Quail Feeders

[Picco]

What is the best type of feeder to use to reduce feed waste? I use a chick feeder (galvanized trough with reel) and a J feeder (for rabbits) and my birds waste more feed than they eat. Most of the crumbles fall through the wire.

 

[_Randall_]

Everybody's got their favorite............this is mine (a little deeper in the thread): https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=271708

 

[shelleyd2008]

My bigger pens have the long chick feeders, the others have the base of a round chick feeder. Very little waste, since they can't get in it to scratch it out

 

[rarebreedeggs4u]

I'm using rabbit feeders, with a quart sized cage cup underneath it. What they scratch out lands in the cup. Since the cup is mostly under the feeder, they can't scratch in it. The rabbit feeders are the screen bottom ones, but I cut a strip of feed bag to fit in as a liner

 

[DLS]

This is the only feeder tha has ZERO waste I have ever seen . I use them & have saver enough money in feed to buy them over 100 times.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=130209

 

[JJMR794]

The Chick Feeder With The Holes Work Better Than The Reel, As They Cannot Get In There To Scratch Feed All Over... Also For Your J Feeders With Feed Falling Through The Screen--- Line The Inside Of It With Aluminum Foil, This Prevents The Feed Falling Through The Screen.