Pellets or Crumbles?

[nuttyredhead]

Which do you use and how old are your chickens? My big ones are 6 months and I bought them pellets, they made a HUGE mess!!!! So i finished that bag off and bought them crumbles. Now we have 2 feeders of crumbles and one of pellets, they wont touch the pellets...and they still make a mess with the crumbles... Im wondering if it is the feeder i am using, made it myself.


these are the feeders i am using, right after the coop was finished.

 

[Mahonri]

LOVE YOUR COOP.

Your linoleum looks like mine before I put down the DE and pine shavings each week.

Once they hit about 16-17 weeks I start to transition them from grower to layer. I feed Mana Pro Egg Maker pellets. Less waste, more eggs.

 

[swimmer]

We went from mash to crumbles. And all I can say is there is so much less waste. So don't go the mash route.

 

[b.hromada]

I've used both, pellets and crumbles, and my girls, by far, prefer the crumbles.

 

[Boo-Boo's Mama]

I tried Layena pellets. What a mess when they billed them out all over the floor. I went back to Flock Raiser crumbles. I will take what is left and put in their yogurt until they are used up!

 

[sunflowerenvy]

i used pellets less waste full i used 1 rain cutter cut in half and i have less waste full. last month we end with crumbs and it was all over the floor. i sweep the floor once a week and it went out to the garden.
laura

 

[wpalmisano]

Yes, my pheasants and mallards used to get crumbles and talk about a mess! I use either Agway or Blue Seal Layer pellets and they still make a mess, but will eat pellets off the ground when they get hungry enough. If it rains, game over. I don't feed in the coop except for winter. Too tempting for rats and mice.

 

[Yay Chicks!]

Mine are 26 weeks. When I first switched them to layer feed I started with crumbles. I recently switched to pellets and they did not even hesitate to dive in. They don't make a mess at all and I find that the pellets are much less dusty.

 

[33yardbirds]

I switched to pellets when they turned 17wks. As the previous post said I've had less dust and waste also.

 

[OregonChickenGal]

Crumbles.