We also had your problem until we started using a bucket feeder. It ends up costing $30 if you don't have the tools to do it, but you make it up in feed.It's a 5 gallon bucket with 4 holes we drilled in it, and we stuck four 3" 90 degree street elbows in the holes. Now the chickens have to stick their head down in the elbow to get the feed. Hope you solve your problem.
That's the same ones we use in 2 of 3 quail pens. But you're right,the waste is awful. We chose one of those skinny long feeders with the holes across it where they access the feed. Only thing is,it's good for tiny quail so I don't know how it would work for chickens unless you drilled holes in the bottom on each end so you could stake it somehow in the ground which might be kind of a pain probably. I like the bucket idea from VH Chicken Farm. We don't seem to have waste with the chickens like we do with the ducks and quail. Good luck. I'm sure you'll come up with a good solution.
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