Food in the run at night?

Bogof · « **on:** April 14, 2010, 07:35 »

Do you leave your feeders in the run at night or remove them? I've seen people lift them up on a rope/chain, what do you think? Again thanks for the advice.

UrbanG · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2010, 08:02 »

I always leave the food/feeded in the run over night.
The chickens go in the coop at night fast asleep so they don't eat at night coz they are locked away snoozing till I let them out at 7am.

If people raise their feeders up at night I suspect its more down to helping prevent midnight feasts from little scoundrel mice and rats??

joyfull · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2010, 08:05 »

I remove mine as I was once told (by a pest controller) that rats can smell food for over half a mile

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Sassy · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2010, 08:43 »

Agree with Joyfull remove re rats. You chooks won't eat once they have gone to bed so won't miss the food.

karlooben · « **Reply #4 on:** April 14, 2010, 21:25 »

i have been told to remove all food but thats just common sense really , unless you want to leave a tiny bit out to test to see if you do get vistors during the night i do that once in a while and so far it hasnt been touched since a placed a bait box in the run { hiden away from the girls } .

Bogof · « **Reply #5 on:** April 15, 2010, 07:37 »

I wasn't talking about leaving it for the chickens, I just wanted to know if people took it out. I have been removing it but think I will rig up a rop to lift it up as it's a bit of a pain bringing it in every night. What about water do you change the water every day or just when it gets low?

joyfull · « **Reply #6 on:** April 15, 2010, 07:51 »

My feeders are removed every evening and placed in metal dustbins (got free off freecycle/freegle) this keeps it safe and away from rats mice etc (remember they can still smell the food when it's hanging up). I clean my water containers thoroughly once a week but in between times I just top up with fresh.

Jeanette · « **Reply #7 on:** April 15, 2010, 11:43 »

I remove the food every night as we have had a problem with rats so dont want to encourage them, the water i clean thoroughly once a week and just top it up every day.

Aidy · « **Reply #8 on:** April 15, 2010, 14:00 »

I hang my feeder on a noggin at night so it's 6 foot off the ground. My entire run is wire meshed so it will have to be a rat thinner than posh to get through the holes.

judesailor · « **Reply #9 on:** April 15, 2010, 16:02 »

Any ideas on how to prevent the little darlings knocking over the feeder and removing it's lid? We have food all over the run.

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