The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: bloomer on September 27, 2010, 01:29:37 pm
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I feed my chickens in there house with a refillable hopper thing that sits on the floor and they keep burying it with sawdust...
Is this normal or are they just trying to wind me up?
Am i better feeding them out in the run if i add a covered are to keep the feeder dry?
Oh the joys of learning chicken keeping...
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Try both ways. Feeding dish inside and out. A lot of it is trial and error. I have 2 feeding dishes inside and 2 troughs outside. They eat from both.
Cheers Helen
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can you hang the feeder so its a little up from the floor then they can still scrat the floor but the trough is above
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I raise my feeders both inside and out on bricks this stops the feed getting full of unwanted items.
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Raise it 'til it's level with their backs ;)
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i have no feeders, and no water inside my huts, i did but they juast made a mess and food was getting wasted, i have a weather proff hanging feeder in the run, and haning waterdrinkers
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i have no feeders, and no water inside my huts, i did but they juast made a mess and food was getting wasted, i have a weather proff hanging feeder in the run, and haning waterdrinkers
do they not need access to food and water at night then?
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Chickens do not need water or food during the night, my inside feeders and waters are there because I have some chickens in the barn as the fox is attacking a lot at the moment
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see thats why i come here more useful information will make life much easier, wetherproof feeder for outside is tomorrows project!!!!
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i have no feeders, and no water inside my huts, i did but they juast made a mess and food was getting wasted, i have a weather proff hanging feeder in the run, and haning waterdrinkers
Same here but I have a hanging metal water feeder outside with a smaller plastic one on a raised platform that they can climb or fly on to. The plastic one has the apple cider vinegar in it too.
Ian
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Have you got an area that you can leave 'clean' - I only put straw under their perches and in their boxes, I leave a little bit by the door without anything on the floor and thats where I put their food and water.
Your right though - they just seem to dirty their food and drink - a bit like every other animal seems to do!! :chook: :chook:
Ta
Baz
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i was leaving a clear space that just made them throw stuff further!!!
i am currently trying the up on bricks approach till i can get a weather proof area built into there run then the food is going outside!!!