feed gets EVERYWHERE when the peck and scratch at it.
However I noticed that if the container runs out and the feed is only half filling the metal pan then almost no crumbles get out since they have to put their head down further into it.
I am home all day right now so would it actually be better for my chicks if I just keep the metal feeder half full?