jippy1 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 Hi Another question from a newbie, how full should i fill the grub container, if i fill it full they will eat out of it with 1 of them pushing it on the floor then eating it but that means food left on floor which i want to avoid. of if i fill it up a little they dont seem to want to put their heads in , Didnt think i would be worrying so much over chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I put as much in as I can without it spilling out! They may take a while to get the hang of eating from it but they will eventually. Try putting corn on top of the food, they'll figure that out soon enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I don't fill mine very full, but I did put some meal worms in to start with on top of their normal rations, just to tempt them. It seemed to work and now they are just fine putting their heads in. The trouble is that all birds like to be able to look all round them while they feed, as they are a prey species, but greed will overcome this and the Grub does keep the food from being trashed. To begin with my cockerel used to take advantage of his hens when their heads were in the Grub but now even he seems to have decided this is just too rude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakjon-98 Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I fill mine to the top. I put treats in my grub to tempt them when mine refused to eat from it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffy chick Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 To begin with my cockerel used to take advantage of his hens when their heads were in the Grub but now even he seems to have decided this is just too rude Cheeky chook! The only reason I fill mine up is because one of my pekins is so small she can't reach the bottom of the grub! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I gave up on the Omlet feeders; they are useless with more than 3 birds. I use gravity feeders instead and they can't flick the feed out of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I have a nice big stock of old peanut feeders and I really rate them for my bantams. I know roughly how much they get through in a day and only put out that amount in however many feeders I need for however many bantams I've got at the time. At the moment I'm using two peanuts for eight bantams and that means they're never more than half full. Any more than that and they start chucking it around and a cute little mouse comes in and helps himself once they've gone to bed. He's given me quite a shock in the evenings when I've gone out to shut them up and put the feeders away!! That's a longwinded way of say about half full here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 To begin with my cockerel used to take advantage of his hens when their heads were in the Grub but now even he seems to have decided this is just too rude I'll have to tell mine that. When I let him out to his hens in the morning her spends half an hour chasing them madly round the garden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
