Tips to reduce crumbles getting knocked on the ground

[Pringsters]

We're new to chickens. Our 5 girls are 7 weeks old now. We're using a 3 pound hanging feeder and using crumble. They all do great eating from it, but it seems like they knock a lot onto the ground, and then don't seem too interested in eating it from the ground. So we have to refill it more often then I feel like should be needed (every day). Is there some way to prevent this? Or is that normal? Should we get a larger feeder?

Thanks for any tips!

 

[melodyrg]

How are they knocking it out of the feeder? I have a feeder that I just sit on a cinder block and no feed is knocked out. I do recall them trying to scratch it out with their feet when they were young. Maybe they'll grow out of it?

 

[farmgirlroots]

I have this problem also. Just today I picked up a large ceramic planter saucer that I am going to place under my hanging feeder (saucer will be raised up by a brick) to catch what they knock out. Hopefully this will save on the waste some. We'll see.

 

[appps]

Yeah our last lot of 10wk olds did that. (The first lot different breed didn't) They would scrape it out with their beaks. Just sort of scratching it about and out with their beaks.

I've fixed it by using a deeper feeder,

Yours would probably still be too small to reach in this one but maybe something to think about as they grow.

 

[milola]

Yeah our last lot of 10wk olds did that. (The first lot different breed didn't) They would scrape it out with their beaks. Just sort of scratching it about and out with their beaks.

I've fixed it by using a deeper feeder,


Yours would probably still be too small to reach in this one but maybe something to think about as they grow.

Yeah. I used appps's idea and it is great! Perfect setup between this and chicken nipples.

 

[Pringsters]

Thanks for the ideas!