Knocking Large Amounts of Feed Out

[Celtic Chick]

I agree on the pellets suggestion also. My girls were doing the same thing, but since switching to pellets, I go through half as much feed as I used to.
When they kick the pellets out of the feeder, it is much easier for them to see on the ground than crumbles are, and they are more likely to eat it. Chickens are natural ground foragers, so it is instinct to knock their food on the ground and scratch around in it. They are just looking for that super tasty tidbit that they never wind up finding.

 

[kittycooks]

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Ha ha, yes. Or that meal worm "farmer lady" might have included in the feed!

 

[dragonlair]

I used to feed pellets but they wasted those no matter what I did. I changed to crumbles accidentally (mess up at the grain store) and found that they waste less of that!

My chickens are weird. I guess they like to be different.

 

[ghulst]

I hand feed my chickens. I give them1/4 # per bird per day. They clean it all up.