Reducing feed waste from PVC pipe feeders

Hi folks

I installed a couple of PVC feeders in my coop for my young chicks, and discovered that even when hung up high the chicks managed to spill lots of feed out, so I cut out a couple of feeder
"collars" using a rubber type material similar to the silicone baking sheets you can purchase cheaply from Walmart. Put a few pecking holes in and you are set. The spillage is now minimized. I have enclosed a few photos.

Since I got the idea for the PVC feeder from BYC, I am "paying it forward" - maybe someone will find this useful.

 

I am a neat freak- guiltily I am also one of those who pick poop out of the coop everyday-(it's a 4x4 so can be done in 10 minutes). I just got tired of trying to clear all the excess feed scattered all over ( fear of attracting rodents as the feed invariably fall off the coop onto the ground outside the human door.

 

cabincrazyone is right- just a simple 2.5 inch screw that I drilled through- not very sophisticated, but it works! Now if only I can get them to stop spilling more feed in my other feeder in the run!