roadkill Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 How many of these feeders would I need in each pen? 1 pen 500 poults 2 pen 500 poults 3 pen 300 poults Cheers Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1steele Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 I don't personally like these feeders for poults in release pens as the birds tend to scratch quite a bit of food out of them and in wet weather they tread on it and defacate on it which becomes a horrible mess with greater risks of disease spreading. If you able get some of your hoppers to your poult suppliers and have them put into the rearing pens for a week before getting your birds and put them straight onto hoppers. If your rearing your own it's just the same, get them onto hoppers before release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 Yep I use a mix of the two, some 45 gallon hoppers and some buckets, the 45's always have food in, the buckets I always allow to run out before refilling. Some birds will change to 45's easy and others will take some time, so doing it this way the slow birds are made to look else where for a few hours now and then, those birds that learn a bit faster show the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted May 1, 2016 Report Share Posted May 1, 2016 So to answer your question, 3 to 4 of them and 5 or 6 45's per pen of 500 Never overfill the 45's, it's a lot of work to bag it up if you need to change over to medicated pellets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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