Top off food or toss and refill?

[bryan99705]

My chicks thought the feeder was a perch so I usually ended up dumping, washing, and refilling their feeder twice a day

 

[6chick*start]

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Oh he is beautiful! How is his personality?
Pierogi has always been so sweet.
He started crowing this week and seems to be getting more aggressive now.
He still loves to be pet sitting on my lap.
I so hope he doesn't get mean as I really want to keep him.
I have 9 girls now and Pierogi. I won't keep a mean chicken.

 

[bobbybedard]

Those Polish are beautiful birds. I'm gonna have to look for some.

 

[earnhardtlvr]

N&MSchroeder :

I have a long feeder, so I just pick out any shavings that may have been kicked in and then I tip it so the old feed slides to one end and I add new feed to the other end. Not sure if you can do this with a round feeder, but I hate wasting feed.

That is what I did when they were in the brooder!

 

[earnhardtlvr]

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handsome golden laced polish! here is mine at about 10 months old -

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Beautiful!! Here is my white crested at about 8 weeks.

 

[hbwbk]

The pictures of the roos is that a good hair day or a bad hair day. LOL.

Love them they are great. 1 of mine might be a roo we are waiting to see I did pay for all girls.

 

[Nicole01]

I never use the container it comes with. I fill their food dish a few times a day. I rarely toss any out.

 

[stcroixusvi]

6chick*start :

N&M, that is exactly what I did as a first time chick mom.
Seems like so long ago. 10 weeks now
However, all my shaking and shimmy-ing did not turn my favorite chick, Pierogi, into a girl!

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Beautiful rooster! I think I have one of those. He's the boss at 3.5 weeks.​

 

[tclegg]

I try to "reuse" feed. I have mason feeder and filer out bad stuff everyday..and replace feed everyday,,My chicks always scratches and throw feed out in brooder..so I finally "got smart" and let them scratch for feed at "night---evening"..and next day refill and clean water and food...Less waste and still clean food. They had 5 lbs of food less than week at 1 wk old.. already thru 20 lbs of 50 lbs fd at 3 wks old but know alot of wasted..seems alot of BO are the culprits....???