feeding layers and chicks together

[gapeachy]

how do you feed the younger chickens grower and the older chickens layer if they are all together ..what do you do to separate....i have been mixing it together and feeding them

 

[peeboo]

well if the chicks are small enough...they have special feeders that the grown hens can't get their heads in lol. i guess that'd be the best bet. but if the chicks are abit bigger. i feed my older hens first since they're dominant...then while they're eating and enthralled with life, i run around the corner to drop some chick food for the younger ones. it's not fool proof but it's all i have and it seems to work for me.

 

[sara]

Are they chicks the hens hatched, or did you mix them together. I find it much easier to keep different sized birds in seperate coops. The larger birds will pick on little ones, and may keep them from getting feed, no matter what type you are feeding.

 

[Colored Egg Farmer]

I mixed one group once. Will never do it again. The younger chickens were not able to get as much feed as the older hens (hogs) got. Its best to seperate by age group to stop any fighting. They also grow better when they are not competeing.