Feed In Coop

[lgele]

I place plenty of feed and water in my run. Wanted to know if and how much feed is good to leave in the coop or should all feeding be done in the run??

 

[flowergirl60]

I keep all feed and water in the coop 24/7.

 

[BarefootMom]

I have a feeder in the coop and one outside. Their water is usually only outside, unless I know that they are going to be in the coop for a long time. I have 1 automatic feeder in the coop that holds about 25lbs of feed and then I have a bigger feeder outside (that I move inside if it is going to rain) that will hold 50lbs of feed.

 

[Fred's Hens]

I only feed what they'll clean up by 3 pm. They can get all they want, all day long, if they'll eat it but if there's still feed left in the late afternoon, I've fed too much and they simply are not going hungry. Like kids, if they aren't hungry they just waste it. I will not feed the rats and mice. Cannot do it.

 

[Alabama ee]

I put it in the run unless the weather is rainy or gets so bad they don't come out.

 

[woodmort]

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Yes--keeps the wild birds away from it and gives the chickens access to it without having to be released. Aside from water and leftover household scraps--I have a bucket that I keep filled outside--all my feeding is done inside the coop including tossing BOSS or scratch to them.

 

[TajMaChicken]

I have a covered run and I only keep food and water in the run. I will move the water in sometimes in the winter when it's going to freeze. I have just found this keeps the coop much neater. Nobody is starving, that's for sure

......... Little chow hound chickens! There's not really a right or wrong way. If my girls didn't appear to to eating enough I would move it inside but there love to be in their run so that's where I keep it.

Hey I hear someone laying an egg......

 

[silkeysandra]

Most of the books I read before getting my chicks for Christmas was that you offer food and water 24/7.
They have a food and water dispenser in the protected run they stay in until noon. Then they run in the backyard for bug and weeds, a large flowerpot saucer is always full of fresh water (scrub each day to keep moss away) until night when they go inside our storeroom/coop. Then I give them fresh water and feed in large bird cups-=the squarish plastic kind that hangs on bird cages. They are swapped out every other day for clean water cups to keep down any bacteria. Dirty ones get washed with soap/water, and sun dried. After they wake up the next morning, they go out to the protected pen again with more fresh food/water. Thats when I clean their cages of poo--old rabbit cages with wire--a stick rolls poo to edge and it drops down into a pan underneath. Pans get emptied every Wednesday and cages taken out and sprayed with lysol and air dried while chickeys play. That's my chicken life.
Giving them access to fresh food and water always makes a happier hen and maybe better eggs, I hope. Hope this helps.