Crumbles waist

[Scottankarens]

Does anyone know why there is so much waist when you feed crumblesvs pellets? We go through a lot of Crumbles. I've raised the feeder to help reduce it, but apparently not enough. Thoughts or suggestions?

 

[BBQJOE]

Does anyone know why there is so much waist when you feed crumblesvs pellets? We go through a lot of Crumbles. I've raised the feeder to help reduce it, but apparently not enough. Thoughts or suggestions?

That's why I serve it to the birds wet. No waste at all!
Just soak it for a few minutes. The ladies love it.

 

[song of joy]

Crumbles are much lighter, so they are a lot easier for the birds to bill out or scratch out of the feeder. I switched to pellets a while back and noticed there's much less wasted feed, which means less wasted money.

 

[RJSorensen]

I only feed crumbles to my Bantam birds, they have a tough time chocking down a whole pellet. But for large fowl, it is only pellets for me. As is noted above, I always 'recycle' the fines into a wet mash/mush and they seem to like it in its new form. I would recommend that you consider one or both of these for your feed management practices.

Best to you and your birds,

RJ

 

[BBQJOE]

I've had many large breeds, and none of them liked pellets. AFAIC pellets are for horses, not birds.

SOZ, JMO, and a little experience.

I'm sold on wet.

 

[RJSorensen]

Hey Joe… whatever works for you.

 

[BBQJOE]

Hey Joe… whatever works for you.

You're exactly right!
It might work for someone else too.
Isn't that what we are all about?

 

[barneveldrerman]

Like everyone said above you can feed it wet, feed pellets,and you can recycle the fine food into a mash(they love this)


Hope this helped