Quail Hutch Feeder

[kawatiri.farms]

Hi, Im built/building a 4 level quail hutch and having trouble with the quail wasting approxly 30-40% of there food, any ideas on how to fix will be muchly appreciated

 

[mdees88]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/diy-no-waste-quail-feeder.1232052/

 

[Erkenstein]

The angle of the feeder is too steep and the feeder is too open, so what I would do to modify what you have is add a strip of wood across the entire opening of the feeder with 1-inch holes drilled into it that they would have to reach into the feeder and couldn't swipe the feed out sideways. Alternatively, you could add a narrower strip of wood across the bottom edge of the opening so they would have to reach in.

I have the metal J-feeders that look like what you've made, but the front edge of them is perpendicular to the floor where yours are slanted and allow them to spill it out. For the metal ones, I put chicken wire across the opening so they have to reach in, so that is another option but you need to do something about that front edge as well.