Olive oil film on fermented feed trough to speed daily cleaning?

[figit]

Hey folks, our feed process has been working great thanks to all of the info and help we’ve found here. I was wondering if it would be safe to try wiping down their FF troughs with an ultra light coat of olive oil to allow the end of day dried FF specs to spray off easier. Shallow searching turned up olive oil can be beneficial but it would be such a small amount (slight film) done maybe weekly I don’t think they’d actually consume much.

This is for a batch of 60 CX currently going through 5G of thick FF per day while topping off with dry when they run out of FF. We then pull the dry feeders at night. 12-on/12-off seems to be working great, just looking for a way to speed up daily trough cleaning.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it. Give it a try and let us know how well it works.

Nope, didn't research...but a wipe down of olive oil on a feed tray/trough shouldn't hurt anything.

 

[Ridgerunner]

One of the tricks that some people that breed for show use to get shiny feathers is to put some oil on the feed. Mineral oil, vegetable oil, olive oil, whatever. It doesn't take much to make the feathers really shiny. You don't want to overdo it but some is not bad.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Do keep in mind thatolice oil will eventually go rancid (also, its getting rather expensive). You will want to clean and reapply periodically. Apart from that, no issues.

 

[Al Gerhart]

Pam cooking spray or better, some hard floor wax or car wax. Put it on before buffing most of it off. Makes the feed flow faster and makes cleaning much easier.