[Steph Hen]

I have a round, plastic feeder, (clear top ~10" high and a red bottom ~8" diameter) but the chicks seem to enjoy flicking their crumb over the floor.

Then I have a couple of different troughs, one's plastic, with wire partitions every couple of inches, but the smaller chicks climb in and then panic before they realise they can climb back out.

I have one galvanised feeder trough, without partitions, but quite narrow - it has a rail on the top, but they quite enjoy trying to perch on this, sometimes tipping the feed out 

So I wondered what do other people use for little chicks, teen-chicks (6-12 weeksish) and adults?

I like the look of the ones with the big hoods, but there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of space around each one for them to all feed together... any thoughts?

[lord flynn]

I use the 2.5 kg feeder for 6week + growers (bearing in mind I rarely have more than 10 at a time

http://www.solwayfeeders.com/products/25kg-outdoor-ascot-feeder-with-rain-guard-p1818-c397.html

and this one for the layers

http://www.solwayfeeders.com/products/12kg-feeder-with-rainguard-and-12ltr-drinker-p6112sp-c397.html

and I use a pheasant feeder for those in the field.

For chicks, if they are inside I have bog stantard troughs. If the are outside with a broody they just have it in a shallow tray.

[in the hills]

We find that growers make a terrible mess scratching in their hoppers and so we suspend them (the hoppers not the chicks  ). Also do the same for adult hoppers.


Chicks and growers water hoppers are suspended or raised by placing on pieces of wood ... again helps to keep clean.

[Bodger]

I use plastic guttering. I use a piece of three by two timber as a base and then  fix the guttering on it and block both ends with timber so that the food doesn't spill.

[Steph Hen]

Thanks for your replies so far!

I like the idea of suspending them - I raised drinker/feeders up on wood and stuff in the brooder, but they still climbed inside. Like idea of suspending!