Raising the Feeder

Backyard Poultry

Lunch Time

As the chicks grew bigger, there were constant changes. Raising the feeder was the first challenge. Having the feeder at floor level worked fine for small chicks, but as they got bigger, they were able to kick large amount of litter into the feeder. This got to be very inconvenient to clean out, as well as wasting food. So I found some small flat rocks and cement blocks to raise the feeder just a few inches off the floor. I also had to remove the hinging top with holes from the feeder (you can see it here) since the chicks' heads were nearly too big to fit into the holes. As you can see, they took full advantage of that fact and shoveled plenty of food out onto the rocks and floor.