Problem: Quail Spill Most of Their Food

[Gene313]

I have 30 Texas A&M quail who spill over half of their feed. They are raised on wire so any spilt food is unaccessible to them as it drops into the waste trays below. Currently using a chick feeder (vertical plastic jug that fills feed into trough with small cut-outs). Any advice is greatly appreciated.

 

[saddina]

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A picture would help, are you filling it over halfway full?

 

[KellyHM]

The long chick feeders that you just open the lid to fill and don't have a jug cut down on a lot of waste.

 

[saddina]

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Ah, yep, I use a flat feeder too, his is a gravity fed one, so it stays full.... yeah, swap for a bar feeder...

http://www.tractorsupply.com/livest...quipment/flip-top-chick-feeder-20-in--2167094

Like this.

 

[ken429h]

I 3rd, the flat feeder!!!!!!!!!
They just eat the food and scratch on the wire. Also a sand/dust box will solve the second reason they waste food.

Ken

 

[lagpmgdsls]

I switched to hanging feeders and vI have very little waste...like just about none.

 

[john in wa]

I have just started using old coffee cans the plastic ones. I cut holes in them about 1 and a half inces up from the bottom i make the holes big enough the birds can stick their heads in and eat. i am thinking about using these for the water as well so they dont get the poo in the water. save the lids so you can use them or your birds will jump in the coffe can and dust bath in the feed. depending on what brand of coffe i buy i can get 5 to 6 holes all the way around. keeps the feed nice and clean no poo in the feed at all.

 

[DLS]

I bought some freeders off here made of PVC & the quail waste ZERO feed!!!!!

 

[Gene313]

I am going to try the flat trough feeders. Thanks for all of the advice.

 

[Kullas]

Im using a rabbit feeder on my pens they wasted alot of food. i took some chicken wire and stuck it in the mouth of the feeder and the waste is next to nothing now