Slugs eating chicken food

[irishchickens101]

Hey,
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I've been very busy.
I've just came upon a new problem in my coop, we have a a feeder that is slightly raised from the ground and stores 2-3 days of food before we have to refill it for the hens. Recently because the weather hashas gotten bad we have gotten a lot of slugs eating the chicken food and getting into the feeder, I was jw if anyone knew if there were any safe and healthy ways to stop them getting into the food. I have googled a few option but ik not sure if they are 100% fine for the chickens,
Thanks

 

[featheredplanets]

I bring my feeder in on a night and put it in the coop, raised on a brick, during the day. No more slug issues as they use to get into their feeder too.

 

[irishchickens101]

I bring my feeder in on a night and put it in the coop, raised on a brick, during the day. No more slug issues as they use to get into their feeder too.

Thanks!! I can't believe I didn't think of that, such an obvious solution to the problem. Thanks again

 

[Kiwibird]

Hmmm, so if I feed my poultry the right stuff, additional food, in the form of slugs, will go marching right into their run?

 

[SueT]

My chickens eat slugs.....
But I remove all feed at end of each day, I don't think it's a good idea to leave it out.

 

[featheredplanets]

My chickens eat slugs.....
But I remove all feed at end of each day, I don't think it's a good idea to leave it out.

My girls don’t unfortunately. They won’t even entertain the giant earthworms I turn up!

 

[Al Gerhart]

Try making some sort of water moat around the base of the feeder by sitting it on bricks in a large water pan. Or sprinkle some salt around the base of the feeder if it under cover. But you shouldn't have to bring in a feeder at night if you have a good feeder and if the feeder is in a closed coop away from large animals.