Birdbrains are scattering more feed than they eat

[bel]

The 3 week olds in the mostly LF brooder they eat normal, the mostly banty brooder however is driving me nuts. The little boogers get a fresh jar of food on the chick feeder and a few hours later the jar is empty and the food is on the bottom of the brooder, last time I scooped it, seems like there was more food than pine litter on that half the brooder.

They are using the mason jar type, is there a different feeder I should get them that might help? The naughtiest ones are pyncheons, its like dogs and flower pots, digging for fun.
Thanks,
bel

 

[LarryPQ]

You could try raising the whole works up on a brick so they can't stand on it & scratch it out. I keep mine on a brick, in a flower-pot base so what they DO throw around gets caught & pecked at when they are scratching.

 

[KellyHM]

The long flat chick feeders hold the feed better and they're not able to waste as much.

 

[bel]

Thanks I will give the long feeders a try, bricks might work in the other brooder too but the pyncheons are super tiny chickens, so I don't know if they could reach.

 

[Herself]

I'm having the same type of problem with my 5 week olds. I had the mason jar type of feeder up on a brick so it would stay cleaner & the little stinkers keep getting on top of it until they knocked it over & spilled it. So I switched to the long metal feeder with the cover with the wire spacers, and put that up on bricks they climb up on that knock it off the bricks & it gets filled with the shavings & poop! They waste as much as they eat....but they are so cute.