My boys won't ear out of certain feeders and I leave them a pile on the side a couple times a day to make sure plus periodically check. I had a wonderful boy die from what I am certain was starvation and/or mineral deficiency. Hope never again.I have that feeder trough as well...I was wondering yesterday if it is only for chicks because of that rod.
Cuz u r right the bigger ones do hit it and rub up and down on it and that's gotta hurt over time!
I have it in my bachelor coop and the way he gorged himself when I let him in the run yesterday late makes me think he's not even eating out of it anymore...then I looked and it was upside down!
Joey and Bluey be bunkmates in the bachelor pad? They should be fine together when no girls are involved.Yall got a dillema...I leave for a week early in morning. Neighbor is gonna check my babies each morning and evening.
Yall know I had moved Joey to a bachelor coop but I've been letting him back in with others off and on and monitoring him.
It seems like Bluey is as much a problem for the girls as Joey has been for the smaller babies.
Would yall leave Joey in with the others so he can deal with Bluey rather than let Bluey have full run and all my babies? He definitely got a burst of hormones while Joey was not in the run cuz he crowed for first time! Since Joey has been back in he hasn't been crowing.
You can see Bluey in lower lefthand corner pulling Lizzy's head feathers...he's doing this quite frequently to both Lizzy and Daisy (hatchmates).
Time to treat yourself to a new type of feeder? You can make one out of products laying around ♡ my homemade are the most used & favorite feeders I have, plus best feed savers. Only thing is, again, I have to make sure my roo gets enough because of his comb. He does not like hitting his comb. Multiple feeders offered is a real problem solver.I think the idea is that it keeps them from standing in trough and pooping in food cuz it twirls around...but even my chicks manage to poop in it still lol.