[geoffwales]

How much food do chickens eat on average

[Bodger]

The poultry feed producers would have us believe that a laying chicken requires 4oz  per day.

[poultrygeist]

As much as they possibly can !!  :shock:  

I think the average stated is about 125g/day of layers' pellets but don't know how that would translate into other foodstuffs.

I know sometimes the feeder is way down and other days it looks hardly touched. Depends on what else they find perhaps.

Rob  

[GrannieAnnie]

Depends on the weather and stuff too I think, but our 2 week old chicks are on their 4th 20kg bag of chick crumb already!!!!

[richyrich7]

Also depends on breed whether they are laying or not etc  

[Foxy]

I have no idea! just seem to be eternally filling feeders at the moment...

[Andy J]

I know what you mean some days I seem to fil up thier feeder and there is loads left and other times not a lot!!

I do find some times that they have an awful habit of tipping thier food on the floor......does anyone have any tips to stop this?

I do have the food hung up.......and I also use a small plastic feeder as I only have two girls!!

[poultrygeist]

You can get anti-scratch rings (ours has one integrally moulded) to stop them throwing their pellets everywhere.

We only have one 3kg feeder for 6 girls. Hung under the coop with the water drinker. Get very little spillage and it's out of the way of their scratching areas so nothign gets thrown into it either.

Rob  

[Poolfield2]

My girls have about a 250g flora tub of corn a day each and access to layer pellets and a lot of ground. They don't always need as much corn and often don't bother with many layer pellets as they find loads to eat around the garden and a few treats from the kitchen (no meat or fish).

I have found a cheap(cheep)    lasagne dish from Tesco or Wilkos are flat and wide enough not to get knocked over.

[Andy J]

I'm interested in this sratch ring......what does it look like/how does it work?

[poultrygeist]

http://www.solwayfeeders.com/ProductsResultsList1.asp?cat=4

Scroll down the page. Our feeder has the same principle but moulded into the lid.

rob