The wild birds and rodents are bringing mites and fleas into your coop. Commercial growers spend tons of money on bio control and so should backyard flocks. Tighten up your coop and run so the birds cannot get in, rodents, not as easy to stop. What stops both is a treadle feeder. You save money on feed being stolen by the vermin, on wasted feed being raked out of cheap feeders, and you have healthier chickens due to fewer disease agents and pests like mites and fleas.
If you do not have a treadle feeder you are already paying for it over and over and over again.
If you do not have a treadle feeder you are already paying for it over and over and over again.
