Single hen

[DarrenandSarah]

Hello everyone

 

My girls have developed the annoying habit of emptying half the contents of the grub onto the grass in the run, this then gets left and due to a history of rats in my garden is not ideal. Does anyone have any tips to solving this, perhaps a different type of feeder, I have seen the galvanised trough types and also the plastic ones with what looks like an upturned pint glass on a dinner plate.

 

Any advice would be gratefully received.

 

Cheers

 

Darren

 

[Egluntyne]

Why not put a cat litter tray under the grubs to catch the spills?

 

I have used the type of feeder you describe, and it seemed OKish

 

To deter rats, I eventually invested in a treadle feeder. Cost me forty quid.

[Busybird]

I find putting fewer pellets in the grub - just enough for the day - minimises spillage and encourages the girls to eat the pellets on the ground before bedtime.

[fluffyknickers]

Mine now do this the minute they arelet out i the morning - they go at the grub ike they are possesed with their beaks knocking it all out - I stand there and wonder what the are looking for! Its as if they are saying "there must be something better in here somewhere"!

 

I now fill it up a little less and will see if that will help.

 

I may put something under it to catch the knocked out food as suggested.

 

They are right little pickles.

x

[The Dogmother]

They will do that, it's just down to the way that they feed; they just like to rake through their feed. I have the pellets in a glug, which is impossible for them to rake anything out of. I also have a gravity feeder so that they can all get space to feed.

 

Troughs are OK, but I found that they stood (and pooed) in it.

[urbanchick]

I got round this by not overloading the grub and by putting the grub a bit higher. Nothing gets spilt now