Moving chickens from one style feeder to another?

Lethal Chaos

In the Brooder
May 3, 2025
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How does one get chickens to change from one style feeder to another? 😭 I can't get them to stop using a chick style feeder.
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They went from one of those basic red ones as chicks to this blue one that has the legs. Now that they're all 8-12 weeks old and living out in the coop I'm trying to get them to use the feeder style pictured that hangs.

But they won't. They know but they won't use it. I've had a couple try it for a couple seconds but they seem to not like something about putting their head in there. They act as if a predator or something is about to sneak up on them.

I'd really like them to forfeit the blue one as it's encouraging pests like ants and rodents to try and get in it. And I'd like the blue feeder for the newer chicks in the brooder. TTwTT
 
I see this on occasion, the chickens training the flock owner by refusing to adapt to the new feeder. Well meaning but clueless, they give in, cementing the idea that holding out means going back to what they are comfortable with. Change out the old feeder for the new feeder and do not go back.

Neither feeders you provided pictures of is rodent proof. Ants, maybe if they cannot climb the polypropylene plastic.
 

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