Crumble vs. Pellet

[lazy gardener]

My birds have never complained about eating pellets. Toss a few on the ground, and they will think you are giving them a treat. If they are hungry, they will eat it.

 

[Fairview01]

Never saw a chicken go on a hunger strike and die of starvation. If the feed is fresh, not spoiled, etc etc,etc, they will eat it. I got tired of seeing all that mash melting into the ground they flicked out to find the pieces of corn.

One day I filled the feeders with pellets and went to work. When I got home they were all fine.

Chickens dont rule my roost. I do. If they don't want to eat what I give them I'm not the one going hungry.

 

[Mark Armstrong]

Thanks for all of your replies, going to start gradually converting the flock to pellets, just seems they are going through a lot of feed, I have an 8 x 8 area underneath my coop where they feed, water and shelter, looks like its knee deep in feed everywhere

 

[path.otto]

I just switched, hating seeing the mass of dust in the bottom of the feeder all the time. Mixed 50/50 until the crumble was gone (about 1/4 of bag) and now we're 100% pellet. No squawking from my flock!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Thanks for all of your replies, going to start gradually converting the flock to pellets, just seems they are going through a lot of feed, I have an 8 x 8 area underneath my coop where they feed, water and shelter, looks like its knee deep in feed everywhere

If your feed consumption increases it could mean rodents, so something else to keep in mind.

 

[lazy gardener]

Agreed with OHLD. Your current set up is a rat haven.

 

[Mark Armstrong]

Agreed with OHLD. Your current set up is a rat haven.

The feed is still on the ground and I've seen them pecking it at times, I just need to change up my feeder where its a little more efficient i think

 

[jthornton]

Thanks for all of your replies, going to start gradually converting the flock to pellets, just seems they are going through a lot of feed, I have an 8 x 8 area underneath my coop where they feed, water and shelter, looks like its knee deep in feed everywhere

You might want to build a feeder like mine, I feed crumble and not one drop is wasted.

JT

 

[JudysMuscovy]

My chickens are always picking the corn out and throwing the rest on the ground, I won't fill the feeder for a day to let them clean it up and they do. It works cause of they are hungry they will clean up the mess

 

[aart]

You might want to build a feeder like mine, I feed crumble and not one drop is wasted.

JT

Yep, or mine.
If bottom gets filled with 'dust', I just put less feed in for a day, they'll clean it up.