what is the point of a feeder if all they do is spill it?

[RollinWithTheStones]

My roo is the worst and they are so wasteful. How to make them stop?

 

[Fred's Hens]

You need a better system. Hanging feeder, PVC tube feeder, etc.

 

[leonphelps]

pvc feeder with a box with screen on it under the pvc feeder. then you catch the waste.

 

[Beekissed]

Trough feeder wrapped in welded wire....I free range, so I only feed once a day and only put out enough for the one meal.

 

[gale65]

OP, can you share what kind of feeder you use?

 

[Nicole01]

My dh made a fabulous wooden feeder designed by another BYC member and it works wonderfully! It holds 50#'s of feed and it has a removable tray for easy cleaning. I was fed up of wasting at least a weeks worth of food. Since we built this feeder, there has been zero waste!

It's on post 10 in this link. I have photos of our feeder on the third page of the link. We added a removable lid on our feeder tray with 2 inch holes. I didn't have a photo of it, but it looks very similar to the feeder of post 10 in the link.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=535997

 

[NovaAman]

I have turned a feeder bottom upside down, and set the other feeder on top of that, so it raises it 2 inches higher off the ground. I can't hang it yet, I have chicks that are to short yet to reach if I hang it. I lose less feed that way. Also set the water up this way so I have less crap end up in the waterer. Otherwise I'd suggest hanging. If they can not scratch it out, you'll not have such a loss. I purposely thou, remove the feeder every few days to "help" clean up their mess... They'll eat up what they spilt. LOL.

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Quote:
I made it, it is a black plastic tube that sits in a tub. It's gravity fed and worked great until the roo started flinging the food everywhere.

 

[chicken_chik]

This is the feeder we made to sit in between the stud boards in the coop. It latches to the wall with 2 hooks so it doesn't fall over.
It is gravity fed and fills from the top, and has a lid so none of the chickens will fall in if they go to try to roost up on it.
It works well, and keeps the feed spillage to a minimum.
we got the idea from the "homemade feeders" section on this (BYC) website

From a side angle

From the front

 

[gale65]

Quote:
I made it, it is a black plastic tube that sits in a tub. It's gravity fed and worked great until the roo started flinging the food everywhere.

I wonder if it would help to put it up higher. We have a pvc feeder but the bottom is also pvc with 2" holes for them to eat from. The feed is at the bottom of the pvc so they don't make a mess. But I was thinking of switching to one similar to yours, with the vinyl gutter instead of a tub. Maybe I'll stick with what I have...